Find and Request an Item From the University Libraries
Learn how to locate articles, books, streaming media, and more within our collection and how to request items that we don't readily have access to.
Searching the Adelphi Collection
Always start by searching OneSearch our library catalog.
Materials in Garden City, New York City, or Hauppauge are requestable. Please note that items in Hudson Valley Center are not requestable.
How Do I Request Items From the Adelphi Collection?
There are three ways to request items that we have in our collection:
- Physical Hold Request: You can place a hold request through OneSearch and select to have the book made available for pick up at either the Swirbul Library or Manhattan Center location.
- Home Delivery options are now available when requesting materials in OneSearch.
- Please include your shipping address in the comment section of your request.
- There are no fees associated with this service.
- Partial Digitization of physical items is also available.
- Please make sure to include the pages you would like digitized in your request.
- We are able to digitize up to 10% of a work not exceeding two chapters. Please note: Due to copyright law, we are unable to complete requests for FULL digitizations of materials.
- Watch a video tutorial of OneSearch Requests and Digitization
Searching beyond Adelphi’s Holdings
If you don’t find what you are looking for, try selecting the “Expand beyond Adelphi Holdings” option in the search results sidebar. Results found in this expanded search are held in other libraries and may be obtained via Interlibrary Borrowing.
Please fill out the Interlibrary Borrowing form and we will request the item from another library. You will need to provide the citation information of the material you are looking for (e.g. Title, Author, Year, ISSN/ISBN #, Pages, etc.).
You will be notified via email when your request is available. Articles will be emailed in PDF format.
All requests are subject to availability.
Repeating your Search in other Databases
After performing a search in OneSearch you will find options to repeat your search in WorldCat or Google Scholar, external bibliographic databases we share data with. You may be able to find more information about how to locate the item at these locations.
If you have any questions or difficulty finding materials please contact the Library. See also our guide on using OneSearch.