Services for OSU Extended Campus Students and Faculty - Policies and Procedures

Welcome! The Oregon State University Libraries provides access, delivery and reference services that support the research of needs of remote users. Through online library catalogs, journal databases, and delivery services, OSU patrons are able to search for and order books, journal articles, and other library materials from the OSU libraries, other Pacific Northwest academic libraries, and beyond. If you require any assistance in searching for or obtaining library materials, we invite you to contact us, using the information at the bottom of this page.

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Circulation Policies

The library provides delivery service for students currently registered in Extended Campus courses and for faculty and graduate students with remote appointments. Oregon State University Libraries provides for delivery of library materials requested by registered E-Campus Students who reside over 30 miles from Corvallis, as well as OSU employees at remote locations.

Books requested through the OSU Libraries Catalog are charged to your record and sent to you via FedEx. Copies of articles are transmitted to you electronically via the web. Our goal is to handle your request by the next working day.

You may also request items that OSU doesn't own via Interlibrary Loan and through the Summit Catalog. These items are first sent to the Valley library and then FedExed to you. If you receive a message that an item is ready for pickup at Valley Circulation, please forward that message to so we can retrieve the item and FedEx it to you. You may return the book by mail or your preferred carrier, or to a participating OSU Cascades Alliance library.

Overdue fines will be charged if the items are received after the due date. However, you may renew most items on-line through your patron record.

Requesting Materials

Requesting Books, Videos, and more through the OSU Catalog

The OASIS catalog has the holdings of the OSU Libraries, including the Valley Library in Corvallis, the Guin Library in Newport, the Cascades collection in Bend, as well as Central Oregon Community College's Library.

  1. At the main catalog screen, search by Title, Subject Heading, Author, etc, and bring up the full record of the item you want to borrow
  2. Verify that its Status is "Available"
  3. Click on the "Request" button that is in the row of buttons near the top of the page
  4. Fill in your name and university ID
  5. Select "Extended Campus" as the "Pickup Location"
  6. Click Submit

Requesting Journal Articles through the OSU Catalog

  1. At the main catalog screen click on "Journals"
  2. Click on "Journal Title"
  3. Type in the title of the Journal that your article is in (not the article title!) and bring up the full record for the title
  4. Look at the "Library Has" statement (beneath the location and call #). Does the library have the journal for the date of your article? Is it in paper or electronic? If it's electronic for the date you want, click on the link for it.
  5. If the library has the journal in paper for the date you need, click on the Request button, fill in your name and university ID, and fill in the article author, title, date, volume, issue and pages of the article in the form.
  6. Select "Extended Campus" as the "Pickup Location"
  7. Click Submit, then click Submit again

Requesting Books through the Summit catalog

If OSU does not have a book that you need (either we do not own it or it is checked out), you may be able to request it through the Summit Catalog. Summit requests are for books, and a few libraries lend videos, but not for volumes of journals or copies of articles. The requests are generally processed within two working days and the materials are sent to Valley Library, then FedExed to you.

  1. Find the item you want
  2. Click on "Request this Item"
  3. Choose "Oregon State U" as the institution you are associated with
  4. Fill in your name and ID, leave "Oregon State U" as your Pickup Institution and select "Extended Campus" as your Pickup Location

How to Request Eric Documents

Approximately 80% of ERIC documents from 1993 to the present are available online through the ERIC database. The ERIC database will automatically connect to the document in .pdf file if it is available. If the ERIC document is book length, check the OSU and Summit catalogs for it. Otherwise, documents that are not available through EDRS are in microfiche format, and are not listed in the Oasis online catalog. They cannot be requested using the Oasis request function as you would other material that is available at OSU Libraries.

  1. To request Eric documents, please use the circulation request form
  2. Type of request is "valley/article item."
  3. Put the author(s) in the journal title field and the title of the piece in the article title field
  4. Journal call number is the Eric document number, e.g., ED 238 484.

Using Interlibrary Loan

For books that are not available in either OSU or the Summit Catalog, and for articles in journals not available at OSU, you can request an Interlibrary Loan.

  1. Important! You must first pre-register by filling in the ILL form available with your Onid login. (If you need help establishing an Onid account, contact .) It takes 2 days for your registration to be processed, after which you can use the ILL forms at this site to request materials.
  2. If you submit requests to Interlibrary Loan, please note that the item is not at OSU or available through Summit in the Comments Field to expedite your request.
  3. Please let us know that you are a REMOTE USER by stating that in the Comments Field.
  4. After you have registered for ILL, you can also request items for Interlibrary Loan via FirstSearch databases (after determining that OSU and Orbis Cascade do not own the book title; or that OSU does not own the journal title for the article date you need). Try the WorldCat database via FirstSearch for books you can't find elsewhere. Request items by clicking on "Borrow this item from another library" and entering your Onid name.

Loan Periods for the OSU General Collection, Summit, & Interlibrary Loan

For additional information, please see the library's circulation policies

  • General Collection
    • OSU undergraduates and student affiliates, non-OSU borrowers, OUS faculty
      • 21 days, 3 renewals
    • OSU staff and affiliates; OSU associates; corporate borrowers; visiting scholars
      • 30 days, 3 renewals
    • OSU graduate students and their affiliates
      • 90 days, 3 renewals
    • OSU faculty, authorized borrowers and affiliates
      • Up to 6 months, 1 renewal (June & December due dates)
  • InterLibrary Loans
    • OSU students, faculty, staff
      • designated by lender
  • Videos
    • OSU students, faculty, staff
      • 3 days, 1 renewal
  • Restricted Collections
    • Some collections have varied loan periods and may be limited to certain patron groups. Examples are course reserves; microformats.

Renewing Materials

OSU General Collection and Orbis Cascade Summit Materials

  1. Go to your library account
  2. Click on "Access your library record".
  3. Enter your name and university ID.
  4. Click on the "Checked out items" icon.
  5. Check the items you want to renew, and click on "Renew selected", or renew all checked out items by clicking on "Renew all".
  6. Check back later to verify that Summit items were successfully renewed - if requested by another patron, you will need to return them.

Interlibrary Loan materials

  1. Click "Access your interlibrary loan record"
  2. Enter your ONID name and password.
  3. Click "View/Renew Checked Out Items".

Contact Us!

For assistance in searching for or acquiring materials, we invite you to use the following contacts:

  • Questions about OSU-owned and Summit requests:
  • Questions about Interlibrary Loan:
  • For help locating material, contact Reference:
  • For assistance with procedures, policies and troubleshooting, contact Extended Campus Librarian: Maureen Kelly, , 541-322-3110 (at Cascades Campus in Bend)
  • For in depth research assistance, contact one of OSU Libraries' Subject Specialists
  • For help setting up an Onid account (necessary for Interlibrary Loan) contact Computer Consulting: , 541-737-3474