Borrowing and Requesting
Borrowing from Himmelfarb
Circulation Department
Location: First floor of the Himmelfarb Library
Phone: (202) 994-2962
Library Hours (including Circulation and Bloedorn Technology Center)
| Borrowing Forms | Who can borrow? | Borrowing Policies |
| Application for Himmelfarb Borrowing privileges |
GWU Affiliates | |
| Borrow/Ship materials for Distance Education Students |
GWUMC Distance Education Students only |
Borrowing from Another Library
Interlibrary Loan Department
Location: Himmelfarb Library Room 103
Phone: (202) 994-2860 Email: mlbdoc@gwumc.edu
Notice: Beginning February 1, and for the remainder of the Spring 2012 semester, the Himmelfarb Library Interlibrary Loan Department (ILL) is testing a program to assess the feasibility of offering loans at no charge to faculty and students of the Schools of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and Nursing (SON). During this time, you will not be charged for non-grant funded ILL requests. If for some reason, we anticipate that a charge to you will be incurred, we will contact you first to determine if you are willing to pay. There is a limit of 15 free requests per user. After that, standard fees will apply.
| Services | Who can borrow? | Description |
| Borrow from other Libraries (ILL) (Fee Service. Login required) |
GWUMC Affiliates only | Order Articles/Books not owned by Himmelfarb or any other GWU Library. More info. |
| Borrow from other libraries through ALADIN Catalog. (Consortium Loan Services - CLS) (No Charge, Login required) | Anyone with a current GWID | Order materials owned by any of the WRLC Consortium Libraries through ALADIN. More info. |
| Borrow through Loansome Doc Service (Fee service for Health Professionals only. Registration required) | See User Categories List | Order articles through National Library of Medicine's PubMed System. |
Requesting Documents from Himmelfarb
| Forms to request a service | Who can request? | Description |
| Request On-Site Storage Journal Retrieval (No Charge. Pick-up required) |
GWUMC Affiliates only* |
Request print journal titles/issues located at Himmelfarb On-Site Storage. Pick-up at Circulation Desk. More info. |
| Request for Off-Site Storage Journal Article (No Charge. Login Required) |
GWUMC Affiliates only* |
Request print journal articles from journals located at the Off-Site Storage Facility. More Info. |
| Request Book/Photocopy/PDF from Himmelarb Collection (Fee Service: Login Required) |
GWUMC
Affiliates, Non-Affiliated Libraries |
Request a book or photocopy/PDF of a journal article or chapter. More info. |
* Non-GWUMC affiliates (ex. GWU students or faculty) request through Gelman Library
Requesting a New Resource for Himmelfarb
| Forms to request a service | Who can request? | Description |
| Recommend a new purchase | All GWUMC Affiliates only |
Advise a new title for possible library purchase |