Borrowing Materials

To borrow items, bring the items you wish to check out to the Circulation Desk in Perkins or the Help Desk in Bostock, along with your Duke ID or your library card.  A staff member will check your book out for you, or you may use one of our two self check-out machines.  One is located on the side of the Perkins Circulation Desk and the other is near the lobby in Bostock Library.

Using the Self-Checkout Machines

If you do not have a library card, please come to the Circulation Desk in Perkins and a staff member will assist you. 

• Laptops may be borrowed by Duke faculty, staff and students. You must present a valid Duke ID to staff at the Perkins Library or Lilly Library circulation desks to check out a laptop. Laptops are loaned out for 3 hours only, with no renewals and are first come-first served; they cannot be held for an individual patron.
• Perkins Library now has several titles in the devilDVD Collection.  These DVDs may be borrowed for 3 days by Duke graduate and undergraduate students only.
• Headphones and calculators are available for 3 hour loan at the Perkins Circulation Desk.  Please present a valid Duke ID to borrow these items.
• Borrowing Periodicals
• Borrowing Materials on Reserve

Loan Periods for Branch Libraries (or for all other types of items)

• Perkins Library loan periods
• Using Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections materials
• Music Library loan periods
• Lilly Library loan periods
• Biological and Environmental Sciences Library loan periods

Professional Schools' Circulation Policies

• School of Law Library
• Medical Center Library
• Ford Business School Library
• Divinity School Library