Library Privileges for Alumni

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Online access to selected library resources:

  • Create an account in the Swarthmore Alumni Portal to access particular databases and browse resources available to alumni.

Are you near campus and interested in borrowing from the libraries?

  • Visit the OneCard office to obtain a photo ID, then stop by the McCabe Library circulation desk to register an account.
  • See the following for loan periods and eligibility:
Books
books
  • Loan period: 28 days
  • Two renewals
audio books and popular reading room books
  • Loan period: 28 days
  • One renewal
reference books
  • Non-circulating
Books from bryn mawr & haverford
  • Request at the circulation desk
  • Loan period: 28 days
  • Two renewals
Multimedia
dvds & video
  • Loan period: 4 weeks
  • Limit: 5 items
  • One renewal
cds & lps
  • Loan period: 7 days
  • Two renewals
scores
  • Loan period: one semester
  • Two renewals
Items on reserve
  • General reserves (including video) and active Honors Reserves materials do not circulate
  • Inactive Honors Reserves
    • Loan period: 28 days
    • All titles become "active" on April 1 to benefit anyone preparing for Honors exams and are subject to recall.
    • Two renewals

Print journals do not circulate. Alumni are not eligible for borrowing through EZ Borrow or Interlibrary Loan, although any online resources may be accessed on campus.