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Services for Students: Borrowing/Renewing

Borrowing and Renewal Rules

Undergraduate Students 99 items total
5 media
6 weeks
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
Graduate Students 99 items total
5 media

End of semester
No renewal limit

6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
UH System Faculty (Current and retired) 400 items total
10 media
Annual April 15th due date
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
UH System Staff (Current) 199 items total
10 media
120 days
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
Adjunct faculty 199 items total
10 media
End of semester
No renewal limit
6 weeks
2 renewals
3 weeks
No renewals
Alumni, Affiliates, FMCU students, Hawk Connection 10 items total
4 media
6 weeks
1 renewal
6 weeks
1 renewal
3 weeks
No renewals
TexShare, Lunar & Planentary Institute Borrowers 4 items total
4 media
6 weeks
1 renewal
6 weeks
1 renewal
3 weeks
No renewals

Return Library Items

You can return library items at:

  • The Neumann Library circulation desk
  • The UHCL Pearland Library service desk
  • The book drop located next to the Neumann Library entrance
  • The book drop located outside the Bayou Building entrance closest to the student parking lot
  • Any other library in the University of Houston system

-Items must be returned in the same condition as when checked out.

-Do not write or highlight in books, fold pages, or remove pages.

-Borrowers are financially responsible for damage that occurs to the item while it is checked out to them.

-If you notice damage before checking the item out, please bring it to the attention of library staff.  The damage will be noted in the item's record, and you will not be held responsible for the damage upon return.

TexShare Card

  • The TexShare Card program enables patrons from public and college libraries to borrow items from over 500 participating libraries, including Neumann Library and Pearland Library.
  • TexShare cards are issued by your home library. Search for your library on the Texshare Find a Library page to see if your library is in the program.
  • TexShare borrowers from other libraries may borrow four items from UHCL (Neumann or Pearland campus libraries) at a time. Intercampus book transfer and Interlibrary Loan are not available for TexShare borrowers.
  • TexShare borrowers from other libraries must be 18 years of age or older and must present a TexShare card and a photo ID.  Neumann Library's full TexShare policies can be viewed here.
  • Current UHCL students, faculty, and staff who wish to borrow items from other TexShare libraries may obtain a TexShare card at the Neumann Library Research Desk or the UHCL Pearland Library service desk.

UH ID Card

Students, faculty, and staff in the UH system must present their UH system ID card to borrow library items.  Your university ID card can be used to borrow materials at any UH-system library.

Hawk Cards for UHCL students, faculty, and staff can be obtained from the Welcome Center located in room 1101 in the Student Services building.

Your Library Account

Log in to your library account to view your current checkouts, renew materials, or place holds on items.

Log in to ILLiad to view your requests for books and articles from libraries outside the UH system.

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