Yale University Library: Purchase Request

Please use this form to request that the library purchase material for the collection. This service is available only to the Yale community.

Check Orbis, Yale's online catalog, before requesting purchases.
Can't find it on the shelf? If the item is not checked out and you can't find it on the shelf, display the record in Orbis and click Place Requests, then select Staff search or delivery.
Items found in Orbis that are On Order should be requested using the On Order form.
Check if the item is in print to provide important information about your request. Delivery guarantees offered by online booksellers are not reliable indicators of an item's availability. Domestic in-print books generally arrive in 6 weeks. Foreign and out-of-print books usually take longer.
Need an item quickly? Request it through Borrow Direct or interlibrary loan.
Place a request using this form or send e-mail to a subject specialist.
Faculty wishing to place material on Course reserve should use the services offered at Bass Library and some school and department libraries.
Use this form to request materials for the Bass Library general collection.


	Request a Purchase

I. Request and pick up information

I am requesting this item because:
Yale does not own the item
Item is lost or missing

(For faculty use only)
Course Reserves (This link opens a new browser window)

Priority: Just add to the collection. No need to notify me.
Notify me when available (usually within 4-8 weeks).
Acquire as soon as possible and notify me.
The Library cannot assure a specific arrival date.

Select a pick up location if you want the item placed on Hold

Sterling Memorial
Cross Campus
Mudd
Arts
Divinity
Drama
Engineering
Epidemiology & Public Health
Forestry & Environmental Studies
Geology
Kline Science
Medical
Music
Social Science

II. Patron information

Name: Department:

E-mail address:

Telephone number: Status: (required)

III. Item information

Source of information:	(required)
Title:	(required)
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Subject:		Edition:
Place:		Publisher:
Year:		Price:
Series (if applicable):		ISBN/ISSN:

Please give any additional specific information about your request: