Cornell students, faculty and staff can check out materials on-site at the thirteen BorrowDirect partner institutions through BorrowDirect Plus:
- Brown University
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Duke University
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- Yale University
- Cornell University
Are you visiting Cornell from a BorrowDirect institution?
- Submit your Library Card application.
- Visit the Library Public Services Office in 116 Olin Library, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m to 3:30 p.m.
- Present a government issued photo ID card (passport, driver’s license).
- In order to verify your status, you will be asked to log into your ILLiad login page at your home institution.
Your Cornell Library Card will:
- Be valid for one year from the issuing date.
- Allow physical access and borrowing of circulating books and DVDs at all Cornell libraries.
- Allow you to check out up to twenty items for 8 weeks with one renewal.
- Items can be returned at either Cornell or your home institution’s library.