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Services for Individuals

All residents of the State of New Jersey are welcome to visit any one of our libraries located on Rutgers campuses in Camden, New Brunswick/Piscataway, and Newark. You are invited to browse through our stacks, ask a reference question, or use our online catalog and electronic resources. Hours, maps, and directions are available at the Rutgers University Libraries website under Hours and Directions. Our online catalog and selected information resources are available from our website if you are unable to visit us in person.

You may borrow materials from the Rutgers University Libraries through your local library's interlibrary borrowing service. Any resident may also apply to purchase guest borrowing privileges by completing an application for a Community Borrower Card [PDF]. Alumni are eligible for complimentary guest borrowing privileges and are invited to use the Rutgers Alumni Library.

Reference desk hours are not the same as Library Hours and are listed within the Ask a Librarian / Frequently Asked Questions - Desk Hours and Phone Numbers. If you are not able to come in when a reference librarian is available, you may submit reference questions concerning the university; the collections, resources, and services of the Libraries; or relating to New Jersey in some way to Ask a Librarian.

Everyone is welcome to use our extensive government publications collections. The Alexander Library (New Brunswick), the Library of Science and Medicine (Piscataway), the Dana Library (Newark), and the Paul Robeson Library (Camden) are depositories for U.S. government publications. Five libraries at Rutgers - Alexander, Dana, the Library of Science and Medicine, Robeson, and the Newark Law Library - are also depositories for New Jersey state publications. The Library of Science and Medicine is a patent depository.

The Libraries are committed to providing equal access to services and collections for all library patrons. Special services may be arranged through the circulation or reference department in each library. For additional information see the Services for Persons With Disabilities Web page.

Services for Libraries

The Rutgers University Libraries participate in the New Jersey Library Network and JerseyCat, the Vale faculty reciprocal borrowing program, and other local and regional cooperative arrangements. A full list of our cooperative access arrangements and a detailed description of our interlibrary loan lending services are available on our website.