Using Library Collections
Alumni and visitors may borrow books, videos, music discs, and audiobooks from the library.
Databases, e-journals, e-books, and online media are available for use in the library, but remote access is limited to current students and faculty.
Library Cards Accepted
LOAN PERIODS
Books
| Limit
| Loan Period | Renewals |
General, Leisure, Graphic Novels, Juvenile, Textbooks
| 10 total | 3 weeks | 1
|
DVDs, Periodicals, Reference, & Videos
| Library Use Only
| -
| -
|
Media
| Limit
| Loan Period
| Renewals
|
Audiobooks & Music CDs
| 4 within the above 10 total limit
| 3 weeks
| 1
|
Using Library Computers
Public Computers
Computers are available with a valid government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license or passport.
High school students may present a school picture identification card and a letter from their teacher.
Use of library computers is limited to two non-consecutive thirty-minute sessions in each day.
Printing
Printing is available for University of Houston-Downtown alumni, current students, prospective students, faculty, staff, and visitors from affiliated universities. To be seated at a printing computer, present a current identification card from:
-
UHD Alumni Association (issued by Sports & Fitness)
- University of Houston
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- University of Houston-Victoria
- Lone Star College
If you are a prospective student, present a current driver's license, state identification card, or passport, and our library staff will glady provide access to a computer with printing.
Unattended Children
For their own safety, children and young teens must be supervised at all times by a parent or another responsible adult. Staff will notify the police of any unattended child.
