Loan Periods
At this time, only the current University of Houston-Downtown students, faculty, staff, and alumni may visit the W.I. Dykes Library to borrow materials. Students, faculty, and staff from other University of Houston System campuses may borrow materials under the same borrowing privileges as their UHD counterpart by way of intercampus delivery. Other borrowers affiliated with UHD can borrow library materials on a limited basis. For more information, please see the
Library COVID-19 webpage. To view items that you checked out or want to renew, please see the
My Library Account webpage.
Consult these tables for loan periods and renewal limits for memembers of the University of Houston-Downtown community. For general borrowing information, see
Checking Out Materials.
Students and Staff
Books | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
General, Leisure, & Graphic Novels | Unlimited | 6 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Juvenile, Textbooks, & Thesis | Unlimited | 3 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Periodicals & Reference | Checkouts not allowed | - | - |
Media
| Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Audiobooks, DVDs, Music CDs, & Videos
| 5 total
| 3 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Equipment | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Binoculars | 1 total | 1 week | No renewals |
Dry Erase Boards | 1 total | 2 hours | 1 |
Dry Erase Kits | 1 total | 2 hours | 1 |
Camcorders | 1 total | 3 days | No renewals |
Cameras | 1 total | 3 days | No renewals |
Tripods | 1 total | 3 days | No renewals |
Umbrellas | 1 total | 1 week | No renewals |
USB Cables | 1 total | 2 hours | 1 |
Graduate Students
Books | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
General & Graphic Novels | Unlimited | 1 semester | No renewals |
Leisure | Unlimited | 6 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Juvenile, Textbooks, & Thesis | Unlimited | 3 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Periodicals & Reference | Checkouts not allowed | - | - |
Media | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Audiobooks, DVDs, Music CDs, & Videos
| 10 total
| 3 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Equipment | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Binoculars | 1 total | 1 week | No renewals |
Dry Erase Boards | 1 total | 2 hours | 1 |
Dry Erase Kits | 1 total | 2 hours | 1 |
Camcorders | 1 total | 3 days | No renewals |
Cameras | 1 total | 3 days | No renewals |
Tripods | 1 total | 3 days | No renewals |
Umbrellas | 1 total | 1 week | No renewals |
USB Cables | 1 total | 2 hours | 1 |
Faculty and Faculty Emeriti
Books | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
General & Graphic Novels | Unlimited | 12 months
| Unlimited |
Leisure | Unlimited | 6 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Juvenile, Textbooks, & Thesis | Unlimited | 3 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Periodicals & Reference | Unlimited | 3 days | No renewals |
Media | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Audiobooks, DVDs, Music CDs, & Videos
| 10 total | 6 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester |
Adjunct Faculty
Books | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
General & Graphic Novels
| Unlimited | 1 semester | No renewals
|
Leisure | Unlimited | 6 weeks
| Unlimited until t end of the semester
|
Juvenile, Textbooks, & Thesis
| Unlimited | 3 weeks
| Unlimited until end of the semester
|
Periodicals & Reference | Checkouts are not allowed
| - | - |
Media | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Audiobooks, DVDs, Music CDs, & Videos
| 10 total
| 3 weeks | Unlimited until end of the semester
|
Alumni - Limit 10 items
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 |
Program (or Friends of the Library) - Limit 4 items
UHD Affiliates, CJ Training Center, Student Counseling Services, & TexShare
Books | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
General, Leisure, Graphic Novels, Juvenile, & Textbooks
| 4 total | 3 weeks | 1 |
Periodicals & Reference | Library Use Only
| - | - |
Media | Limit | Loan Period | Renewals |
Audiobooks & Music CDs
| 1 within the above 4 total limit
| 3 weeks | 1 |
DVDs & Videos | Library Use Only | - | - |
Renewals
Borrowers may extend the loan period for some items on or before the due date to avoid fines or charges. However, they cannot renew items if other borrowers request them or if the library recalls them. Borrowers may renew their items by visiting the circulation desk staff on the fifth floor of the main building or contacting them at 713-221-8186. To renew online, please follow the instructions below:
- Go to the library homepage at
www.uhd.edu/library
- Choose the
My Library Account link under the Services heading under the blue Library Hours link.
- Pick the blue
UHD link in the white
Login using: box.
-
Access your library account at the
UHD Web Authentication Service page.
- Type in your network ID in the
Network Account box.
- Type in your password in the
Password box.
- Click on the red
Login link. This will take you to your library account
- Click on
LOANS underneath the
My Library Account heading.
- Choose the eligible items that you want to renew.
- Press
RENEW SELECTED above the items list.
- Confirm your renewals from the yellow
"Selected loans have been successfully renewed" message.
Recalls
A recall may occur if there are outstanding holds on a checked-out item. Most items are subject to recall after six weeks. Items from the Juvenile collection, audiobooks, DVDs, and music CDs are subject to recall after three weeks. Borrowers cannot revew recalled items.