Borrowing & Circulation

Comprehensive information on checkout times, fines and fees, course reserves, and borrowing & circulation policies for students, faculty, alumni, and others is available on this site.

Faculty Guide to Library Resources & Services

The Leatherby Libraries is home to nine distinctive libraries, as well as a wealth of electronic resources. This guide was created especially for faculty to provide you with basic information on the library’s resources and services.

Electronic Resources

We offer a wide variety of electronic resources including 135 plus multidisciplinary, subject specific, and newspaper databases, a journal finder with access to over 34,000 full text journal, magazine, and newspaper titles, and over 10,000 e-Books including e-Reference sources, all of which are available through our Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) entitled the Leatherby Libraries Catalog.

Information & Reference Services

The Reference Desk is located on the 1st floor of the Leatherby Libraries and is staffed by professional librarians during all of the hours that it is open. Answers to questions and research assistance is available by phone, email or in person for members of the Chapman University community

Interlibrary Loan

Update your circulation borrowing account at the beginning of each semester (or term) before using ILLIAD/Interlibrary Loans. ILLIAD is our electronic interlibrary loan system that will make it easier for you to request books and articles that Chapman University does not own. ILLIAD Interlibrary loan service is available to all current Chapman students, faculty, and staff. Interlibrary Loan materials are held at the Circulation Desk for pick up. You must show your Chapman ID when picking up ILL items. Return all ILL items to the circulation desk or the ILL window. Please visit the ILL window, located on the 1st floor and open Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:45 pm, with questions or concerns regarding Interlibrary Loan and ILLIAD.

Library Catalog

The Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) contains both print and online resources that the library has acquired and can be access from any computer with an Internet connection. Basic functionality includes the ability to search by author, title, keyword, subject or ISBN/ISSN and includes the ability to limit to material types, dates, and location.

Library Research Instruction

Our library instruction web page defines information literacy, outlines the mission and objectives of library instruction, provides information on the library instruction room itself, and highlights both individual reference consultation and course based library instruction, including online request forms for instruction.

Reserves & E-reserves

This page contains information on finding course reserves, information for both students and faculty, and a link to the required forms for faculty submission.

Student & Graduate Assistants
Student/Graduate Assistants may borrow materials for a faculty member by presenting:

• The ID card of the faculty member for whom they work
• Their own student ID card which all students are required to carry at all times
• Checking out non-circulating materials for photocopying purposes requires permission from a Reference Desk Librarian Students who check out materials for faculty on their own ID card are responsible for those materials.

  Faculty are prohibited from transferring borrowing responsibility from a student to their own record or waiving fines and fees associated with failure to return materials checked out by any student.

UCI Borrowing Privileges

The University of California, Irvine extends borrowing privileges to Chapman University faculty. Click here for details.