Get Remote Storage Items

Material with the Remote Storage location in the MSU online catalog is housed in North Lansing. Requested material is picked up every weekday afternoon by library staff. Items requested before 11 AM Mon-Fri will typically be ready to pick up that same day by 5 pm. Items requested after 11 AM Mon-Fri will typically be ready to pick up by 5pm the following weekday. Items requested on weekends or after 11 AM on Fridays will typically be ready for pick up by 5pm Monday. It will be held for ten days and you will be notified that it is ready for pickup by e-mail.

Requesting a Journal?

It may be available ONLINE for you to print or download now! Check this list of journal titles - if yours is here, simply click on it, then click "browse this journal" to find the issue you need! (Avoid the wait for Remote Storage retrieval and a trip to the library to check it out!)

Remote Storage Item Request Form

Bolded items are required.

Contact Information

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! Contact Information !

Please enter your full email address, for example, name@domain.com

If you do not have an MSU ID or Library card, you are probably eligible for a "Community borrower's card" if you meet the following requirements:

  • You are a Michigan resident, at least eighteen years of age
  • You have picture ID and proof of Michigan residence.

Please inquire at the Main Circulation Desk.

If you wish to request US Government Documents from Remote Storage but are not eligible (or do not wish to obtain) an MSU Community Borrowers Card, please ask for the Supervisor at the Circulation Desk to place your request or e-mail: kriss@mail.lib.msu.edu

Material Information

Delivery Options

! Delivery Options !

This option is for MSU Faculty or Staff, Medical and Gull Lake students ONLY.

Because much of the material in Remote Storage is fragile, delivery via campus mail is not available. We will hold the item for you at the Main Circulation Desk, or it can be delivered by library courier to one of our Branch Libraries (where it will be available according to the same schedule as above). NOTE: Journals available online are an exception -- they will not be delivered to a branch library, but will be held only at Main Library Circulation. Please indicate your choice below:

Modified: 12/18/06

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