Borrowing Privileges for Visitors
Visitor Pass Options
Visitors may sign up for a Yale Library account to use and/or borrow from our general collections with a range of free and paid options. Visitor accounts are available to anyone, regardless of connection or affiliation with Yale.
- Monday - Thursday: 8:30 am - 6 pm
- Friday: 8:30 am - 5 pm
- Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
- Sunday: 12 pm - 6 pm
| Pass Options | Rates | Books/Loans |
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| Desk Pass | One week, free, option to renew | 20, for in-library use |
| Access Pass | $20/week or $40/month * | 20, for in-library use |
| Borrowing-Basic |
$200/3 months or $750/year
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25, for checkout |
| Borrowing-Basic+ | $850/year (annual rate only) | 60, for checkout |
* Access Pass is free for students, staff, and faculty from other universities, and SHARES institutions with a valid university or museum ID card.
Pass Options
Desk Pass
- Staff retrieval of up to 20 items per day from Sterling Library stacks and the Library Shelving Facility **
- Entry to Sterling Library and Bass Library up to 6 pm
- No borrowing privileges or stack access
Access Pass
- Staff retrieval of up to 20 items per day from Sterling Library stacks and the Library Shelving Facility **
- Entry to Sterling Library and Bass Library after 6 pm (ID is required to enter the building)
- Access to the Sterling Library stacks
- No borrowing privileges
- Onsite access to electronic resources
Borrowing: Basic Pass
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Book loan period: 2 months
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Number of books/loans: 25
- Entry to Sterling Library and Bass Library after 6 pm (ID is required to enter the building)
- Access to the Sterling Library stacks
- Check out materials from any library
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Onsite access to electronic resources
Borrowing: Basic+ Pass
- Book loan period: 2 months
- Number of books/loans: 60
- Entry to Sterling Library and Bass Library after 6 pm (ID is required to enter the building)
- Access to the Sterling Library stacks
- Check out materials from any library
- Onsite access to electronic resources
Ivy Plus Visitors to Yale
Current faculty, students and staff of other Ivy Plus institutions are eligible for a borrowing account at Yale Library. Users will be asked to verify current eligibility by logging into their home institution’s BorrowDirect or library account.
To register, submit the privileges pre-registration form. When you visit the library, to finish the registration process, you will need to provide two forms of ID, one from each column.
| Government-issued ID | Secondary ID from University |
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BorrowDirect Plus Account Features
- Check out materials from any Yale library
- Building access in library closing
- Loan period varies by library.
- Number of books/loans: 25 books
- Length of privileges: 1 year, renewable
- Onsite access to electronic resources
Register for your BorrowDirect Plus account at the Sterling Memorial Library service desk (check the hours of operation)
Access to Electronic Resources (Databases, Online Journals, etc.)
Access to library-licensed electronic resources is contractually limited to currently employed faculty and staff and currently enrolled students of Yale and its immediately affiliated institutions. On-campus visitors from other Eduroam-affiliated institutions can select this network by logging in with their home university ID.
Visitors may access e-resources on a limited number of computers in the Sterling Library nave if they have an Access Pass or higher. Call (203) 432-1775, or visit the Sterling service desk for more information and to set up access.