Your CWRU ID Card is Your Library Card
With your CWRU ID card, you may check out items from CWRU campus libraries, affiliate libraries, and OhioLINK member libraries. Expand your search for library materials beyond the CWRU campus and affiliate libraries by exploring library resource sharing networks like OhioLINK, SearchOhio, and Interlibrary Loan. When visiting OhioLINK libraries, be sure to have your Library Account Number handy as well. Please contact the institution for more information about visiting and making use of their collections.
Your Online Library Account
Login to My Account to track due dates, renew items online, and check the status of OhioLINK and SearchOhio requests. Check your library account frequently to avoid accruing fines and fees.
Loan Periods and Renewals
Undergraduate Students:
Most circulating books from Kelvin Smith Library have a 21 day loan period, with up to 4 renewals of 21 days each, barring holds or recalls.* For detailed information concerning loan rules of other library materials, please see the Loan Periods Table.
Graduate Students:
Most circulating books from Kelvin Smith Library have a fixed due date that falls at the end of the current semester, which may be renewed up to 2 times for 1 semester each, barring holds or recalls.* For detailed information concerning loan rules of other library materials, please see the Loan Periods Table.
Faculty and Staff:
Most circulating books from Kelvin Smith Library and Judge Ben C. Green Law Library have a 1 year fixed due date in May, which may be renewed 1 time for an additional year, barring holds or recalls.* For detailed information concerning loan rules of other library materials, please see the Loan Periods Table.
For questions about borrowing non-circulating materials, please reach out to your subject area's Research Services Librarian.
*Please note that Kelvin Smith Library and OhioLINK materials are always subject to immediate recall for course reserves. You will receive an email notice if an item you’ve checked out is needed back for this reason.
Contact Us
Call the Service Center at 216.368.3506, or email us at smithcontact@case.edu.
To connect with a Research Services Librarian, visit our Ask a Librarian page.
My Account Login for CWRU Alumni, CIA and CIM Patrons
CWRU alumni, CIA students/faculty/staff and CIM students/faculty/staff will login under "Visitors" at My Account.
You will need your Library Account Number for login. The first time you login, leave the PIN field blank and then create one at the following prompt.
If you have forgotten your PIN, or need help obtaining your Library Account Number, call your library or KSL's Service Center at 216.368.3506.
Visitor Borrowing
Visitors with a valid library card from an OhioLINK institution may borrow books from Kelvin Smith Library.