Annex Requests

Material from the Annex can be delivered to any library on campus and will normally be available at the circulation desk within 24 hours, Monday-Friday.

There are 2 ways for Cornell students, faculty, and staff to request material from the Annex:

1. Through the online catalog (How?)
2. Document Delivery (How?)

Visiting researchers may request items from the Annex by using the form on the Library Gateway. (See instructions below.) Enter "visitor" in place of Cornell ID number.

To place an Annex request through the online catalog:

1. Retrieve the catalog record of the item.Click on "Requests" in the menu bar at the top of the page. If you have not logged in, you will be prompted for your Cornell ID number and last name.Using the pull-down menu, choose "Book Delivery Services." Then, click the "OK" button. You will then see a form to complete.(Conditional step): If you are requesting a volume from a serial title, select the volume from the pull-down menu next to "Select an item." If the volume you need does not appear in the pull-down menu, please use the Annex Request form located on the Circulation Services page of the Library Gateway.Select the library where you would like to have the item delivered.Enter your Cornell ID number.
2. Click the "Submit Request" button to process the annex request.

To place an Electronic Document Delivery Request:

1. Gather as much information as you can about the item you would like to request from the Annex.
   • For books you will need the call number, title, author, and specific volume from a series (if applicable).
   • For journal articles you will need the journal call number, journal title, volume number, issue number, and date of the journal in which the article was published as well as the author, title, and page numbers of the article.
2. Use the Document Delivery Request form.

For visiting researchers to place an Annex request through the Library Gateway:

1. Gather as much information as you can about the item you would like to request from the Annex.
   • For books you will need the call number, title, author, and specific volume from a series (if applicable).
   • For journal articles you will need the journal call number, journal title, volume number, issue number, and date of the journal in which the article was published.
2. Complete Library Annex Request Form.

Annex Reading Room

Annex has an on-site reading room equipped with wireless, a computer, a copier, a microform reader and printers. Patrons may request items be held at the Annex Reading Room. These books can be checked out or used on site. Because the Annex is a high-density storage facility, it is not a browsing library and the retrieval of requested material is taken care of by the staff members. It would be most efficient if a patron provides information for requested materials at least two hours in advance. The Annex will then have the materials ready when the patron arrives. Walk-in requests will be put into work orders and will be processed by priority. In such case, a patron will have to wait for the retrieval to be carried out.