Items delivered by Bobst Library are for a researcher's private study, scholarship, or research only. For more details and information, visit the Copyright and Fair use page on the library website.
For questions related to fair use please contact the Scholarly Communications & Information Policy department.
We do not accept requests for:
For more information, please visit the Fair Use Guidelines guide.
NYU Global Research Institute (GRI) Fellows may request NYU Bobst Library books to be delivered to their Institute.
To request a book:
All materials are subject to recall and must be renewed or returned on time or fines may accrue.
NYU students and faculty at NYU's global campuses may request scans of articles and book chapters for their private study, scholarship, or research while abroad. Bobst Library will supply chapter scans and article scans of materials we own, within fair use guidelines. If we don't own it, we will request chapter scans and article scans from other libraries.
Delivery of chapters and article scans is electronic. You will receive an email with a link to the scanned article(s). Typical turnaround time for article requests of NYU material is 3 business days. For non-NYU material, typical turnaround may be up to 7-10 business days.