What is UB (Universal Borrowing)?
Universal Borrowing allows you to search the online library catalogs of other UW System campuses for books and videos not available at UW-Whitewater. (Items that do not circulate, such as reference books, cannot be borrowed via UB.) You can then request needed item(s) online from any campus library and it will be delivered to UW-Whitewater’s Circulation Desk within 2-4 business days for you to pick up. There is no charge to use UB. To begin, click on Universal Borrowing on the library’s home page. Choose All UB Libraries in the top scroll box and click Connect. Perform your search. Below the resulting Search Status list, click Show. Find the record for your item and open it. If the item is available, request it by clicking Requests at the top of the screen. Type in the 7-digit middle section of your UW-W ID number and last name. Click on OK under UB_Request in the drop-down menu. Fill out the online form, choose the library from which to borrow the item, and click Submit Request.
Universal Borrowing allows you to search the online library catalogs of other UW System campuses for books and videos not available at UW-Whitewater. (Items that do not circulate, such as reference books, cannot be borrowed via UB.) You can then request needed item(s) online from any campus library and it will be delivered to UW-Whitewater’s Circulation Desk within 2-4 business days for you to pick up. There is no charge to use UB. To begin, click on Universal Borrowing on the Library’s home page. At the top of the list of libraries, click Check All to search all of the libraries, and then Continue. Perform your search. Find the record for your item and open it. If the item is available, request it by clicking Make a Request on the right side of the record. Type in the 7-digit middle section of your UW-W ID number and last name. Click on the UB_Request link. Fill out the online form and click Submit. Once you are done with the request, click Logout at the top of the page. You can check
