Borrowing Materials from the JPL Library: Borrow an eBook or Print Book

Ebooks

• Most electronic books in the JPL Library collection allow for downloads of chapters in PDF format.
• Ebooks can be found in the JPL collection are listed here.

In Person

• Search the BEACON catalog and find the book(s) you need

• Write down the Call Number, for example TL789.85 .E1B37 2016
  

• Visit the HUB (111-104)

  • Print books are shelved in the Books wing on the west side of the HU

• Bring the book to the Library Services Desk and we will check it out to you

Online

• Submit a request through BEACON Express, our Document Delivery Service
  • Items can be either held for pick up at the Library Services Desk or sent your mailstop

Email/Phone

• You can also email the Library Services Desk, or call x4-4200, to have us check on the availability of a book for you

Returning a Borrowed Book

• Books may be returned at the Library Services Desk in the HUB (111-104), or
• Sent back via Lab Mail to:
  • Library Services Desk M/S 111-113

Renew

For books from the JPL Library collection:

• You can renew them yourself via our catalog (as long as no one else as recalled it).
• Or contact the Library Services Desk:
  • library@jpl.nasa.gov
  • 4-4200

For books borrowed from another library via Beacon Express:

• Contact the Library Services Desk 4-4200
• The lending library approves or denies renewals and sets the renewal period; we will contact them for you

Recall

If a book you want is checked out by another user, you can issue a "recall" to let that person know that someone else wants that book, and please return it to the Library. Following are ways to issue a recall.

• Online
  • After clicking on the item, select Request Item
    
  • You will be redirected to BEACON Express
  • Login into BEACON Express
  • A new Book request form will automatically open and populate with the item information. Verify the accuracy and Submit
• Email
  • Email library@jpl.nasa.gov with the book information of the title you need and delivery preference: Hold for pickup or send to mailstop. Library staff will recall the book for you.
• Phone
  • 4-4200
• Policies
  • ​If the book cannot be retrieved from the person who borrowed it within a reasonable period of time, we will borrow a copy for you via interlibrary loan
  • If a borrower does not return a recalled book after three notices from the Library, we will contact the borrower's manager to obtain a Project Task to which to charge the purchase of a replacement copy of the book

For additional information about any JPL Library resources and services please contact us:

1. Slack #help-library
2. Email: library@jpl.nasa.gov
3. Phone: 818-354-4200
4. Visit Building 111, Room 104 (the HUB) at JPL: 24/7 access with badge