Borrow Materials

Most items are loaned for 3 weeks, with up to 2 renewals (unless another customer has placed a hold on the item or the account is not in good standing).

Physical Materials

• Library Cards (full-access) can have a maximum of 50 items checked out at one time.
• APL TexShare Cards can have a maximum of 10 items checked out at one time.
• Digital Library Cards are not able to check out physical materials.

eBooks, eAudiobooks & Digital Resources

• Access is available to Full-Access and Digital Library Cards.
• OverDrive/Libby: eBooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video
  • Check out 10 items at a time and have 7 holds.
  • Audiobooks and eBooks check out for 7, 14, or 21 days.
  • Magazines check out for 21 days and don't count towards your 10 item limit!
• hoopla: Movies, music, TV shows, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics
  • Stream content via browser or download the app for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, or Roku.
  • Check out 4 items per month.
  • Movies and TV shows for 3 days
  • Music for 7 days
  • Audiobooks, eBooks, and comics for 21 days
  • BingePasses for 7 days
  • Instantly available borrowing
  • No hold queues
• See the full list of Digital Resources.

The duration of borrowing materials varies. Visit the Library Card Policies & FAQs page to learn more about the different duration periods.