Just take me to the I-Share Catalog!
I-Share is a cooperative arrangement among 76 libraries providing access to over 10 million bibliographic records provided by CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. Chicago State University is a member of CARLI and I-Share.
I-Share allows you to search for books in any of the member libraries. With a valid CSU ID card, you can physically visit any of these libraries and check out books just as if you were a student there. A list of the I-Share libraries can be found here.
You can also electronically request books from any of these libraries. You will need a current CSU UID number. This number can be found on your CSU ID card.
Follow this procedure to electronically request books from other I-Share libraries.
- After you have found your book in I-Share, click on the Request button at the top of the page.
- Select your home library as Chicago State University
- Enter your library borrower ID
- Your Library Borrower ID is:
- 20411 + your nine-digit CSU UID number + 01
- The nine-digit UID number is the number on your CSU ID card, omitting the final 278. Example of a complete Library Borrower ID:
- 2041190000123401
- Enter your last name
- Click login
- When your login is confirmed, click OK to request the first available copy.
- On the next page you will see your requested book listed and will be required to re-enter your entire 16 digit Library borrower ID as you did earlier.
- Click submit request.
- You have succeeded if you now see “Your request is now in progress.”
- Check “My Account” periodically to check on the status of your request.
- Pick up your requested books at the main circulation desk on the first floor of the library.
Continue on to the I-Share catalog
