Request a Purchase

Faculty, staff, and students may request purchases of items that we do not own.
Purchase decisions are made according to funding availability and cost of the item.
Use interlibrary loan to request to borrow the item from another library if available.
Need video? If you are an instructor, request streaming media for course instruction
We do not purchase textbooks for students. Instructors can request textbooks to place in course reserves.
Please submit one item per request only. Request forms submitted with multiple items will not be considered for purchase.

Due to staffing and warehouse shortages, supply chain and shipping delays, we are temporarily pausing acquisition of patron purchase requests. Requests submitted may not be available until 2024.

If you have an immediate need for an item for your course, please submit a course reserves request. Time-sensitive requests for research or study materials can also be submitted via interlibrary loan.

What type of material are you requesting?

If requesting a Dataset/API, please note this information on text data mining.

Requesting:

Before submitting your request, please note this information on text data mining.

Patron Information

Peoplesoft ID Number (seven digits): (required)

Name:

Email:

Phone:

Department/Major:

How are you affiliated with the University of Houston?

Student

Faculty

Staff

How are you affiliated with the University of Houston?

Faculty

Staff

Graduate Student

Undergraduate Student

Post Doc

Other

Please list the names and email addresses of others in research or instructional group. (If not applicable, please state this):

Item Information

Format:

Please submit one item per request only. Request forms submitted with multiple items will not be considered for purchase.

Title (required)

Author (if available)

Director/Producer

URL (if available)

ISBN / ISSN (if available)

Date (Publication Year)

Volume

Edition

If you are a course instructor, will this resource be used to support a class you are teaching?

Yes

What is the anticipated enrollment of the class?

Item Information

Please submit one item per request only. Request forms submitted with multiple items will not be considered for purchase.

Subscription or Product name (required)

Publisher (link to resource if available) (required)

Description of use for this resource (please check all that apply)

Research

Teaching and Learning

Please provide course number and number of students who will potentially be enrolled with any relevant details.

This is a general recommendation for UH Libraries to obtain

Additional information about expected use of the resource:

Length of time needed

Short term for a project, grant, or class

Length of time the resource is needed:

Date by which the resource is needed:

Ongoing (subscriptions are re-evaluated every 3 years)

Are you and/or your department able to share costs for this resource? Please elaborate:

Please provide any information you have if you have already had meetings or conversations with the publisher/vendor about this product.

Additional information you would like to provide:

Dataset/API Information

Please submit one dataset per request only. Request forms submitted with multiple requests will not be considered for purchase.

Describe your research project or class use. Please explain why this data is important to your research or teaching, and what method you plan to use. (Max. 500 words)

Name of the dataset (required)

Are there any specific data points or elements needed (years, geography, etc)?

How long do you need access to the data?

Who is the creator / distributor / provider / licensor of the requested data? Please provide a URL if available.

Price of the dataset (if known)

Are you contributing funding towards this purchase? If so, how much?

Please provide a URL to a page describing the data, including documentation describing how to access and use it, if available.

Beyond your own work, explain how this dataset might benefit other researchers or instructors at the University of Houston.

Is there anything else you would like to add? If you have talked with someone in UHL about this request, please include the name here.

Would you like to be notified when this item arrives?

Yes

Would you like this item to be placed on hold for you?

Yes

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