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Place a Hold on Materials
All Chicago Public Library card-holders can place a hold (reserve) on any available item through the online catalog. After finding the item in the catalog, click the "Place on Hold" button. This will prompt you to login to your My CPL account and choose a preferred pickup location. If you would like to place a hold on an individual volume, edition or year, please call or visit any library location.
In the Kids' Catalog, the hold button is named "Click here to Order it." Patrons can also visit any library location for assistance in placing holds.
Email notification will be sent when the item is available for pickup (if an email address is included in a My CPL account) or by phone or by U.S. mail.
Each card-holder can have up to five holds pending at any one time. This does not include hold requests that are in transit or ready for pickup. All hold transactions will be counted as part of the thirty-transaction limit allowed on your library account.