Circulation: Online Students

To Renew Online (one renewal only per item):

Log into Library account:

• From the library homepage (https://www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary) 

• Under Library Resources, click on “Renewing Library Materials”

• Click on the “Access Your Account” button.  This will take you directly into PRIMO

• Near the top right click on “Sign In”

• Choose “Messiah students, educators, staff login”

• Enter Username: (Messiah username)

• Enter Password: (Messiah password)

• Click “Login”

• Click on “your name” in upper right corner

• Click on “Library Card” to view online account information

Renew Library materials:

• Click on Loans

• Check the box next to each item you want to renew

• Click on Renew, Renew Selected, or Renew All

• New due dates will appear for those items that have been successfully renewed 

• NOTE: If your materials are already overdue you cannot renew online. Call the library to renew (see below)

To Renew by Phone:

Please call (717)691-6006, ext.3860 to renew your library materials over the phone.  Someone at the Circulation Desk will be glad to help.  Make note of new due date for each item.

Murray Library circulation staff will mail books from Messiah's own Library collection to online students upon request. Search the Library catalog for books you need and fill out a request form for each book.

The circulation period is the current semester, with no renewals.

Students are responsible to return books in person or via U.S. Mail (send Media Mail). If mailing books back, be sure to get a receipt from the post office (preferably with a tracking number) to keep track of your returns.

We are unable to mail books/materials to student outside the United States and those with a Mechanicsburg ZIP code (17050, 17055).

Helpful websites:

Primo (Library catalog + Online Library Account)

Books-by-Mail Request Form

• In-person borrowing from ACLCP (Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania) Schools.
  • Offers reciprocal borrowing arrangements to currently enrolled students, and current faculty and staff of all member institutions. 
  • Each institution may have different borrowing privileges. Please ask the library's circulation desk for their ACLCP member policies.

  • Member schools include:

    • Albright College
    • Alvernia College
    • Bucknell University
    • Dickinson College
    • Elizabethtown College
    • Franklin & Marshall College
    • Gettysburg College
    • Harrisburg Area Community College
    • Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
    • Juniata College
    • Kutztown University
    • Lebanon Valley College
    • Lycoming College
    • Messiah University
    • Millersville University
    • PSU Harrisburg (Capitol Campus)
    • Shippensburg University
    • State Library of Pennsylvania
    • St. Joseph's University - Lancaster
    • Susquehanna University
    • U.S. Army War College
    • Wilson College
    • York College of PA

  • Check the ACLCP membership institutions for the most up-to-date list.