Circulating Collections

Request a New Book

If there is an upcoming or recently released title you would like to see at the Redwood, use this REQUEST FORM to recommend it for our collections. Please fill out as much information on the form as possible.

Members can also use Interlibrary Loan to request an item as a temporary loan from another institution. For more information about this service, please see the Interlibrary Loan tab.

Interlibrary Loan Policy for Redwood Library Members

For current members, the Redwood Library & Athenaeum can obtain items which the library does not hold in its collections through both in-state and out-of-state interlibrary loan requests. These requests may be for books, audio-visual materials, journal articles, and any other circulating material generally expected to be held in collections of cooperating libraries.

To request a item please use our ILL FORM.

Who may use Interlibrary Loan?

Members of the Redwood may place an interlibrary loan request. There is no guarantee that requests will be filled, but every reasonable effort will be made to obtain requested items on a timely and free basis. Members will be informed of the status of their loans if the item is proving difficult to obtain.

How do I request an item from another library?

To make an interlibrary loan request please speak to the staff member at the circulation desk or fill out this ILL FORM.

Please supply as much information as possible (author, title, publication date, etc.) and either a phone number or email address.

Requests without contact information CANNOT BE PROCESSED.

How much does the service cost?

Generally, ILL items will be sent at no charge between libraries; however, there may be instances where the lending library may charge a fee for lending or duplicating materials. If the patron is willing to pay for the requested materials, they must do so before the materials are sent. Under no circumstances will the Redwood pay the interlibrary loan charges on behalf of a member.

When will I get my books?

Interlibrary loan requests will be filled as quickly as possible. Turnaround time varies depending upon the lending library and materials requested. Patrons will be notified by telephone or email when their materials arrive at the library.

When are interlibrary loan books due? Are there late fees?

Loan periods and late fees are set by the lending library. Generally, loan periods range from 2-4 weeks. Members keeping items past the due date are responsible for all late fines set by the lending library.

Please note that ILL materials are subject to recall by the lending library at any time.

What is the renewal policy?

Renewal policies are also determined by the lending library. Please request a renewal before the initial loan period is up. This allows us ample time to contact the library and receive their reply before the item must be returned.

Where do I return materials?

Please return interlibrary loan materials at the circulation desk or in the book drop if the library is closed.

Redwood Library ILL Lending Policy

The Redwood Library fills requests of circulating materials for OLIS and OCLC libraries. Depending on size and condition, most circulating materials will be sent to requesting libraries. Scans or other reproductions requested through ILL will be assessed and filled based on Fair Use Copyright restrictions. Special Collections materials will not be sent out via ILL, but are available to view in our Reading Room by appointment.

For any questions regarding our ILL Lending Policy, please contact Willa Anderson at ill@redwoodlibrary.org.

NONFICTION

• Holding Fire: A Reckoning with the American West by Bryce Andrews
• The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle
• All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
• There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the Ira, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll
• Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages by Carmela Ciuraru
• The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems–and What to Do about It by Rob Cross & Karen Dillon
• A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan
• The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankpan
• The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
• Cheerfulness: A Literary and Cultural History by Timothy Hampton
• Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, Ad 300-1300 by Peter Heather
• Guardians of the Valley: John Muir and the Friendship That Saved Yosemite by Dean King
• Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal by Nathan Masters
• The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s by Alexander Nemerov
• Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
• Blanche: The Life and Times of Tennessee Williams’s Greatest Creation by Nancy Schoenberger
• Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age Crisis by Jeanna Smialek
• The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

• Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower
• Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson by Ashley Brown
• Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary by Shaun Bythell
• A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
• Flora Macdonald: Pretty Young Rebel: Her Life and Story by Flora Fraser
• Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
• Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age by Reid Mitenbuler
• The Queen: Her Life by Andrew Morton
• Fieldwork: A Forager’s Memoir by Iliana Regan
• Book of Days by Patti Smith
• Nothing Stays Put: The Life and Poetry of Amy Clampitt by Willard Spiegelman
• The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence by David Waldstreicher
• A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England by Vanessa Wilkie

FICTION 

• Old Babes in the Woods: Stories by Margaret Atwood
• Earth’s the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg
• Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black
• The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen
• Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni
• Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
• Burner by Mark Greaney
• Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
• Greek Lessons by Han Kang
• The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
• Happy Place by Emily Henry
• Robert Ludlum’s the Treadstone Rendition by Joshua Hood
• Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
• The Curator by Owen King
• Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
• Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
• The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
• Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
• Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
• The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise by Colleen Oakley
• Victory City by Salman Rushdie
• Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline
• The Weeds by Katy Simpson Smith
• Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
• Hang the Moon by Jeanette Walls

MYSTERY

• Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
• A Mansion for Murder by Francis Brody
• Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
• Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Clark
• I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
• Ozark Dogs by Eli Cranor
• What Have We Done by Alex Finlay
• Who Cries for the Lost by C.S. Harris
• The Last Orphan: An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz
• Collateral Damage by J.A. Jance
• You Know Her by Meagan Jennett
• Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
• Red London by Alma Katsu
• Unnatural History: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman
• The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
• Panther Gap by James A. McLaughlin
• Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
• 48 Clues Into the Disappearance of My Sister by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Raven Thief by Gigi Pandian
• Countdown by James Patterson
• 3 Days to Live by James Patterson
• World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
• Murder Book by Thomas Perry
• A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn
• Encore in Death by J.D. Robb
• The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson
• Sunset Empire by Josh Weiss
• City of Dreams by Dan Winslow

Circulating Periodicals

America: The Jesuit Review of Faith and Culture
American Ancestors
American Gardener
Antiques*
Architectural Digest
Art in America
Art New England
Atlantic Monthly
Boston Globe & Magazine
Boston Magazine
Britain
Consumer Reports
Cooks Illustrated
Cruising World*
Down East
Early American Life
Economist
Esquire
Financial Times
Fine Gardening*
Food & Wine
Forbes
Foreign Affairs
Gardens Illustrated*
Harpers Bazaar
Harpers Magazine
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Health Letter
History News
Horticulture – Magazine of American Gardening
House Beautiful*
Jamestown Press
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Lapham’s Quarterly
Literary Review
Mid Mod Treasures
National Geographic
Naval War College Review
New England Historical & Genealogical Register*
New England Home
New York
New York Review of Books
New York Times
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Magazine
New York Times Style Magazine
New Yorker
Newport Daily News
Newport Harbor Guide
Newport History: Journal of the Newport Historical Society*
Newport Life Magazine*
Newsweek
Old-House Journal*
Preservation*
Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute
Providence Journal
Report from Newport: Salve Regina University Magazine
Rhode Island History*
Rhode Island Monthly
Sailing World
Saturday Evening Post
Sea History
Smithsonian
Spectator
The Green Light: Bulletin of the Point Association of Newport, RI*
The Times of the Rhode Island Historical Society
TIME Magazine
TLS: the Times Literary Supplement
Town & Country
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Wall Street Journal & Magazine
Yachting
Yankee

*We also hold back issues of these periodicals in either our Circulating or Special Collections

cloudLibrary eBooks and eMagazines

Redwood Library members can download the cloudLibrary app by searching in the Apple App Store or Google Play OR going to “get the app” in the dropdown menu on cloudLibrary’s homepage. Login using the same ID and Pin you use to access your account in our catalog.

Kanopy

Members can now watch over 26,000 titles through the Kanopy streaming service. Each month, members are given 10 credits for films, 2 additional credits for Kanopy’s Great Courses titles, and unlimited plays on Kanopy Kids. Download the Kanopy app from the Apple App Store or Google Play for mobile viewing. Members will need their full library card number in order to make an account. If you have any trouble setting up your account, please contact redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Naxos Music Library

Our members have access to the music streaming service, Naxos Music Library. You can listen on your PC from or download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Please contact the front desk to access login information.

Sanborn Maps

Redwood members have to access over 660,000 maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities from 1867 to 1970 in electronic form through the Sanborn Digital Maps database. Please contact the front desk to access login information.