| User Profile | General borrowing limit/volumes | General holding limit/volumes | Overdue threshold of suspending/volumes | Renewing books/times | Limit to reference books/volumes | Restrictions based on the book’s language type |
| Undergraduate | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Junior-college student | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | One book in foreign language |
| Short-term foreign student | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Graduate student | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Doctoral student | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Tsinghua/BSFU reader | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Domestic visiting scholar | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| International visiting scholar | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Unlimited |
| Faculty | 30 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Staff under contract system | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Unlimited |
| Researchers cooperating with PKU | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | One book in foreign language |
| Interlibrary loaner | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Unlimited |
Readers who have a University ID card or a Library Card can borrow 5-30 books for one month（24 hours for the Course Reserves）, and renew up to three times in general cases （no renews for the Course Reserves. Policies vary by branch and type of material, so check individual library rooms for specifics.
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