Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery are free services for Â鶹´«Ã½ students, faculty, and staff to facilitate books, magazine or journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, and other digital and print research materials.
How do I use ILL and Document Delivery?
- and choose a New Request type from the Main Menu.
- Complete the form, remembering to change the Not Wanted After Date if necessary.
- Click Submit.
Soon after you have placed your request, you will receive an email message with an estimated time of arrival.
How do I submit a scanning request?
To have a chapter or article scanned out of a book or journal that is only available in print at the library and can't be purchased in an electronic format:
- Complete an . NOTE: The form requires your network login and it records your name.
- Select the option for a book chapter or an article and provide a full citation including author, title, and source for all copyrighted material on the form.
- Once it's scanned, the link to the PDF file will be in your interlibrary loan account.
Given Copyright limitations, the Library can only scan a limited amount of material from one publication. Generally, one journal article or a book chapter is permitted. If the requested book or journal is available electronically, you will be directed to the online resource.
How long do requests take?
- Electronic delivery takes 1-3 days. Many recently published articles can be supplied within 1-48 hours.
- Mail delivery takes 7-15 days. Books, proceedings, dissertations, and some articles not available electronically will come through the mail.
- Every effort is made to obtain resources in less than 15 days. However, some requests may take longer to arrive.