Interlibrary Loan
Items we don’t have access to may be requested through InterLibrary Loan. Interlibrary Loan is available at no cost to students, faculty, staff, and those alumni who have a borrowing card.
These materials can be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan:
- Books
- Journal Articles
- Theses & Dissertations
- Music scores
- Audio/visual materials
These materials might not be borrowable through ILL:
- Whole periodical issues
- Recent newspapers
- Some movies and audio recordings
- Some reference books
- Bulky, fragile, rare, or extremely valuable materials
- Any item that a potential lending library is not willing to loan
About ILL
Journal articles are delivered via email. It usually takes a couple days for you to receive your article. You can always check the status of a pending request by logging into your InterLibrary Loan account.
Books may take between a few days and a couple weeks to deliver. When a book arrives, you will be notified via email that your ILL request is ready. They can be picked up at the circulation desk.
Terms of the Lending Library
Because books you request through ILL are owned by other libraries, those libraries set the loan period, which is normally about two weeks. You may renew a book if you see the renew button next to the book title in your account. If you do not see a renew button, then the book cannot be renewed at that time. Return all ILL books to the Information Desk. ILL books may also be recalled by the lending institution, in which case we would need the material returned immediately. Lending libraries also determine any conditions regarding the use of their materials. Limitations such as “No Renewal” or “Library Use Only” must be honored.
For assistance, contact the Interlibrary Loan Office, (535- 2576), or the Reference Librarian (535-2455).