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General Information
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How to Request Books | How
to Request Articles
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General Information
Interlibrary Loan services are free of charge.
Article photocopies are usually received
within 7-10 days of request. If you need the item immediately,
please contact us directly at library@inhs.uiuc.edu
or 333-6892.
Most articles are delivered electronically (when available).
Articles not available for electronic delivery are sent to
your campus address.
Book loan requests take an average of 2-3
weeks to fill.
You must pick up items at the Main Library, and you will need
your I-Card.
Loan periods vary by lending institution, and may be as short
as 2 weeks.
In general, renewals are not possible.
More information is available from the Interlibrary Loan
Office, see Interlibrary Loan FAQs or call their phone support
at (217) 333-0832. Also, feel free to contact us with your
questions (library@inhs.uiuc.edu,
333-6892).
Establishing
Your Account
To
use the Interlibrary Loan service, you must have a NetID
and password. Refer to the NetID
page for instructions on establishing a NetID, or changing/resetting
your password. If you've forgotten your NetID password, follow
the instructions at the bottom of the CITES NetID password
change page.
The Interlibrary Loan office uses contact information
from campus databases (NESSIE
for faculty/staff, U
of I Direct for students) for email notification and to
deliver photocopies. To ensure successful nofication and delivery,
keep your contact information in NESSIE
(faculty/staff) or U
of I Direct (students) current.
How
to Request Books
Use the
book request procedure to request the loan of an entire work,
such as:
- books
- dissertations
and theses
- entire
conference proceedings
- microfilm
reels and microfiche
- Confirm
that the item is not available at UIUC.
If available from UIUC, you can request
the item or go to the holding library and retrieve it.
- Confirm
that item is not available at another I-Share
library.
If available in another I-Share library, request the item.
See "Finding
books not available at UIUC" for instructions on
finding and requesting from I-Share.
- If
the item is not available at UIUC or another I-Share library,
continue to Interlibrary
Loan.
- Log
in with your NetID and password.
- Under
"Request Types," click "Request a Book."
- Complete
form and click "Submit Request" at the bottom of the
page.
- An
email notification will be sent to you with pick-up instructions.
- To
check status of requests, click
"View/Cancel Outstanding Requests" from the main menu.
- To
view all Interlibrary Loan items checked out to you, click
"View Checked Out Items" from the main menu.
- Always
log out of Interlibrary Loan when done to prevent others
from accessing your account. Either close the browser or
click "Exit ILLiad" in the upper right corner.
Log
in now to place request.
How
to Request Article Photocopies
Use this
procedure to request photocopies of an part of a larger work,
such as
- an
article within a journal
- a paper
within a conference proceeding
- a chapter
within an anthology
- a
patent, including a foreign patent
- Confirm
that the item is not available online, using the Online
Research Resources Journals list.
- Confirm
that the item is not available in print using the
UIUC catalog.
- If
the item is not available online or in print, continue to
Interlibrary
Loan.
- Log
in with your
NetId and password.
- Under
"Request Types," click "Request a Photocopy."
- Complete
the form, taking care to fill in all the required fields,
and click "Submit Request" at the bottom of the page.
- The
Interlibrary Loan office will send an email notification
with electronic pick-up instructions.
If an electronic copy is unavailable, a photocopy will be
mailed to the campus address listed on your account in either
NESSIE (faculty/staff) or U of I Direct (students).
- To
check status of requests, click
"View/Cancel Outstanding Requests" from the main menu.
- If
an article is sent to you electronically, go to Interlibrary
Loan, Main Menu and click "View/Download Electronically
Received Articles."
Electronic documents are deleted from your account 30 days
after your email notification, so print out, read, or download
items in a timely manner.
- Always log out of Interlibrary Loan when done to prevent
others from accessing your account. Either close the browser
or click "Exit ILLiad" in the upper right corner.
Log
in now to place request
Created:
04/15/03 jmp
Last Updated: 5/15/06 smb
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