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Interlibrary Loan Service

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1. Interlibrary Loan Description
Interlibrary Loan is a service that allows users of one library to borrow books, journal articles, and other materials from other libraries.

2. Eligibility to Use the Interlibrary Loan Service
Only the following are eligible to use this service:


First Time Users:
Register for an ILL Account


Returning Users:
Log in to
Submit a Request
or
View Materials
Delivered Electronically

  • Faculty on 50% or above line appointments (tenure-track faculty)
  • Graduate students
Borrowers are not charged for using Interlibrary Loan. The costs are covered by Empire State College. Expansion of service will be reviewed at the end of the pilot. If you are not eligible to use Interlibrary Loan right now, please review these alternatives.
Please note: We can not obtain or ship books to users located outside of the continental U.S.

3. Materials Available
AvailableNot Available
Books or book chaptersTextbooks*
Journal, magazine and newspaper articlesReference books
Conference proceedings and papersMulti-volume sets
Government documentsTheses and dissertations
Audio, video, other materials from circulating collections Rare books, manuscripts and unpublished materials
Microforms
Best-sellers
Please note: We can not obtain or ship books to users located outside of the continental U.S.
*Required textbooks should be obtained via the College Bookstore

4. Steps to Submit a Request

First-time Users of this service:

  1. First, take a moment to make sure the item you want is not already immediately available in the Empire State College online collection. Use FReD to check article citations and the E-Book Catalog to check books. If you are unsure, Ask a Librarian to check for you.
  2. Click on the "Register for an ILL Account" link in the gray-shaded box in the upper right.
  3. Type in the full citation information for the item(s) you want in the web form provided. Providing a full citation (title, author, journal/publisher, year, page numbers) will ensure your request is processed as quickly as possible.
  4. Submit the form.
  5. Watch for a notification e-mail letting you know the status of your request.

Returning Users:
  1. Follow step 1 above
  2. Click on the "Log In to Submit a Request" link in the upper right of this page
  3. Proceed to step 3 as above.

For more help using this service or for questions about request limits, how items are delivered, due dates and fines and more, see our extended Interlibrary Loan FAQ.

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