Interlibrary Loan
Obtaining Library Materials from Other Libraries
To request
a book or journal article that is not available in the Elon University
Library, please use one of the methods below. These services are
only available to Elon University students, faculty, staff, &
Friends of the Library.
Table
of Contents:
- Requesting a Book
- Renewing an Interlibrary
Loan Book
- Requesting a copy of a
Journal Article
- General Information
Requesting a Book
- STOP!
Try the Belk Library Catalog
option first! This is fast and easy.
- You do not need
to find out which libraries own the book. We will do that for
you.
- Books from other
libraries may take up to 10 days to arrive, since they are shipped
in the mail.
- Usually the loan
period is 3 - 4 weeks, with the possibility of renewing it.
Renewing
an Interlibrary Loan Book
- If you have borrowed a book from another library through
Elon University's Interlibrary Loan service, please fill out the
Book Renewal Request Form and someone will contact you regarding
your renewal.
Requesting a Journal Article
- Please check to make sure that
the Library does not own the material you need. If the article
is available in the Library, you will be notified with details
about where it is stored; it will not be ordered for
you.
- If you
are in the Library, you can quickly check to see what journals
the Library
owns. Use Journal Finder. Type the name of the journal
in Journal Finder
- To see
if the Library owns the Journal in print, type the title of
the journal in Belk
Library's Catalog.
- If the Library does
not own or have access to the article ...
- You do not need
to find a library that owns the journal. We will do that for
you.
- Articles usually
take 5 - 7 days to arrive (some articles can be rushed,
please ask).
- The photocopied
article will be yours to keep.
General
Information About Interlibrary Loan
- Most libraries
will not loan whole issues of journals, audio/video materials,
or computer disks.
- You will
be emailed or called when your item arrives, and it will be
at the Circulation Desk (unless you request Campus Box delivery
for photocopies).
- If you
want to check on the status of your requests, stop by the Library
or call Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ask to speak
to the Interlibrary Loan Coordinator.
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