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Interlibrary Loan: Interlibrary Loan

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Interlibrary Loan Department
Cunningham Memorial Library
E-Mail isu-libill@mail.indstate.edu
Phone 812.237.2566
Fax 812.237.2567

Holli Moseman 

Resource Sharing Coordinator 

 

Distance Learners

Loans will be mailed to you.

Please add your current mailing address in the notes of each loan request.

Emails are sent when the item is mailed.

Allow 5-10 business days to receive items.

Please send back any items insured.

You are responsible for any return postage, insurance, and lost items for anything mailed back.

ISU items and Distance Learners

Checkout periods of ISU material:  

Undergraduate students may check out most items for 21 days.

Graduate students may check out most items for 120 days.

Items eligible for renewal may be renewed a maximum of three times. Renewals may be requested online in ILLiad. 

Distance learners are responsible for any return postage and insurance for books and other loans. 

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a free library service providing support materials for your classes as well as your personal reading, watching, and listening pleasure.

ILL introduces Document Delivery!

Request an article or book chapter that is available in print at the ISU Library and ILL will pull it, scan it, and send it to your email.

How To Get Started With ILLiad:

Go to the ISU Library home page https://library.indianastate.edu/ . Click on Services, then Interlibrary Loan. 

 Enter your University username and password. If you have not used ILL before fill in your personal information on the form. 

 The ILLiad main menu has all your ILL request information.

 Click on “New Requests” to start.

If you access a citation for a loan or article/chapter through ISU Library’s catalog or a database such as EBSCOHost or WorldCat, then click on the ILL link in the database to automatically fill out the form.

 

What can I request?

Books, scores, DVDs, and CDs

Audiobooks, microfilm, microfiche

Dissertations and theses

Conference papers

Government documents

Articles and book chapters (including ones located in print at ISU)

and other items you need for research

Who to Acquire ILL items

Articles are delivered via email as a PDF and stored in your ILLiad account under “Article/Chapter PDFs” for 14 days.

Loans are available for pick up at the Circulation Desk with your ISU ID card. You will be notified via email upon their arrival and have 14 days to pick up the item.

Distance education students can have loans mailed.

ILL will Email notifications

When articles are ready to view.

When loan items are at the Circulation Desk or mailed.

 If your request was cancelled.

 If ILL has a question about your request.

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How to Renew ILL Items

On the ILLiad main menu under “Checked Out/ Renew Items” and look for your item.

Then click on the “Renew” button. If the button is not active, please contact ILL to see if it can be renewed.

Your new temporary due date will appear.

You will receive an email from ILL once the owning library assigns the permanent due date.