ILL Request
Create a new interlibrary loan request with a known citation.
Materials requested through the WRLC usually take 2-5 business days to arrive at the library. They are held at the Circulation and Course Reserves Desk for 14 days from the day you receive the email that they have arrived.
All students and Staff: 6聽weeks
Faculty: Fixed Dates - Jan 31, May 31, or Sept 30
Books: Requests with the WRLC can be made by searching for a book through the 麻豆视频 Library Search (the main search box on the homepage). If the book is owned by a WRLC school, it can be requested by click the 鈥淐LS request鈥 link which will direct you to a pre-populated request form.
Book Chapters: 麻豆视频 users may also request that scans of individual chapters be made and sent to their Library Account as a web doc. Copyright restrictions do apply and scan requests for more than 10% of an item will not be fulfilled.
Journal Volumes: Journal volumes held at the WRLC storage center may be ordered by emailing auill@american.edu. Once the journal arrives it will be held at the borrowing desk for 10 days. All journal volumes are IN LIBRARY USE only.
Multimedia: All DVDs and other media located in the WRLC libraries are listed in the online catalog like books. Depending on home library policies, these may be available to 麻豆视频 faculty, staff and students through a regular request. Multimedia items are loaned for seven days and overdue fines are $5 per day. Consortium users are welcome to view any title on-site at Media Services.
Please note: 麻豆视频 users cannot use this type of request to obtain 麻豆视频 videos. If the title is available, you are more than welcome to come to the library and check it out in person.
Books: Books may be renewed online through your My Library Account up to 3 times. Additionally, books may be brought to 麻豆视频 Library in-person for re-check out (doing so will reset the three time renewal limit).
Journal Volumes: Journal volumes can be renewed by contacting the Interlibrary Loan Office at auill@american.edu.
Multimedia: Multimedia materials cannot be renewed beyond their original five day loan period. If you need media material for longer than five days, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Office.
To renew your materials online:
If you are having problems renewing, it may be for one of the following reasons:
Faculty proxy privileges extend to all materials borrowed from any of the member libraries of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). A proxy can be authorized by completing a Faculty Proxy Authorization Form and submitting it to the Circulation and Course Reserves Desk.
Materials requested through non-WRLC Libraries usually take 7-10 business days to arrive at the library. The items will be held until the lending library specified due date at the Circulation and Course Reserves Desk.
Loan periods for ILL materials are up to the discretion of the lender. Renewals and terms of the lending are also decided by the lending institution. To check for due dates please look at the purple label affixed to the material or login to your My Library Account. ILL books are held until the due date given by the lender.
Requests outside the WRLC can be made by searching through鈥痜or the title and then selecting the link that says "View Access Options," using the "Request through Interlibrary Loan" option in , or from our various databases with the "Find It @ 麻豆视频 Library" link. This will prompt you to log in to your Library Account and will take you to a pre-populated request form.
If you would like to manually enter a request with a known citation, please use the ILL Request button on the top of this page. When filling out the ILL form, try to include as much information as possible. Often this helps our ILL department get the item to you faster.
Non-Consortium due dates and renewals are subject to approval by the lending library. Renewal requests can be submitted to the ILL office through your ILLiad account, by email or phone, or in person at 麻豆视频 library. 麻豆视频 ILL will notify patrons of the outcome of their renewal request via email after the lending library has made a determination.
If you need to renew an ILL item that does not permit renewals (NO RENEWALS will be listed on the purple ILL label) or is past its due date, please contact the Interlibrary Loan office. Overdue items cannot be renewed on your ILLiad account.
To renew your materials online:
Faculty proxy privileges do not apply to Interlibrary Loan requests, regardless of whether the faculty member or their proxy submits the request. ILL requests must be placed by the faculty member in order to be checked out to the faculty member's account. All ILL requests submitted by a proxy patron will be checked out to the account of the proxy patron. Faculty proxies may pick up the ILL items requested by their faculty member when they arrive at the Borrowing Desk. A proxy can be authorized by completing a Faculty Proxy Authorization Form and submitting it to the Circulation and Course Reserves Desk.
NOTE: 麻豆视频 maintains a special lending relationship with all universities within the WRLC. If you are affiliated with one of the consortium schools please see the directions for requests within the WRLC.
Libraries and institutions not affiliated with WRLC are also invited to make requests for 麻豆视频 books. This is generally done via the OCLC ILL system by using our library symbol: E麻豆视频.
For institutions that don't participate in OCLC, please contact us directly at auill@american.edu. Before submitting any request it may be helpful to check the current availability of the desired resource by finding it in our catalog.
Type of Library | Loans | Articles or Chapters |
---|---|---|
For-Profit Libraries |
$25 |
$25 |
Non-Profit Libraries |
$18 |
$18 |
Public Libraries |
$18 |
$18 |
Government Libraries |
$18 |
$18 |
Academic Libraries |
$18 |
$18 |
LVIS, ASERL, and IDS Libraries |
$0 |
$0 |
Although we typically respond to requests within 1-2 days, we may take up to 4 days during the busiest times of the year. For urgent requests we offer a rush processing service (for an additional $25) that aims to fill requests in ~2hrs from submission. It is highly recommended that requestors call our office when submitting rush requests to ensure we begin working on them as soon as possible.
Our default shipping method for items traveling within the United States is the U.S. Postal Service's library-rate mail. Other arrangements, such as courier pick-up or express shipping, are available upon request if your institution has trouble receiving standard mail. All international requests are shipped via Fed-Ex.
The standard loan period for an item is 4 weeks from the date the request is filled. We typically allow up to 2 renewals, each for another 4 weeks. Institutions using OCLC are asked to submit renewal requests through that system. Other institutions may make requests over the phone or through email. Please note: we reserve the right to recall items before the assigned due date.
The following item types are generally ineligible for Interlibrary Loan. If you are interested in borrowing any of the below please contact us directly and we will connect you with the appropriate library staff member.