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Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Services

Interlibrary Loan Services: 410-704-3292

Services

Students may use ILL services to obtain books or journal articles not owned by the TU Cook Library. The ILL Office also does not obtain books from the University System of Maryland (USM) libraries as you may do that directly through the Patron-Placed Hold service the online catalog.

Patrons may request:

• books
• articles
• materials on microfilm
• multimedia required for research
• and many other types of materials

Items such as these are not available through ILL:

• entire issues of journals, magazines, and newspapers
• reference materials
• old (published prior to 1800) or rare books
• record albums
• software
• CDs, audio cassettes, video cassettes/DVDs, - for recreational use (for these items please try a video rental store or a public library)
• textbooks
• leisure or recreational reading (please consult your local public library)

Please note that these items may difficult to borrow:

• genealogy materials
• music scores
• corporate technical reports and other in-house reports
• some high-demand and/or recent publications
• theses and dissertations: a few universities do not loan them or restrict their use when they do

Time Requirements

The length of time to obtain an ILL varies, but most materials are received within ten days to two weeks. The ILL Office will not borrow bulky or fragile items that are difficult or too expensive to send. The ILL Office staff makes every effort to obtain materials by the requested deadline.

How to Make Requests - ILLiad

All Interlibrary Loan requests are processed by our ILLiad system. To use ILLiad, you must create an ILLiad account, You will also be able to use a Web browser to view the status of your requests.

To learn more about ILLiad, read the ILLiad FAQ.

To create an ILLiad account, go to the ILLiad Login page.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Services / Albert S. Cook Library
http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/ILL.cfm
Last revised: October 09, 2008

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