Interlibrary Loan Services
WSU Pullman Campus Students, Staff, Faculty and Affiliates
WSU Online Campus Research/Extension Offices
WSU Pullman Affiliates Away From Campus
(Libraries Interested in Borrowing Click Here)
Telephone: (509) 335-9672 Fax: (509) 335-0934 E-Mail: ill@mail.wsu.edu
TO REQUEST AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)
If material essential to your research is not owned by the WSU Libraries, you may request that the library obtain the information for you from another library through the ILL service. You can submit a request using your ILLiad Online Interlibrary Loan account.
With ILLiad, you register once and then submit your requests using your ILLiad account. You can also use ILLiad to track your requests. Electronic delivery of articles is the delivery method for all patrons.
ILLiad and FindIt! work together so when you find something with the FindIt! Locate Document link, you can click on the link and follow the directions to automatically submit a request through your ILLiad account - no typing necessary to submit the request. This makes it very easy to submit requests.
To learn more about ILLiad, read the ILLiad Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
When filling out ILLiad request forms, please provide as much information from your reference as possible. A complete bibliographic citation including author, title and date, with volume and page numbers if appropriate, helps to quickly identify the item and libraries that may be able to lend it.
LOANS
When an item is borrowed for your use, the lending library will determine the length of the loan period, indicate whether that period may be extended by a renewal and/or stipulate any restrictions on the use of the material. For example, when lending a rare or valuable book, a library may specify that it must be used only in the borrowing library building.
PHOTOCOPIES
Rarely do libraries lend periodicals. However, most libraries will provide photocopies of the articles, in lieu of loan, which then become the property of the requesting individual. The WSU Libraries reserve the right to determine if a loan or a photocopy should be requested.
WSU ONLINE CAMPUS (distance) STUDENTS
Use the ILLiad request forms for books or media items you require that are not available through WSU WorldCat or Summit. Use ILLiad to request articles or for copies of non-circulating reference material.
Copies of articles will be posted to the Web for your retrieval. Loaned items will be delivered to your mailing address.
If you have any questions or problems using the request forms, please contact us at ill@mail.wsu.edu, 509-335-9672 (voice), or 509-335-0934 (fax).
RESEARCH / EXTENSION OFFICE PERSONNEL
Use the ILLiad request forms to request materials that are not available through WSU WorldCat or Summit. Copies of articles will be posted to the Web for your retrieval. Loaned items will be delivered to your research/extension office.
WSU PULLMAN AFFILIATES AWAY FROM CAMPUS
Use the ILLiad request forms for books or media items you require that are not available through WSU WorldCat or Summit. Copies of articles will be posted to the Web for your retrieval. Loaned items will be delivered to your mailing address.
RECEIPT OF MATERIALS
Inquiries about the status of a request may be made at the Holland and Terrell Libraries Access Services Office (335-9672), through your ILLiad account by logging on and selecting View/Modify Outstanding Requests, or at the campus library where the request was submitted. When the material arrives, the person requesting the material is notified by E-mail. The materials will be held at the circulation desk of the library you designated as the "Pickup Location" when you registered with ILLiad.
PICK UP LOCATIONS
Materials requested through ILL may be picked up at the Circulation Desk in any of the following libraries:
- Holland and Terrell Libraries
- Owen Science & Engineering Library
- Animal Health Library
- Brain Education Library
- Fischer Agriculture Sciences Library
- Architecture Library
Materials will be delivered directly to WSU personnel stationed at WSU Research Stations and WSU Extension offices.
RETURNS AND RENEWALS
Materials borrowed through Interlibrary Loan may be returned to the Circulation Desk in Terrell Library or any WSU Pullman campus library. Requests for renewals can be made at the Circulation Desk in the Holland and Terrell Libraries, via phone 335-9672, or online in your Illiad account, three to four days prior to the due date for the material.
ITEMS NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH ILL:
Textbooks or books for reserve. ILL is not a substitute for the purchase of textbooks or reserve materials. Most ILL materials are loaned for two to four weeks and some cannot be renewed.
Music. No more than 10% of a musical work can be photocopied under the copyright law. Music to be used in public performances should not be requested on interlibrary loan except under unusual circumstances.
Subject requests. Only specific titles may be requested on interlibrary loan.
BORROWING STANDARDS
The WSU Libraries subscribe to the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States of the American Library Association as well as other regional agreements.
