SERVICES:

• Interlibrary Loans
• For Students
• For Faculty
• For Everyone

Interlibrary Loans

Interlibrary Loan is a service that supports the research, teaching and coursework needs of the Dominican University community by providing access to materials from libraries throughout the United States. Interlibrary loans supplement the resources held by the Rebecca Crown Library in print or through full-text online databases. This service is restricted to current Dominican University students, faculty and staff.

Use Interlibrary Loans to borrow books and to receive photocopies of journal articles held by other libraries.

Requests for Materials

Requests for Books from I-Share

Requests for Books from WorldCat

Requests for Articles

By Submitting an article request using this form you agree to abide by the copyright law for each article that you request.

Please click here for more information regarding article requests and copyright. 

Processing Time

On average, it takes 10 working days to fill an Interlibrary Loan request, though it can take as little as 3 days or as long as 1 month to receive materials, depending on the location and the availability of the item at other libraries. Interlibrary Loan staff will attempt to borrow books from closer libraries first and journal articles from libraries that transmit electronically. Requests are usually processed within 24 hours of receipt. Requests submitted after 3:00 p.m. or on weekends will be processed on the next business day.

Materials should be requested well in advance of deadlines. To improve the success of your request, submit an accurate, complete and unabbreviated citation.

Please contact the Interlibrary Loan Coordinator at 708-524-6877 or interlib@dom.edu .

Article Requests & Copyright

You may submit on-line requests for photocopies of articles from the periodical holdings of other libraries by following these directions. However, please determine if the article you want is available on-line full-text in one of the library's databases or in print in our periodicals collection. If it is available, you will have immediate access to the article. You can use Journal List to locate databases that have the full text on-line. If you were directed to this page from a database's "Article Linker", please check to be sure the library does not have the article in its print collection. The form provided after clicking on the button below is for article requests only. If you would like to request a book from another library, please review the procedure for obtaining books. The Library can only fill requests for items that we do not own for current Dominican University students, faculty and staff. To facilitate this service, the form requires borrowers to (1) agree to the following copyright restriction and (2) authenticate themselves by providing their Dominican ID.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or other reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," the user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.