Interlibrary Loan

Contents

Introduction
Cost
Restrictions
Procedures for Submitting Requests
Responsibilities
Renewals
Interlibrary Loan Contact Information

Introduction

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) facilitates the use of library materials not available at UW-Stout or through Universal Borrowing from UW System Libraries. Students and faculty/staff with both active UW-Stout e-mail accounts and ID's, and emeriti, are eligible to make requests. Loans (e.g., books) are held for checkout at the Circulation Desk. Scanned journal articles or book chapters are delivered to an ILLiad account, where they can be viewed or downloaded for 21 days. Many ILL requests are filled within a few days, but some take 1-2 weeks or longer.

Cost

For the typical ILL request, the UW-Stout Library absorbs all costs. A small number of transactions require co-payment (rarely more than $5-10), in which case the requestor is notified and asked to either accept the terms or cancel the request. Co-pay fees are billed after the transaction is complete. No co-pay request is fulfilled without approval.

Restrictions

Interlibrary Loan staff may cancel requests that are not within UW-Stout’s mission of research, teaching, and scholarship. Please also note the resources which are not available through ILL:

Materials available at the UW-Stout Library
Textbooks used at UW-Stout
Requests which violate copyright law
Some theses and dissertations
Items that no library will lend

Procedures for Submitting Requests

All requests must be submitted through ILLiad. Requests can be input manually into the form or from an article database or WorldCat/BadgerCat record. Google Scholar is another avenue for starting ILL requests—search results link to UW-Stout Library resources, including ILLiad.

Once submitted, a request is processed by library staff and sent to potential lending libraries. Depending on availability, turnaround ranges from 24 hours to 1-2 weeks.

Manual Requests (Fill in a form)

Login to ILLiad
Click a request button
- Request a Photocopy: Scanned articles, book sections, etc.
- Request a Book: Loaned items such as books, DVDs, CDs, etc.
- Request a Thesis: Theses or Dissertations
Fill in all required fields—additional information speeds processing. More: Distance Learners
Click Submit Request

Requesting from Article Databases

When searching in databases, look for full text icons. If there are none, click the Find It! button. If the article is full text in another database, this button links to that database; if it is in the library building, a location in the library and the article's format is given.

If not owned, click the link to Illiad and login; the citation information will automatically fill in the form.

Requesting from WorldCat or BadgerCat

Loan requests placed from WorldCat/BadgerCat also populate automatically with citation information. Just click the Request from Non UW Library link near the top of any WorldCat or BadgerCat item record.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar links to UW-Stout Library resources, including ILL. For more information see the Google Scholar help page.

Responsibilities

You are responsible for knowing due dates for your loans and for returning them on time.
You are responsible for any charges resulting from late, lost, or damaged items.

Renewals

To request a renewal, please contact the ILL office one week before the issued due date.
Lending library policies vary—renewals may be granted, but are not guaranteed.

Additional Resources