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Life Sciences Libraries

 

Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services

Make Interlibrary Loan requests (for journal articles not available on campus and books not in ILLINET Online) through the  Information Resource Retrieval Center (IRRC). Click Login to My Account .   Log in with your campus NetID and password.  You may choose Loan Request (for books) or a Photocopy Request (for articles).  Fill out the form - * field are required information.   Articles will be either mailed or provided to you electronically.  Interlibrary loan books in most cases will either be delivered to a selected library, of campus office for faculty or graduated students.  You will be notified by e-mail if books need to be picked up at Central Circulation in the Main Library on the second floor.  Journal articles typically take 7-10 days to fill; and books may take up to 3 weeks.

If you have questions about interlibrary loan, ask any librarian or call the Interlibrary Loan office at 333-0832. 

Our British Lending Library Document Delivery service can provide faster access to some journal articles which are not available on campus.  For more information about this service call 333-3591 or 333-0281 or e-mail biolib@uiuc.edu.