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Interlibrary Loan

Please use the form below to request articles and book chapters not owned by the GTU library and they will be emailed to you. Books requests will need to be picked up at the library. Normally we don't use ILL for items owned by the GTU, however for books temporarily unavailable due to the digitization project ,please use this form. We are happy to get materials from other libraries for you.

Local patrons have access to the 11 million items at UC-Berkeley. If you are near Berkeley, you can visit their library to check out materials and use their computers to download articles and read ebooks. If an item is available at UC-Berkeley, please visit their library rather than requesting ILL services, as they don't deliver books to us. Chat a librarian if you have questions about UC-Berkeley collections, we can help you find items.

Patrons at a distance: Please use this form to request articles. For books, chat us and we can help you find a local library near you to checkout books. We have many reciprocal borrowing programs in the United States and Canada, or a local public library might be able request the book via their ILL services.

For questions about your ILL requests please contact: ILL@gtu.edu  For general questions about finding materials contact: library@gtu.edu or chat us from this page.

Interlibrary Loan Requests

Please use this form to obtain items not available at the GTU library, SFTS library. If you aren't sure if an item is owned locally, please ask one of the reference librarians, we are happy to help. 

For more information, please read the FAQ's at the bottom of this page. 

All Interlibrary loans are subject to compliance with Title 17 Copyright Law
NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS:
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," that 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.

Status:
Interlibrary loan is available only to registered GTU students, staff, faculty, and visiting scholars. GTU public patrons, reciprocal borrowers and auditors are not eligible for ILL services.
Local availability of item:
Check to make sure this item is not owned by the GTU library. If it is owned by GTU please write in the notes field why you cannot obtain a local copy, for example- our copy is listed as lost. For local patrons, items available at UC-Berkeley should be obtained through their library, including downloading online articles through their computers. If the item is on our shelves and you are not in the Bay Area, do not use this form, but use the Scanning Request form.
Type of item
What is the type of material you would like to borrow?
If you are searching in Worldcat and know the OCLC number of the item you are searching for, please enter it here.
Enter the full and complete citation of the item you would like to borrow. If you are interested in obtaining a scan of a book chapter, include both the book information and chapter information. Books will come in the mail as a physical item that you will need to pick up. Articles and Book chapters arrive as PDFs.
If you do not have the OCLC number, please enter any notes you have that may help us track the item down, such as where you found the citation, or if you are looking for the text in a specific language or a specific edition.
Pickup Location (for books only):
For physical items such as books, please indicate where you would like to pick up your loan. (Leave this blank for Article Requests, those will be emailed to you)
GTU Privacy and Tracking Policy
Interlibrary Loan FAQ

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a network of various libraries and institutions in North America that agree to loan items to one another. If the GTU Library does not have a book or periodical that you are seeking, we will ask others on the network to send a copy to us so that we may in turn loan it to you. You will be notified via e-mail when your material arrives. Materials can be picked up from the Circulation desk during open hours

Prefer handing in a paper ILL request? Try the printable ILL Request Form