Please use your A-STATE credentials to log in when prompted and submit your request. If you have any questions or concerns, email us at interlib@AState.edu
Emeritus Faculty who have requested Interlibrary Loan services will select the alternate login option for Emeritus Faculty. We have already created an account for you. If you have not already set a password for the Interlibrary Loan system use this link to reset your Interlibrary Loan password.
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Request a book to be delivered to the A-State Library on your behalf. You can also request CDs, DVDs, Microfilm, and other physical items
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our Services
Interlibrary Loan is a service that will request items from other libraries for short-term use. So, if you cannot find what you are looking for, please submit a request for the item and our office will do our best to find it for you!
Get a scan of an article or book chapter sent to your A-State email. Just look for the ‘Get a Chapter’ link in the online catalog or click on ‘Get a Book Chapter’ above. Digital Delivery of articles and book chapters usually takes 1-3 days.
If you have an A-State campus office, we will deliver and pick up any item you can check out within 3 business days of the request.
No. Interlibrary Loan and Digital Delivery are offered free of charge to all current A-State students, staff, faculty, and emeritus faculty. One must have an A-State campus office to be eligible for Office Delivery, which is also free.
Requests, Renewals, and Copyright Notice
Current A-State students, staff, faculty and emeritus faculty can request a variety of materials, including
- Books
- Abstracts
- Theses
- Dissertations
- DVDs
- CDs
- Microfilms
- Articles
All loans are subject to availability and the terms set by the lending institution.
- Physical copies of books that we currently have available as e-Books.
- Partial or complete copies of currently utilized textbooks.
- Physical items from other institutions for our online students due to time constraints. In these instances, please consider requesting a chapter of the book you are interested in.
- Digital Delivery of articles and book chapters usually takes 1-3 days.
- The average request for a book takes about 7-12 days. You must have your ID to check out items once they arrive.
- If you have an A-State office and request an Office Delivery, please allow an additional 1-3 business days.
- If you borrowed the item from another library, please fill out the Interlibrary Loan Renewal Request form and we will request it from the lender.
- If you borrowed an A-State owned item, please log in to your A-State Library Account to request renewals prior to the due date.
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 specific conditions is that the photocopy or 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.
