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Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

(Borrowing From Another Library)

This free service is only for RRC Polytech staff and students.

To request books or articles NOT held in a RRC Polytech Library, please complete the Interlibrary Loan Form (link). Be sure to include your student or staff number on the form. We cannot process requests without this number. We will contact you when your materials arrive.

We will accept a limit of 5 requests per person per day. 

Contact

Method #1: Requesting Resources from within OneSearch

Step 1.

Sign in -- you must be signed in to your OneSearch account to use Interlibrary Loans. (How to Sign In to OneSearch(link)

Step 2. 

2a. Find your book or article. When they are not available through the Library collection you will see "Request via Interlibrary Loan (Resource Sharing)" where you would normally see a call number or link to the article. 

2a. Click Request via Interlibrary Loan (Resource Sharing)

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Step 3. 

The Interlibrary Loan form is prepopulated with the required information.
Please review to ensure its correct. particularly your Email address (so we can contact you when it's ready) and Pickup Location (which campus will you collect the item from)

Click Send Request

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Success!

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You can review your Interlibrary Loan Requests on your OneSearch Account Library Card (How to Check your online Library account - "My Library Card" (link)

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Method #2 Requesting Resources from Outside Sources (not OneSearch)

Step 1.

Find item information -  Locate information about the book or article you want to borrow.

We will need the following information about the book you want to borrow. 

  • Title
  • Author
  • publisher
  • ISBN or ISSN

also helpful is

  • Publisher
  • Publishing date
  • Edition
  • Source information such as journal name, issue and volume number (if requesting an article)

This information is typically available on bookseller's webpages such as Amazon.com or Chapters. You can also search other Library Cataglogues for this information. More information about other Libraries (link).

Step 2. 

Click on the Interlibrary Loan form. You may be prompted to sign-in to your OneSearch Account.

Step 3.

Fill out the form with as much information as you can provide.

Click Send Request.

Success!

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You can review your Interlibrary Loan Requests on your OneSearch Account Library Card (How to Check your online Library account - "My Library Card" (link)