(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.
Overdue physical item loans are subject to $5.00/day fines Borrowing Terms of Use - Overdues (link).
Sign in -- you must be signed in to your OneSearch account to use Interlibrary Loans. (How to Sign In to OneSearch(link)
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)
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
You can review your Interlibrary Loan Requests on your OneSearch Account Library Card (How to Check your online Library account - "My Library Card" (link)
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.
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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).
Click on the Interlibrary Loan form. You may be prompted to sign-in to your OneSearch Account.
Fill out the form with as much information as you can provide.
Click Send Request.
You can review your Interlibrary Loan Requests on your OneSearch Account Library Card (How to Check your online Library account - "My Library Card" (link)
Fines for Overdue Interlibrary Loan materials...............$5.00 per day
Interlibrary loan borrowing periods are set by the lending institution (the Library our Library borrowed it from on your behalf). Because of this, loan periods are specific to the lending library and differ between items. Due dates will be clearly stated with the loan of the item.
Because ILL's are not signed out to a students RRC Polytech Library account, you cannot view the due date or request renewals through your online library account.
Loan return dates will be marked on the form attached physically to the book. Please DO NOT REMOVE this form. The return date will also be included in the email notifying the patron of the pickup.
Interlibrary loans will not be renewed unless allowed by the lending institution AND directly requested by the borrower (you).
Contact the ILL department (Email ILL department about renewal) before your items due date.
