Connecting to Interlibrary Loan

A lot of times books and articles can be found through the library’s online catalog and easily accessed without asking for help, but sometimes the library doesn’t have what you need. When that happens, you can submit request through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). ILL is a way for library patrons to obtain books, videos, music, or other items as needed from other libraries—not only from around the state, but from around the world—usually at no cost to our patrons.

The ILL department provides scans of book chapters and journal articles for our patrons not physically located on campus and will also mail items to home addresses for distance students. We also lend items from our collection to other libraries to promote the sharing of library resources which helps connect people to the information they are looking for.

In addition to all of this, ILL also maintains electronic course reserves for faculty members to make book chapters, poems, and articles available to students and help defray the cost of buying textbooks. 

https://libguides.usd.edu/ILLiad

https://libguides.usd.edu/wegnerILL/createaccount 

 

 

https://libguides.usd.edu/ILLiad

https://libguides.usd.edu/wegnerILL/createaccount

 

Can't find it? Interlibrary Loan it!

 

 

libguides.usd.edu/ILLiad

 

USD is an OCLC Express Library

 

Congratulations to the I.D. Weeks Interlibrary Loan Staff on maintaining the exceptional ILL service required for OCLC’s Express digital delivery program! As you know, the Express program connects high-performing libraries committed to delivering digital resources within 18 hours. With Express, our goal is to provide value to your library through innovation and help you to provide great service to your library’s users.

Since Express started in January, more than 105,000 copy requests have been created and filled among Express participants. And in April, Express participants filled copy requests in an average turnaround time of 10.2 hours.

 The Express program enables digital resource sharing among a select group of libraries using the WorldShare ILL network that have turnaround times for lending digital materials of 18 hours or less. More than 1,000 libraries from around the world are actively participating in Express based on their ability to deliver articles and other digital resources within this timeframe.