Library Services for Faculty: Interlibrary Loan

Faculty may borrow titles not held by the ORU Library through the interlibrary loan (ILL) service. To request these items, use either this online form or those available in the various databases. When you find an item of interest in an EBSCOhost database, for example, but there is no full text available, click the "Request from another library" link. Or, if there is no such link, use the email function within the database to email the record of the desired item to LibILL@oru.edu, adding "ILL request" to the subject line. Key in your contact information including your name and ORU email address in the comments section before emailing the record. To generate an ILL request within the WorldCat (FirstSearch), either click the ILL icon or the "Submit this form to borrow via ILL" link.

Please check to be sure an item is not available through the ORU Library before making an ILL request. (For journal articles, use either the Publication Finder or EagleSearch; for books, use the ORU Catalog.) If the Library does not own the item, fill in the requested information on the online form and submit it. The request goes by e-mail to the ORU ILL office where it will be processed generally within 24 hours, except on weekends and holidays. Items that can be filled electronically may come within just a day or two; mailed items may take as long as one or two weeks. 

You will be notified by e-mail when the material you have requested has been delivered and is ready for pick up at the Circulation desk. Electronic items will be emailed. See here for more on ILL.

If you have questions about Interlibrary Loan, email LibILL@oru.edu

Though faculty are not charged ILL fees, faculty are asked to voluntarily limit the number of requests they make within any given week to ensure the ILL librarians do not become overwhelmed with requests. This is especially important during peak times when students are busy gathering materials for their research papers.