Making an interlibrary loan request
 

Interlibrary loan - Outgoing Requests

Directions for completing the Title or Periodical Request form for RELAIS (materials from other LORI member libraries beyond RILINK)

Being as specific as possible with your request will get better results:

  • Service Level (drop-down list):  either Regular or Rush (Regular is Default)

  • Publication Type (drop-down list):  A/V, Book, Conference or Journal (Book is the Default if you chose Request Book)

  • Title of Publication:

  • Author of Publication:

    The following four fields are only used for Journal article requests:

  • Title of Article:

  • Author of Article:

  • Volume/Issue:

  • Pages:

    The following fields are self-explanatory - the more information provided (esp. the ISBN number for books) the better the odds that you will get exactly what you want

  • Publication Date:
  • Edition:
  • Series Title:
  • Publisher:
  • Place of Publication:
  • ISBN:
  • ISBN-2:   (you can add a second ISBN if there is another acceptable edition of the book you are requesting) 
  • ISSN:  for journals
  • ISSN-2:
  • Additional Numbers/Letters:
  • Call Number:  (please include the call numbers that you found in the RELAIS database to make it easier for the owning library to find the material you want)
  • Source of Information:   (put in RELAIS/LORI search, or indicate where you found the holdings information)
  • Notes:  (enter your patron's name or barcode in this field)
  • External Number:  (this would only be used if you assigned all of your ILL transactions their own local number; leave this blank)
  • Delivery Method ( use drop-down list): Ariel, DocStore, E-mail, E-mail post to web, Fax, LORI Delivery, Mail, Campus Address, Odyssey, Pickup (LORI Delivery is the Default if you chose Request Book; choose another method if LORI Delivery is not what you want)
  • Delivery Address:  put in your library's three-letter code !
  • Messaging Method (drop-down list): E-mail, Fax, Mail, Mail to Office, Phone (choose E-mail)
  • Messaging Address:  the system should fill in your ILL email address, for example, bhs@ride.ri.net)
  • Maximum Cost:  (do not fill in this field; there should be no cost associated with a loan or photocopy from another LORI member library)
  • Need by Date:   (use the calendar by clicking on the logo or entering a date IF you need the item by a specific date)
  • Account: None (this field is not being used)
  • Project Code:   (this field is not being used)
    The system will fill in the address information from your profile, which you can edit using a separate function, if needed.

Remember to click on the box to the left of 
£
Please acknowledge that you accept the institution's conditions for placing requests.

Then click on the Request Book button at the bottom of the page.

 

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Last updated:  02/27/2010.

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