Interlibrary Loans

Interlibrary loan services are available for SCSU students, staff, and faculty who need to find books and journal articles not found at Buley Library or in the Connecticut State University Library System. Interlibrary loan is not available for library patrons with special borrowing privileges.

Materials requested through interlibrary loan are searched through OCLC, a national automated interlibrary loan system. Most of the time requests can be located from Connecticut or New England libraries and will be shipped within 5-10 business days. Books coming from other states may take up to two weeks or longer to arrive. Our Loan Department will process these requests and place at the Circulation Desk for pickup. Online Interlibrary loan forms for books are available at the Circulation Desk or online at:  http://www.library.southernct.edu/illbookform.html or

Journal article requests may take less time to arrive and can be delivered to your desktop electronically, mailed to your home or campus address. All journal articles are considered your personal copies and can be kept by you.

Online Interlibrary loan forms for journals are available at the Circulation Desk or online at:  http://www.library.southernct.edu/illjournalform.html

When filling out the online request form, make sure that you’re using the proper form. The Interlibrary Loan Department will process only five requests, per patron, per day during the busy periods.

Renewals

If you need additional time for the ILL material that you have checked out, please contact Beth Paris at (203)392-7038. The library will be contacted to see if they allow for renewals.

Overdue Fines

Library patrons will be held responsible for any lost or damaged material. You will be responsible for any overdue fines charged by the lending library.