Interlibrary Loan/
Document Delivery

General Information

Hours

Monday-Friday
8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
For assistance after the office is closed, consult the Help Desk, Olin Library, Level 1.

Location

The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Unit is located in Olin Library on level 1.

Staff/Contacts

If you have a question regarding your request, you may contact Interlibrary Loan staff by e-mail at: ill@wumail.wustl.edu
Nada Vaughn, ILL Supervisor at:
nvaughn@wulib.wustl.edu
Telephone: 935-5442

Overview

The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Service (ILL/DDS) supplements the holdings of the Washington University libraries by obtaining materials from other libraries or commercial services to fill the research needs.

Who is eligible
Only current Danforth W.U. faculty, students and staff are eligible.(Courtesy borrowers are not eligible for this service.)

Cost
The majority of libraries assess a charge for providing books and photocopies on Interlibrary Loan. At present, Washington University does not pass these charges on to its patrons. However, we do ask that patrons always exercise judgment and discretion with regard to the number of items requested.

How Interlibrary Loan Works
Conditions for interlibrary loans are set by the National Interlibrary Loan Code of the American Library Association and by individual libraries. It is the prerogative of the lending library to set the loan period, refuse to lend materials, withhold permission to photocopy, and/or restrict materials to library use. As the borrowing library, we must adhere to all rules and restrictions of the lending library.

Services & Facilities

Submitting Requests

1. Is it available on campus?
   Before requesting an item through ILL/DDS, please make sure it is not available in a campus library by checking the catalog, as well as availability through the Mobius system .
2. Online Forms
   The ILL/DDS Office can only accept requests via ILLiad. Submit the request directly from the citations in the Firstsearch databases, or use a form on ILLiad. A current W.U. ID must be in effect when the request is made.
3. Verify Data
   To ensure a complete form, include this information for:
   • BOOKS-
     author's full name, title, date of publication and your source for this citation.
   • ARTICLES-
     full journal or proceedings title (no abbreviations, please), volume and year, author, title, page numbers for the article and your source for this citation.

   To verify citations from journals or proceedings, try searching the Databases. For books try searching WorldCat.

   Please Note: Lack of complete information can result in a serious delay in obtaining the requested material.

Pickup Requested Items

You will be notified by e-mail when items you have requested have arrived. Books and microfilm must be picked up from and returned to the Circulation Office in Olin Library (level 1). All articles will be available electronically via ILLiad.