Interlibrary Loan: Home

This guide contains information about the borrowing and lending policies for interlibrary loan.  See the links below or the tabs above for more information.

• Things to Know in Advance
• Local Alternatives
• Citing

Most of the articles that aren't full text have a link that says  "Fill Out An ILL Form For This Article or Order Document"  Once the new window pops up, the form automatically populates your ILL request form with the information needed to process your request.  All you have to do is complete the contact information and click the submit button.  

Also "Check Library Holdings In Your Area" or "Check For Full Text."  These links can search the rest of our databases and possible find your article quickly.

This guide contains the library's interlibrary loan policies and some helpful tips. Check our policies below or click on the red tabs to begin.

WorldCat Discovery searches for books, videos, and articles in our library and nationwide.  Check out the RESERVES list for your professor's reserve collection.  Try ADVANCED SEARCH  for more options.

Clicking on this red "Request Item" button in WorldCat Discovery will automatically populate your ILL request form with the information needed to process your request.  All you have to do is provide contact information and click the submit button.  Be sure to enter your student ID number!

Sometimes the databases don't have an interlibrary loan form.  When this happens simply copy and paste the citation and send to:  ill@lyon.edu.

It's that simple.