Items Available/Not Available Through ILL
Conditions for interlibrary lending are set by the National Interlibrary Loan Code of the American Library Association and by individual libraries. Some libraries will not lend certain types of materials, making them difficult to obtain on loan.
Patrons may request:
- books
- articles
- materials on microfilm
- and many other types of materials
Items such as these are not available through ILL:
- entire issues of journals, magazines,and newspapers
- reference materials
- old (published prior to 1800) or rare books
- record albums
- software
- CDs or audio cassettes or video cassettes/DVDs, especially popular commercial films or music for personal use (for these items please try a video rental store or a public library)
- textbooks
- leisure or recreational reading (Please consult your local public library)
- genealogy materials
- music scores
- Corporate technical reports and other in-house reports
- some high-demand and/or recent publications
- theses & dissertations: a few universities do not loan them or restrict their use when they do