You can get access to books and articles not owned by the University Library by placing an interlibrary loan (ILL) request. This service is free of charge for students, faculty, and staff. Please see ILL/DD homepage and FAQs for more information about this service.
Articles, which are delivered as downloadable PDFs, may arrive in as little as 2-hours but books are shipped by mail and you should expect delivery time to be in days, not hours.
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link.Submit Request
. You'll recive an email when your article is ready.Article
under the New Request menu.Submit Request
. You'll recive an email when your article is ready.Illiad
link in the green-bordered "Iowa State Univ network" box.Submit Request
to complete the process. You'll get an email when the book is ready for pickup.Book
under the New Request menu.Submit Request
to complete the process. You'll get an email when the book is ready for pickup.