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Interlibrary Loan Help Guide: Home

Your guide to using FAU's Interlibrary Loan services

UPDATE: You may now place Interlibrary Loan requests for physical items

After months of planning, reviewing safety guidelines produced by the CDC and the University, and discussion with colleagues across the state and nation to determine best practices, the FAU Libraries have now reopened our facilities to FAU and Palm Beach State College students, staff, and faculty. Click here for more information on the reopening.

We are happy to announce that we are again able to process Interlibrary Loan requests for physical materials in addition to electronically-delivered book chapters and articles.

 

Physical items located at the Boca Campus Wimberly Library are available on request via our Paging system. However, interbranch delivery of materials from the Jupiter Campus Library is still currently unavailable.

 

For more information on requesting items, please click here.

Need Help?

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Interlibrary Loan
Contact:
Boca Campus
Bldg LY-3, Rm 214
2nd Floor - West

Office Hours:
Mon.-Fri. 8am-4:45pm
561-297-0563
Website

The Interlibrary Loan Department is here to support your research and teaching needs by expanding the range of materials available for scholarship beyond the collections of the FAU Libraries. 

 

This department provides article delivery and short term loans from a vast network of libraries and document suppliers on a local, state, national, and international basis.

 

Use Interlibrary Loan services to:

  • Retrieve FAU materials from other campuses
  • Request materials from other State University Libraries via UBorrow
  • Request Articles and Book Chapters
  • Request loans of items not owned by FAU
  • For Distance Learners have both FAU materials and ILL loans shipped directly to your location

Who is Eligible?

  • All FAU enrolled students*, faculty, and staff have Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Privileges.
  • Palm Beach State College South Campus enrolled students, faculty, and staff are also extended Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Privileges through their FAU ILL account; PBSC does not have UBorrow Priviledges through FAU.
  • Retired FAU faculty and staff have Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Privileges.
  • SUS Faculty, Visiting Researchers, and Library Volunteers may have Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Privileges with the permission from the Dean of University Libraries.

*Tower Campus students should order materials through the Broward County Library's Interlibrary Loan department, unless your pick-up location is Boca or Jupiter.

How much money does using ILL save?


Articles:

Loans:

Total amount saved: (in dollars)


Last year, the ILL Department filled 1,818 Article Requests and 2,381 Loan Requests, saving an estimated $75,711!

How long does it take?

  • Articles - 2 or more business days
  • Loans - 7 or more business days
  • Branch Campus Delivery adds 2 to 3 days
  • International or Rare & hard-to-find materials may take longer

Want to receive ILL notices via Text?

Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction in excess of " fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order or place an item on Reserve if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order or request would involve violation of copyright law.