FAU and Palm Beach State College students, staff, and faculty may place Interlibrary Loan requests for physical materials as well as electronically-delivered book chapters and articles.
Physcial items located at the Boca Campus Wimberly Library and the Jupiter Campus Library are available on request via our Paging system. However, interbranch deliver of materials from the Harbor Branch Campus Library is still currently unavailable.
For more information on requesting items, please click here.
Regardless of the number of requests submitted, ILL Staff will only work on up to 10 requests per person in a single day (as time allows).
Please prioritize your requests.
FAU will cover:
Undergraduates/Staff:
basic shipping only
Graduates:
$12 + basic shipping
Faculty:
$25 + basic shipping
Any costs over amount subsidized by FAU must be paid by patron with your preapproval.
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
1. When you find an item that you would like to have in the FAU Catalog but it is shelved at a different campus, click on the Title of the item.
2. This will open the item's record. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Branch Campus Deliver / Interlibrary Loan.
3. If you are not already logged onto your ILL Account, it will prompt you to log in now. Enter your Username and Password, then click LOGON TO ILLIAD.
4. The information on the item you are placing a hold on should auto-fill into a New Request form. Check the information is correct, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click on SUBMIT REQUEST.
5. Your request has now been sent to the ILL Office. As soon as it is ready for you to pick up, you will receive an email. If you have any problems, please contact the ILL Office for help.
1. When you have searched the FAU catalog and found we do not have the item you are looking for, it is possible one of the other State University Libraries may have a copy. To check, you should click on Show - items that you can request statewide. This will be under your search box but above your list of local results.
2. Scan the list of materials to see if they have the item that you want. If you see it, click on the Title of the item you want.
3. Click on the UBorrow symbol below the Title.
4. Sign onto you FAU Library Account. Enter your 14 digit Owl Card number (without the A) and your birth month and day (MMDD - e.g. enter 0304 for March 4th). Then click on sign in.
5. Choose your Pickup Location from the drop down menu and click Place Request.
6. Your UBorrow Request has now been placed. As soon as it is ready for you to pick up, you will receive an email. If you have any problems placing your request, please contact the ILL Office or the Circulation Department for help.
ARTICLES:
1. To check to see if you have access to the Article you need from the FAU Library, we recommend you do a quick search via OneSearch on the FAU Library webpage first. Type in the Title of the Article you need in the OneSearch search box the hit Enter.
2. If we do not hold the item electronically, you can also search the FAU Catalog to see if we have a hard copy of the journal or book. If you cannot find your Article, you can place an ILL Request for the item. You will need to log onto your ILL Account to place your request.
3. Once you are logged on, to place a new request click on Article under the New Request section from the left hand column.
4. Enter in as much information as you have on the Article (each request must be one single article), then scroll to the bottom of the request and click SUBMIT REQUEST. Note: Items with a red asterisk (*) have to be filled out.
5. Your ILL Request has now been sent for processing by ILL Staff.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1. To check to see if you have access to the Book Chapter you need from the FAU Library, we recommend you do a quick search for the Title of the book in the FAU Catalog to see if we have a hard or eBook copy of the book. If you cannot find your book, you can place an ILL Request for the item. You will need to log onto your ILL Account to place your request.
2. Once you are logged on, to place a new request click on Book Chapter under the New Request section from the left hand column.
3. Enter in as much information as you have on the Book Chapter (each request must be one single book chapter), then scroll to the bottom of the request and click SUBMIT REQUEST. Note: Items with a red asterisk (*) have to be filled out.
5. Your ILL Request has now been sent for processing by ILL Staff.
You are able to place requests to borrow materials not owned by the FAU Library:
1. If you search the FAU Catalog and find that we do not have the item you want or our copy is not available, you can put in an ILL Request via your ILL Account and ILL Staff will try find a copy for you to borrow from another library.
2. You will need to log onto your ILL Account to place your request.
3. Once you are logged on, to place a new request click on Book under the New Request section from the left hand column.
4. Enter in as much information as you have on the item you are requesting, then scroll to the bottom of the request and click SUBMIT REQUEST. Note: Items with a red asterisk (*) have to be filled out.
5. Your ILL Request has now been sent for processing by ILL Staff.
Simply choose one of the other New Request forms and fill out the form, just like you would for Book loans.