Interlibrary Loan
Books and articles from periodicals not owned by Walsh College Library can be borrowed for students, faculty, and staff through interlibrary loan. Before requesting an Interlibrary loan, you should seek the assistance of a reference librarian to make sure all Walsh library resources have been checked for the needed item.
Costs
There is no charge for this service.
Time Requirements
It can take from two to three weeks to obtain requested materials. Depending on a number of factors, materials may sometimes arrive later than three weeks. The response time and length of the loan period is set by the lending library.
Maximum Number of Requests
The maximum number of requests is ten items at one time.
Submitting Requests
The library offers two options for directly submitting interlibrary loan requests.
Submit your book request directly from the WorldCat database in FirstSearch accessed through the library portal. After conducting your search for the book you want, and with the detailed record screen displayed, click on the ILL icon at the top of your screen. Fill in the form completely and submit. Follow the same procedure to request magazine and journal articles that do not include the full text option, but are listed in any of the FirstSearch databases. In addition, articles that you cannot find in FirstSearch may be found in other library databases. An easy way to search for full text articles in specific magazines and journals is to use the E-Journals database.
Another option for requesting a book is to fill out one of the forms at the bottom of this page and send it by e-mail. Click either the Request a book link or the Request an article from a periodical link. Each form must contain only one request, and the information you provide should be as complete as possible. The more information you are able to provide, the greater the likelihood that the Interlibrary Loan staff can successfully process your request. You will be notified by phone when your book arrives.
Overdue Materials
After a four day grace period, the charge for overdue interlibrary loan materials is a minimum of $1.00 per item and then $.25 per day for books and annual reports. A registration hold will be placed on a patron`s record if he/she fails to return the overdue material.
Since interlibrary loan is a courtesy extended by libraries, patrons are asked to respect due dates set by the lending library. Prompt return of borrowed items insures that libraries will not hesitate when loaning their materials to Walsh College Library.
More Information
For more information on interlibrary loan call the library at (248) 823-1228.
Copyright
By submitting this interlibrary loan request, I agree to abide by all following copyright restrictions. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any other purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Check out the Copyright and Licensing Guideline link on the library portal page for more information on copyright. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a photocopy order, if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve a violation of copyright law.
I REQUEST A COPY OF THE WORK ON THIS FORM FOR PURPOSES OF PRIVATE STUDY, SCHOLARSHIP, OR RESEARCH.