Interlibrary Loan

Marie Hansen
Coordinates borrowing services
404-727-0910

Sarah Ward
Searches and sends requests to other libraries
404-727-6087

Anne Nicolson
Receives items sent by other libraries; sends overdue, recall and fine messages
404-727-8137

Return all ILL materials directly to the Interlibrary Loan Office or to the Library Service Desk on level 2 by the due date.

• A fine of 50¢ per day will be charged for ILL materials that are returned more than one day past the due date.

Please note that ILL materials are subject to recall by the lending library at any time.

The lending library establishes the conditions under which borrowed material may be used. Items may be restricted for use within the library only; photocopying may be prohibited; etc.

A borrower's failure to comply with the conditions of a loan could jeopardize his/her interlibrary loan privileges and/or those of the Emory Libraries with lending institutions.

Loan Periods:
The lending library determines the loan period and renewal policy for its materials. In most cases borrowers, including faculty, can expect to keep interlibrary loan items for up to four weeks.

Exception: materials from the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) are loaned for six months, subject to recall.

For most users, the pickup location for borrowed items and paper copies from ILL is the Library Service Desk on level 2 of Woodruff Library.* Since the Library Service Desk maintains several types of items for pickup, please be sure to specify "interlibrary loan" when asking for these materials.

Health Sciences users will pick up items at the Information Desk, located near the entrance of the Health Sciences Center Library.  Please specify "interlibrary loan" when picking up these materials. 

You will be notified by e-mail when requested material is available for your use.

Most ILL articles are delivered electronically in PDF format. You will be notified via e-mail when requested documents are available for viewing. Instructions on how to access the article are included in the email notice.

To view an electronic document, logon to ILLiad, click on Electronic Documents in the View/Edit section of the ILLiad Main Menu and click on the View link for the desired document.