Request Guidelines

What may be requested through ILL?

  • Loans of Books
  • Copies of Journal and Newspaper articles
  • Copies of Book chapters
  • Loans of Dissertations/Theses
  • Loans of older journal volumes


Items which cannot ordinarily be obtained:

  • Entire volumes of (recent) periodicals
  • Reference books
  • Very old or rare books
  • Computer software
  • Manuscripts
  • Theses/Dissertations from some universities
     

How do I obtain items held at other Penn State campus libraries?

Circulating items held by another Penn State campus library can be obtained by clicking on the I Want It button located at the left side of the record screen on The Cat.

Non-circulating items and articles from periodicals held at another Penn State campus library should be requested through ILLiad.