Interlibrary Loans (ILL) is a service that allows you to access material not at the UNBC Library. Can't find the article or book that you need here? We can get it for you from another library.

If you are a distance student, staff, or faculty and you would like to have library material shipped to you, please use the "Request" button in the library catalogue and enter a note to have it shipped. Please do not use the ILL forms to request material from our collection.

The following charges apply to all interlibrary loan requests:

• Please ensure that you are registered as a library patron and that your account is up to date. Only currently registered library patrons may utilize ILL services.
• Please check our catalogue to confirm that we do not hold the item. Your request will be cancelled if the Library owns the item, regardless of form.
• Check if a resource is available open access. It might be freely available online!

Students, Faculty and Staff at UNBC are welcome to place interlibrary loan requests through the following forms:

1. Journal Article Requests
2. Book Requests
3. Book Chapter Requests
4. Theses and Dissertations Requests
5. Multi-media Requests
6. All Other Requests

Please be sure to include complete citation information on the request form:

• For articles this includes: article title and author, journal title, volume/issue, page numbers, and date.
• For books this includes the title, author, and publication date.
• Including an ISBN (for books) and ISSN (for journal articles) when available helps your request to be processed more quickly.

If any of this information is missing, your request may be delayed or cancelled.

Some indexes and databases include an ILL request option. Select Get it @ UNBC and ensure the UNBC Library does not hold the item. Select the link to place an interlibrary loan.

For further details about full-text indexes and databases, or submitting requests directly from indexes and databases, ask at the Interlibrary Loans office or Reference Desk.

• Interlibrary loan requests are processed in order of receipt.
• Be sure to fill out the ‘need-by-date’ section of the request form to avoid receiving materials past the date that they will be useful to you. Keep in mind it will take a minimum of 1 week to receive physical materials.
• It is possible for multiple requests to arrive simultaneously. Keep in mind ‘reading time’ necessary if you are requesting several books or returnable items.

The Interlibrary Loan request forms on this website utilize third-party software for tracking purposes. What does this mean for your data?