ILLiad is the computer system that the library uses to manage interlibrary loan requests and requests for ISU article or book chapter scans.
The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the Law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any 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.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of that order would involve violation of the law.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is the process ISU Libraries use to obtain materials that we do not own. This means that even if we do not have a book or article that you need, we can probably get it for you from another library!
Most commonly, we fulfill requests for:
See the ILL FAQs for more information about what you can request. Sorry - requests for eBooks and textbooks cannot be fulfilled.
If you have identified something that you need but that ISU Libraries do not own, submit an ILL request directly through your Interlibrary Loan account.
You will receive an email notification when your item is available
You may place Interlibrary Loan requests directly from many of the ISU Libraries' databases.
You will receive an email notification when your item is available
These are some of the most asked questions about requesting materials from other libraries.
You may also want to review the full FAQs about Interlibrary Loan.