Borrow from Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan)

What is Interlibrary Loan (ILL)?

The TCU Library ILL Department can borrow almost any book and obtain almost any journal article from several thousand libraries worldwide. As the ILL Department depends on the cooperation of other libraries, the average turnaround time for materials is 10-14 days.

Phone: 817.257.7666
Location: First floor lobby, room 115A (Map)
Email: LibILL@tcu.edu

*For ILL pickup after office hours go to the IC desk (Map)

For exceptions to regular hours, please check the library hours page.

Day	Hours
Sunday	Closed
Monday	8 am - 5 pm
Tuesday	8 am - 5 pm
Wednesday	8 am - 5 pm
Thursday	8 am - 5 pm
Friday	8 am - 5 pm
Saturday	Closed

	Kay Edmondson	Interlibrary Loan Supervisor
	k.edmondson@tcu.edu 817.257.6146	Interlibrary Loan

	Clare Taylor	Library Specialist
	c.taylor@tcu.edu 817.257.5940	Interlibrary Loan

Reviewed 08/09/2012 by Clare Taylor .

Request materials through Interlibrary Loan

You may use these links to request, renew or retrieve materials that were delivered to you electronically.

Faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students

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Reviewed 08/06/2012 by Clare Taylor .

ILL Direct

An ILL shortcut, ILL Direct, is available to TCU'rs using FirstSearch the WorldCat database. Once you have identified a book you need, you may request it online from its WorldCat record. If the book is owned by at least 5 cooperating libraries, your request will go directly to a library (and eventually to the other 4, if necessary), thus speeding up the ILL process. When the book arrives in the TCU Library ILL Department, we will notify you.

If there is a problem of any kind with the request, it will go directly to TCU's ILL Department, where we will request the book for you. As of now, this service is only available for WorldCat items.

This service while it is a shortcut, is not a trackable system. Once the book is returned to the lending library we have no record of the transaction.

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Reviewed 08/09/20121 by Clare Taylor .

Document delivery

Document delivery is a service in which the library orders an article and sends it to you directly via email. All TCU faculty, staff and students may use document delivery. There is a limit of five document delivery article requests per day, and a limit of 25 per year.

Get It Now contains full text articles of over 9,000 journals from a wide variety of publishers. To use Get It Now, submit your request just like any standard Interlibrary Loan request.
ScienceDirect contains the full text of journals published by Elsevier, covering science, medicine, business and other topics. To order a document in ScienceDirect, find the article you need and then click the Order Document tab. Enter your contact information when prompted.
Ingenta covers a wide array of subjects, from a variety of publishers. To order a document in Ingenta, you must first email reference@tcu.edu. You will receive instructions on how to order articles in Ingenta.
Infotrieve also covers a wide array of subjects. To open an account with Infotrieve, enter your TCU username and password on the Infotrieve entry screen. Then click on "Not Registered Yet?" on the Infotrieve login screen.
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The Linda Hall Library covers the fields of science, engineering and technology. To order a document from Linda Hall Library, you must first email reference@tcu.edu. You will receive instructions on how to order articles from the Linda Hall Library.

These services provide an alternative to interlibrary loan for journal articles, especially if speed is of the essence. Contact reference@tcu.edu with any questions.

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Reviewed 4/9/2013 by Jeff Bond.

TexShare

TCU students, faculty and staff may use a TCU issued TexShare card to borrow materials at participating libraries. Each participating library sets their own sharing guidelines.

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Reviewed 7/27/2012 by James Lutz .

OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program (RFBP)

The OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program (RFBP) enables faculty members to directly access library collections at participating research libraries in the United States and Canada. Please note, if you are visiting a library within Texas, please utilize the Texshareprogram.

TCU Faculty Visiting Other RFBP Institutions

Any current, full-time TCU faculty member may participate in the OCLC Reciprocal Faculty Borrowing Program.
Faculty should consult the RFBP Participant List to determine if the institution they intend to visit participates in the RFBP.
Prior to visiting a participating institution, faculty must obtain a RFBP borrowing card from the TCU Library Reference Desk.
Access and privileges for visiting faculty vary from institution to institution. TCU faculty visiting other libraries are expected to follow the policies of the institution they are visiting.
It is the faculty member's responsibility to:
- Return materials, in person or by mail, within the loan period prescribed by the lending library.
- Return materials immediately, in person or by express mail, if recalled by the lending library.
- Pay all fines or other charges incurred due to late return of materials or damage to materials.

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Reviewed 7/18/2012 by Tracy Hull .