Interlibrary Loan Lending Information and Policies

Indiana Libraries (except For-Profit)

Please place your requests via OCLC.
Loan period is 17 weeks with renewals usually possible.
We participate in the INfo Express delivery program with daily shipments and delivery.

Big Ten Academic Alliance Libraries

Please place your requests via OCLC.
Loan period is 17 weeks with renewals usually possible.

Other Libraries: Academic, Public & Government (US & Canadian)

Please place your requests via OCLC.
Costs: Loan or Article Fee – $15.00.
We prefer IFM billing, but will invoice.
Loan period is 17 weeks with renewals usually possible.

Other Libraries: International

Please place your requests via OCLC or contact us for assistance.
Costs: Article Fee – $15.00/Loan Fee – $41.00
We prefer IFM billing, but will invoice. IFLA vouchers are also accepted.
Loan period is 17 weeks with renewals usually possible.

Others

If you are an Indiana resident, you may use the Purdue University Libraries collections on campus and apply for a borrower’s card to check out Purdue-owned circulating books. Call Circulation Services at 765-494-0369 or view the Visitor Information page for details. If you cannot visit campus to use material that is here, contact your local public library’s interlibrary loan service.
If you need material which is not available in the Purdue University Libraries, contact your local public library’s ILL department.
If you are affiliated with an academic institution, contact your library’s interlibrary loan service.
We do not loan to individuals. Please contact your local public library’s interlibrary loan service.

Dissertation and Theses

Due to copyright, we cannot provide electronic copies of dissertations or theses unless they are available through our Open Access Collections.

We can provide physical copies of a dissertation as a loan. We cannot loan a physical copy of a dissertation or thesis if it is the original or only copy of the item.

Annual Reports

Purdue University Libraries will no longer loan Annual Reports, but items are available for scanning or onsite use at Archives and Special Collections. Contact our Interlibrary Loan department to coordinate viewing of volumes.

Requests for scans are submitted electronically to our software, ILLiad. We charge $15.00 (or one(1) IFLA voucher) per copy. Requests must be facilitated library to library. We cannot send directly to an individual.

Our items are not cataloged in OCLC. Please submit a request with the full company’s name, the year requested, and the title of the item you are requesting to be scanned. Each year should be a separate request. Please manually add our symbol, IPL, to the lending string. Please include the symbol at least twice to ensure the request does not expire before we can fulfill it.

For more information on our Annual Reports, please see:

ILLiad Lending Logon (for non-OCLC Libraries)

If you have already been in contact with us about requesting our materials through ILLiad, please login to ILLiad to place requests. If you have forgotten your username and/or password and you no longer have access to the email we sent to you with this information, please contact us and we can assist.

Non-Return Billing Policy

Any Institution that fails to return material within 90 days past the due date will be billed $100.00 for the replacement cost of each item. Institutions returning material within 180 days of the billing date will receive a credit/refund for the replacement cost. We may accept replacement copies in lieu of an invoice; please contact us for assistance before sending a replacement copy.

Please call (765) 494-2800 or email ill@purdue.edu if you have any questions about our lending policies or billing.

Current Hours

Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Sat-Sun: Closed
*Hours and turnaround times may vary during holidays and breaks. See above for link to hours.

Office Location

We are located on the 2nd floor (room 246) of the Humanities, Social Sciences & Education Library in Stewart Center.

Contact Us

765-494-2800
ill@purdue.edu