Interlibrary Loans

Borrowing Services

General

If the Wishart Library, does not hold a particular book or periodical in its collection, arrangements can be make to borrow these items from another library through interlibrary loan services. 

NOTE: The Inter Library Loan Service can access and retrieve books that are NOT held by our partners.  In other words, you should always ask if you cannot find an item in the catalogue, chances are ILL can retrieve it from some other source.  When in doubt: ask.

Any library user who is a student, faculty member, staff member at Algoma University or a registered reader at the Wishart Library may use interlibrary loan services.

Requesting Materials
Request forms are available at the Circulation Desk of the Library.
In order that their requests can be handled efficiently and effectively, library users are asked to provide the following information:

For Articles:

You should provide the following:

  1. The title and author of the article.
  2. The title of the periodical.
  3. The volume and issue numbers of the periodical.
  4. The pages on which the article appears.

 

This information can be found using Algoma's extensive list of Databases (http://www.algomau.ca/wishart-library/databases-find-articles)

For Books:

You should provide the following:

  1. The title and author of the book.
  2. Optional: the publications information.  If you do not provide publication information, we will try to get the latest edition of the book for you.

 

This information can be found using library catalogues, such as Algoma U's http://algoma.concat.ca .  If you cannot find it there try:

  1. First Search http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip while on campus, a catalogue of over 40,000 library catalogues
  2. WorldCat http://www.worldcat.org/ the free version of First Search available from off campus.  

 

If you have any problems with your search, you can check out the library's online tutorials found here: LIB 101 .  And once again -- when in doubt: ask.

Responsibility

Library users requesting loans of materials from other institutions are responsible for the charges incurred in procuring these items. Charges typically include photocopying, mailing and handling costs.

 

  1. The cost is $1.00 for a book, $5.00 for a journal article.
  2. The charge for overdue Interlibrary Loans is $2.00 per day for each item.


Library users receiving materials on loan from other institutions are responsible for the return of these items to the Wishart Library by the date specified. Late returns will jeopardize interlibrary loan borrowing privileges.
 

Contact Staff

ANNE BEAUPRÉ - RESOURCE SHARING TECHNICIAN, EXT. 4615/4610
EMAIL - circulation@algomau.ca