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ILL request forms are available at the bottom of this page. Please familiarize yourself with the policies below before submitting requests.
The Interlibrary Loan office in Kingston is open from 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office can be reached at (401) 874-4613 or (401) 874-5935. The CCE and Pell Libraries provide their own Interlibrary Loan service. You may contact CCE at (401) 277-5130 and Pell at (401) 874-6161. What is an interlibrary loan? | Eligibility for loans | Limitation on loans | Number of requests | Arrival of loans—print delivery | Arrival of loans—electronic delivery | Duration of loans | Restrictions on use | Service policy | Charges | Instructions | Request forms (Kingston & CCE libraries only) | Request forms (Pell library only) | Other options | Contact information
An interlibrary loan (ILL) is a loan made by another library to the University Library, so that a researcher here may have access to materials URI does not own. Copies, rather than original materials, may sometimes be supplied.
Interlibrary Loan service is available to faculty, students, and staff of the University of Rhode Island. Materials requested should be limited to those needed for research.
Loans are governed by the Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States of the American Library Association and the policies of the lending institution. Libraries do not ordinarily loan the following types of materials:
In addition, the Interlibrary Loan office will not accept requests for patents. If you would like suggestions on how to obtain patents, please stop by or call the office. The National Copyright Law (Public Law 94-553) General Revision became effective January 1, 1978. This law places limitations on what may be copied, as well as under what conditions and for what purposes copying may take place. More information is available at the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC).
Patrons may request as many items as they wish, however, the ILL office reserves the right to process only 5 requests per patron per week. Patrons should prioritize their requests by submitting them in the order you wish to receive them.
Sufficient time should be allowed for the arrival of material (books, microfilms, photocopies of journal articles, etc.) from other institutions. In many cases two to five weeks are necessary. Loaned materials may be picked up at the Circulation Desk.
Most periodical articles requested through Interlibrary Loan will be delivered electronically directly to patrons’ desktops through the ARIEL Document Delivery System. When an article is ready for pick-up, the patron will receive an e-mail containing a Web link to the article and a case-sensitive PIN number needed to access the document. Each article may be viewed and/or printed up to 10 times within 20 days. After the document has been viewed/printed 10 times or 20 days has elapsed, the article will be purged and will no longer be accessible. Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above is required for viewing
and printing electronically delivered materials. Adobe Acrobat reader is available free
online. It may be downloaded by clicking on the following icon:
Please note that in order to take advantage of this new system, patrons must have registered their library barcodes and provided the University Libraries with a valid e-mail address at the time of registration. To check if your barcode is active and if the Libraries have your current e-mail address on file, please call the Circulation Desk of your home library:
The University Libraries will deliver as many of the requested periodical articles electronically as possible. Exceptions may be made under special circumstances. The staff of the University Libraries is excited about this new method of document delivery and the increased convenience it will provide for library users. Any questions about the new system or problems with accessing documents may be addressed to Emily Greene in the Kingston Interlibrary Loan Office. Emily can be reached by e-mail at emgreene@uri.edu or by phone at (401) 874-4613.
Most libraries will lend material for two weeks from its arrival at URI. It is the responsibility of the borrower to return materials promptly. Loaned materials can be returned to the Circulation Desk. Photocopies of periodical articles and articles delivered online and printed by the patron do not need to be returned.
The URI Library is bound by any restrictions placed on loans by the lending library. These may include restricting use of the material to within the library, obtaining the signature of the borrower, and/or prohibiting photocopying.
Interlibrary Loan service is provided on a first-come, first-served basis. While the ILL office attempts to honor the “cancel if not filled by” date indicated on the request form, it does not guarantee the receipt of materials by that date.
Charges imposed by the lending library are the responsibility of the borrower. It is not always possible to know in advance if there will be a charge. The Library attempts to subsidize this service.
Please check the HELIN library catalog before requesting materials. If the material is owned by the Library and is checked in but not on the shelf, please request a Search at the Circulation Desk. Before Interlibrary Loan can accept a request for owned materials, a search must have been in process for a period of two weeks. If the material is owned by the Library but is checked out, please do not place an Interlibrary Loan request, but instead recall the title by following the procedures for placing a HELIN loan. Materials on Reserve or on microform cannot be requested. Forms for requesting materials through Interlibrary Loan are available online. A separate form must be submitted for each item. Forms should be filled out completely, including the source of the citation (e.g. index or abstract title, volume, date, page, or abstract number). Please note that when you are asked for your library barcode, if there are any A’s at the beginning or end of your barcode, leave them off. Just enter the numbers, which will begin 21222.... Any deadline for obtaining the material must be included. The Interlibrary Loan office will assist in verifying bibliographic information for difficult requests. Telephone requests are not permitted.
Interlibrary Loan materials may be requested online. To view the status of an Interlibrary Loan request, check your library record in the HELIN catalog.
To obtain materials more quickly than by using Interlibrary Loan, you may want to use a document delivery service or travel to a regional library. More information is available.
The Kingston Interlibrary Loan office is staffed by Emily Greene. To reach Emily, please call (401) 874-4613 or email emgreene@uri.edu. Tawanda Maceia staffs the Interlibrary Loan Office at the Providence Campus. She can be reached at (401) 277-5134 or at tmaceia@uri.edu. |
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