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Edward & Barbara Netter Library

For Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences

About the Library

InterLibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a service that provides current students, faculty, and staff of Quinnipiac University with access to materials not owned by any of the libraries at Quinnipiac.

Digital copies of articles usually arrive within a few days but might take longer.  You must allow at least one-two weeks for a physical item to be delivered. We cannot guarantee delivery within a specific period of time.  

The Copyright law of the United States (Title 17, US Code) governs this service. 
 

Button that reads, "Begin ILL Request"
 

  1. Login to your ILLiad account with your QU credentials in order to place new requests, track the status of requests in process, view received articles, check due dates, or to request renewals. 
    •  For the QU Username, do not use your full email address. Rather, use the shorter handle you use to sign in to university internet. For example, jrsmith, NOT john.smith@qu.edu.
       
    • The first time you access this form you will be prompted to fill out a brief registration form. This only has to be done once per academic year. On this page, make sure to change your home library to NETTER.
       
  2. On the left side of the page, choose your ILL service and fill out as much information as possible on the request form. If you are requesting an ILL via a library database, this information might be pre-filled for you! 

ILL Policies

The Edward and Barbara Netter Library will process requests from non-law students and faculty based on the North Haven campus. Law students and faculty should consult the Law Library; all other students and faculty should consult the Arnold Bernhard Library.

The ILL staff will make every effort to fill appropriate requests. Most libraries will not lend the following items, therefore we will not attempt to borrow:

--Bound volumes or single issues of a journal (pdfs are sent)
--Textbooks, reference, non-circulating, rare or valuable books
--Materials for faculty to place on course reserve
--Dissertations for undergraduates
--Material from Harvard Business Review (due to licensing limitations from the publisher)
--Complete e-books (due to licensing limitations from publishers)

It is common for libraries not to loan newly published materials; these may be difficult for us to obtain.

Physical books for distance-learning students cannot be mailed to a student address. The student would need to pick up and return the item to the Netter Library in person. 
 

Cost

There is no cost to the user for ILL but undergraduate students are limited to ten active requests at one time. As part of these ten requests, students are allowed to request physical books from other institutions through ILL. Students are allowed to have no more than five book loans outstanding at one time. 

 

Physical Book Renewals
Some libraries allow interlibrary loans to be renewed, others do not. The granting of renewals is up to the lending institution, not us.  If you need a renewal, please call or email the ILL office at least two days before an item is due to inquire about renewing it. Overdue loan material may jeopardize our ability to borrow from other institutions.

For further information, call or e-mail:  

203.582.8529

NetterILL@qu.edu