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Interlibrary Services

For Stanford Users

Interlibrary Borrowing obtains materials that are not available at Stanford University and are needed to support the teaching, learning, research, and other University-related work of Stanford faculty, students, staff and visiting scholars. To obtain materials for personal use, please contact your local public library. Faculty, students, staff, and visiting scholars are eligible to use the service. Users affiliated with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and the Law, Business, and Medical schools should submit their requests to those libraries.

What May Be Borrowed

Most published materials can be obtained. Materials which may not be borrowed include materials for group use; materials owned by Stanford; reference materials, rare books, and books published before 1800. In its effort to comply with current copyright law, Interlibrary Borrowing rarely requests entire issues of periodicals.

Placing a Request

You may use the Web forms below to place your requests. Paper request forms are available at reference desks in Green Library or any of the branch libraries. A separate form should be filled out for each item needed. If you have specific time constraints, please note them in the appropriate place on the request form.

Request Forms: One time registration required.

Notification and Status Checks

Patrons will be notified by e-mail when materials arrive. Books must be picked up at the Circulation Desk, Green Library (1st Floor, East Wing). Microforms must be used in the Media-Microtext room, located on the lower level of Green Library (East). Stanford Interlibrary Borrowing abides by the terms of loan set by lending libraries. Periodically, loaned material is restricted to "Library Use Only." These materials are placed in Stanford's Special Collections' reading room (2nd floor, Bing Wing). Patrons must comply with Special Collections' policies when using material on loan from another library.

Status checks may be made by phone (725-1278), or by e-mail to stfborrowing@stanford.edu.

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Last modified: May 29, 2009