Request Materials Owned by the UIC Library

In the Library Catalog, you may use the Request This Title option, located towards the top of a catalog record, to:

• place a hold on an item
• request an item be retrieved from the warehouse
• request an item be delivered to your local UIC Library location.

Request Materials from I-Share

The I-Share catalog allows borrowing from many university and college libraries within Chicago and across Illinois.

Use the Request This Title option, located towards the top of a catalog record, to request an item be delivered to your local UIC Library location.

• I-Share Catalog. See the I-Share FAQ

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is available to UIC faculty, staff and current students who need materials that are not available through the UIC Library.

Before submitting an interlibrary loan request, check the Library Catalog for book and journal titles. Also check I-Share Catalog for available holdings at other Illinois libraries.

If you are unable to locate or obtain what you need at UIC or in I-Share, you may place an interlibrary loan request.

To submit and track an interlibrary loan request, select the library site you regularly use.

• Richard J. Daley Library
• Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago
• Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria
• Crawford Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford
• Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana
• Health Sciences Distance Education and Quad Cities Regional Program
  

Allow up to 4 weeks for materials to arrive; many materials will arrive sooner, and most articles will be made available in electronic format.

ILL materials loans are subject to the conditions imposed by the other institutions and are not usually renewable.

ILL does not request textbooks that are available in the bookstore.

Research Help and Instruction

• Ask a Librarian
• Get help by appointment
• Request library instruction for your class

Other Services

• Article delivery service
• Recommend an item for purchase