Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan

Due to COVID-19 Interlibrary Loan Services print requests and Link+ have been temporarily suspended. Due to other library closures, there may be a significant delay in receiving electronic articles requests from our member libraries, who are also closing at this time. We will notify you when operations are fully functional again. Thank you for your patience. For questions, contact Monica Schutzman at mschutzman@pacific.edu or ill@pacific.edu.

Use  ILLiad, our interlibrary loan system, to request library materials that we don't own.  You can use ILLiad to request articles, books, scores, CDs, and DVDs. Articles will be delivered electronically.

Who is eligible to make interlibrary loan requests? 

• Currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate students
• Current faculty, Emeriti faculty, and staff
• Students, faculty and staff may be enrolled/employed at any of Pacific's campuses.
• Sacramento faculty, staff and students: see the  Sacramento Campus & Law Library
  
• Alumni & Special Borrowers are not eligible

How do I submit a request?

• First, search PacificSearch & the  E-Journals List to verify that we don't already have the item(s) you need.
• Log in to ILLiad using your PacificNet ID and password.
• If this is your first interlibrary loan request, you will need to do a 1-time set up of user account information.
• Choose the appropriate form:  Book for loaned materials &  Article for PDFs or photocopies of research articles.

How long will it take?

• Loaned items: average time is 2 weeks
• Articles: adverage time is 3-4 days working days

What will it cost?

• No charge for most materials.
• We will inform you before retrieving the material if there is a required cost.

Rush Requests:

• Loaned items: we will request items be sent to us via 1 ^st class mail.
• Articles: we will ask the lending library to RUSH the request. The average turn-around is 3 days. Electronic delivery is preferred.
• NOTE: Requesting material RUSH does not guarantee it will come via that method. 

How can I check the status of my request?

• Log in to your ILLiad account and look under "Outstanding Requests."

Where do I pick up materials?

• Articles will be sent electronically through email. 
• Loaned items (such as books and other hard-copy materials):

• • Students, faculty and staff can pick up items at the Library Ask Us Desk of the Stockton Campus Library.
  • Students, faculty and staff at the Sacramento & San Francisco campuses, or enrolled/employed in a distance-learning program through the University can choose to have the material mailed directly to them instead.

How long can I have the item?

• Articles - yours to keep
• Loans - loan time varies and is based on lending library.  The average is 2 weeks.

Where do I return loaned materials?

• Items can be returned to any of Pacific's libraries:
  • Stockton Campus Library
  • Sacramento Campus & Law Library
• You may also mail books directly to the Stockton Campus Library (return-mailing fees apply.)
• In-Library Use materials must be returned to the Library Ask Us Desk.

How do I renew loaned materials?

• Renewals can be requested through your ILLiad account  (non-renewable items cannot be renewed)
• After the due date - email  ILL.