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Alumni and public (external) borrowers cannot log in to create or track ILL and scan requests. The
Alumni and
public (external) borrowers ILL pages provide submissions instructions.
There are four different ways to place an interlibrary loan and/or scan request.
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USearch
- When searching in USearch, select the Expand My Results filter to include items that the University Library doesn't own or have access to.
- Click on the record for the item you'd like to request, then select the "Request this item from another library through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service" link under Additional services.
- The request form will open and automatically populate with the information for the item.
- Complete the form by selecting your pickup location (if necessary), confirming your email address is correct, accepting the copyright statement, and selecting Submit.
- Select All Requests to track the status of your item(s).
Library Catalogue (scan requests only)
- Find an item in our collection using the library catalogue.
- In the item record, select the Request Chapter/Article Scan button.
- The request form will open and automatically populate the information for the item.
- Add details about which section(s) you need including article/chapter title, author, volume, issue or pages.
- Complete the form by confirming your email address is correct, accepting the copyright statement and selecting submit.
- Select All Requests to track the status of your item(s).
Manually fill out the request form
- If we do not have the item, or you want a scan of part of it, go to the Interlibrary Loan and Scan Request page and click on the "Create or track a request button" to create your request.
- Under Add Request, select the item type and complete as much of the form as possible. Including the ISBN for books or ISSN for journals is particularly helpful.
- If you are requesting a physical item, select your pickup location.
- Confirm your email address is correct, read and accept the copyright statement, and select submit.
- Select All Requests to track the status of your item(s).
Google Scholar
To use Google Scholar, you first need to connect your USask library account. Follow the directions on our
connect off-campus page.
- Find an item using Google Scholar and select >> to show more options, then Get It @ USask. This will take you to the USearch results page.
- Select the Go button next to Request it from another library.
- The ILL/scan request form will open and automatically populate with the information for the item.
- Complete the form by selecting your pickup location (if necessary), confirming your email address is correct, accepting the copyright statement, and selecting submit.
- Select All Requests to track the status of your item(s).