How do I place an Interlibrary Loan Request?
Answer
Please see our tutorial video on how to use Interlibrary Loan
What is Interlibrary Loan?
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that makes materials that are not available in our collections available to current students, faculty, and staff.
What is the ILL Portal?
The ILL Portal is the library's new interlibrary loan interface. From the portal you can place ILL requests, track the status of requested materials, see due dates, and manage notification settings. Use your JasperNet ID to log in.
https://lib.manhattan.edu/interlibraryloan
Requests can be placed manually using the patron request forms.
Request from Discovery Search
If you've done a search in the Find Books tab in Discovery Search and found a book that you want that is not in Manhattan College's library, click on the item record. In the Access Options box on the right-hand side of the page, there will be a link to Request Item through Interlibrary loan. Click it to be taken to the request form for this item.
Request from a database.
ILL requests can be placed directly from databases using the full text finder buttons that appear when we do not have access to an article.
Clicking the full "Find Full Text" link will display any databases that have access to the material. If we do not have access, the “Request Item through Interlibrary Loan” link will be displayed.
Database Links:
Items that can be requested.
Most libraries will lend materials that ordinarily circulate to their users. Rare books, reference works, current textbooks, E-Books, theses and dissertations are not usually lent.