We offer several ways for affiliates (current IU faculty, students, and staff) to request IU-owned library materials. This page outlines the different options these patrons may use to borrow or view these items. Non-affiliated researchers may only request items from the Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF) and the Lilly Library, also listed below.
- IUCAT - Our Catalog
- A-Z Databases
- Research Guides by Subject
- Online Journals
- Spotlighted Collections
- Off-Campus Access
- Borrow
- Renew
- Return
- Request Materials
- Recall Materials
- Using Course Reserves
- Interlibrary Loan
- Reciprocal Borrowing
- Special Formats & Archives
- Distance Education Borrowing
- Borrower's Card
- Request Material Purchase
Request Materials
Services for Students, Faculty, and Staff
- Request deliveryPlace requests via IUCAT, the most commonly used option for delivery of materials held by libraries within the IU system.
- Request article deliveryIUB faculty, staff and students may request digital copies of journal articles held only in print and microform formats within Bloomington campus collections.
- Office delivery: faculty & graduate studentsFaculty and graduate students able to receive packages via campus mail in a secure office or mailbox may request items to be sent direct to their campus office.
- Request books by mailIU students, faculty, and staff can request books to be delivered to a mail address in the U.S.
- Rush Cataloging RequestSubmit a request for any title marked in IUCAT as "on order," "in process," or "being cataloged" and for IU dissertations not yet cataloged.
Services Available to IU Affiliates & Unaffiliated Researchers
- Request from ALFRequest delivery of items held at the Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF), our offsite collections vault.
- Lilly Library request systemPlace requests electronically through IUCAT and Archives Online for Lilly Library materials to be used in the reading room, or to order reproductions.
Questions?
Contact Access Services
812-855-4673