The purpose of Interlibrary Loan is to borrow books and obtain articles from journals not held in Olin Library for Drury University students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Methods for requesting these items:
- Worldcat – click on “Borrow this item from another library” or there is an ILL button at the very bottom of the page.
- EbscoHost – click on “Interlibrary Loan at Drury” button
- ProQuest Central – – click on “Request this item” button
- Interlibrary Loan Form — click for tutorial on how to make a request!
Cost: There is no cost to Drury Patrons
Delivery Time:
- 7-10 work days after placing request
TIP:
Before ordering a book through ILL make sure you have done a SWAN / MOBIUS search for the book. Remember it takes 7-10 days to fill your request through ILL and usually only 3-5 days through Swan or Mobius.
Loan Periods
Swan/Mobius books have a 3 week loan with 2 renewals for 3 weeks additional each time. There is a 1 day grace period for returning, then you are billed a $120 replacement fee for each overdue book.
Interlibrary Loan books and videos/DVDs usually have a 4 week loan period with 1 renewal of 2 weeks. Overdue fines are $.50 per day.
You are limited to having a maximum of 15 items regardless of whether the item is checked out from the Olin library or borrowed through Swan/Mobius or Interlibrary loan.
