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Interlibrary Loan at Ferris State University

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Quick Facts

PLEASE NOTE:

Sometimes ILL fulfillment emails will end up in your spam/junk folder, if you are expecting a notification check that folder also.

Can't find what you need in FLITE's collection? Use ILLiad!

  • Get articles, books, movies, music and more from libraries around the world
  • Free to Ferris State University students, faculty, staff and Emeriti
  • Use ILLiad to place an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request, track your requests, check due dates, renew materials, view your Interlibrary Loan borrowing history, and update your email or physical address
  • Though you can choose your own username/password; please connect your Ferris email address to your ILLiad account.
  • Learn how to place an Illiad request
  • Login to ILLiad

Turnaround & Delivery 

  • Article requests without ISSN included: 2-4 days
  • Article requests with ISSN included: 1-2 day
  • Chapter requests 2-7 days
  • Books: 7-10 days

When making a request, allow enough time to process your request and receive the item(s). You will be notified by email when your item(s) arrive. Books may be picked up at the Circulation Desk.  Articles and scanned book chapters sent to you electronically are yours to keep. You have 30 days to download electronic files.

Are you a Distance Education or Online student?

Use ILLiad to:

  • Request circulating books from FLITE's collection to be shipped to your home (Continental U.S. only)
  • Get an electronic copy of an article from our print journals, on microfilm or fiche, or a chapter of a book owned by FLITE 
  • Learn more about these off campus services

NOTICE: WARNING OF COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research". If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

The Ferris State University Library reserves the right to refuse to accept a copy request if, in its judgment, fulfillment of that request would involve violation of copyright law.