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Submitted by srf23 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 13:06
  1. Check GEORGE or GEORGE encore first. If the book is not available, or if the item status is DUE, Missing or Missing SENSA, go to step 2.
  2. Check the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) Catalog and follow the instructions to request the book through the Consortium Loan Service (CLS). If the book is not available in the WRLC Catalog, go to step 3. You can also travel to the library which owns the item with your GOCard to access the book.
  3. Request the book through InterLibrary Loan (ILL).
Submitted by srf23 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 13:13
  1. Check the journal title in Journal Finder or GEORGE encore first. If the desired journal volume and issue is not available, go to step 2.
  2. Search the journal title in ArticleReach (Georgetown account required) to see if other ArticleReach consortium institutions have the title, volume and issue needed. If the journal title is not available at any other institution, go to step 3. If it is available at an ArticleReach library, complete the ArticleReach request form to have the article sent electronically.
  3. Check the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) Catalog. If the journal title is not available in the WRLC Catalog, go to
    step 4.
    If it is available at a WRLC library, complete the Consortium Loan Service (CLS) request form to have the article sent electronically via email. You can also travel to the library that has the journal with your GOCard to access the journal volume.
  4. Request the journal title through InterLibrary Loan (ILL).
Submitted by srf23 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 13:20
  1. Check GEORGE or GEORGE encore first. If the item is not available, or if the item status is DUE, Missing or Missing SENSA, go to step 2.
  2. Check the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) Catalog and follow the annotations about listening to or viewing the item at the WRLC library that owns the media. (Only faculty may request media be sent from one WRLC library to another. See "Faculty Only" note below.) If the item is not available in the WRLC Catalog, go to step 3.
  3. Request the item through InterLibrary Loan (ILL).

FACULTY ONLY: Faculty members of Georgetown University may arrange to borrow media owned by WRLC libraries through the WRLC Media Share program. Loans must be arranged at least one week in advance and are coordinated only through a Gelardin New Media Center (GNMC) supervisor. Call (202) 687-7410 or write gelardin@georgetown.edu for more details.

Submitted by srf23 on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 12:46

Academic, public, corporate, law and specialized libraries, U.S. government agencies and nonprofit organizations wishing to borrow materials from Georgetown University may do so through our Interlibrary Loan Service. Interlibrary Loan can also supply copies of articles from our collection.

Use This Service: 

To request an item through Georgetown's ILL, please submit a request through OCLC ILLiad. If your library does not support this service, please log in to ILLiad and submit a request.

First-time users, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Office by phone to set up your ILLiad profile.

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Contact Information: 

Phone: (202) 687-7428

Email: ill@georgetown.edu

Fax: (202) 687-1215

Mailing address: Georgetown University Lauinger Library ILL, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057-1174

Hours: 

Monday–Friday: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Policy: 

The Interlibrary Loan Service fee for books and articles is $25 for corporate/nonacademic institutions and $15 for academic and nonprofit libraries. Public libraries are not charged for books, but are charged $15 for articles. For international orders, an additional $10 will be charged for shipping and handling. Please contact the Interlibrary Loans Office for payment using IFLA Vouchers (preferred). An invoice will follow loaned materials and photocopies. Nonpayment will result in loss of service. Georgetown University Interlibrary Loans reserves the right to receive payment in full before material is shipped. We do not offer a rush request service, because all interlibrary loans take the same amount of time to search and process.

Books

The loan period on an ILL book is seven weeks with no renewal. ILL books are shipped through the U.S. Postal Service. If you wish to have a courier pick up your ILL, we can contact you once the book request is processed and ready. The library borrowing the item is responsible for its safe return. In the event that an item is lost or damaged, the borrower is responsible for its replacement costs. The following materials do not circulate: items located at the School of Foreign Service library in Qatar, Special Collections, Theses, Government Documents, Periodicals, Microforms,  VHS, CDs and DVDs.

Articles

Articles can be delivered electronically via Ariel/Odyssey, fax or mail. Articles longer than 50 pages cannot be copied due to copyright restrictions.

Copyright and Fair Use

The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the Law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproductions. 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. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of that order would involve violation of the law.