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University of Southern Maine
Libraries & Learning

InterLibrary Loan (ILL)

Request Details

New Requests

You will see various options for making new requests in the drop down menu.

  • The following selections will give you a complete hardcopy item: Book, Audio/Video, Music Score.
  • The following selections will get you a pdf version: Article, Book Chapter, eBook, Conference Paper.
Thesis Requests
  • A thesis and dissertation may come hardcopy or may come digitally.

  • Unfortunately, they are usually only available in one format or another.
E-Book Requests
  • Ebook requests are only available at the discretion of the publisher.

  • We are happy to try, but most publishers do not allow ebook lending at this time.

Max Cost

If you are a USM affiliated student, staff, faculty, alumni or retiree, leave this as zero. While it is rare, some libraries charge to lend us materials and this cost is only applicable to community members using this service.

Adding Notes to a Request

If there is anything else that you would like us to know, please put it here. Links, DOIs, questions and so on. Please do not add them to other parts of the request, since they tend to get cut off and we can’t read them.