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How to request an item from another library
Please note: Requests may take longer to fill due to service curtailments at libraries worldwide caused by COVID-19.
1. Check Stanford Libraries collections first—we probably have it and can help you find it.
- SearchWorks Catalog: books, e-books, journals, and media titles (not indexed for articles, chapter or full-text level searching)
- SearchWorks Articles+: best place to search for article citations
- Citation Linker
- Proquest Dissertation & Theses Global
- HathiTrust Digital Library: millions of full-text books; be sure to log-in for expanded full-text access!
2. If it isn't available at Stanford, place a request.
Copies of articles or book chapters are usually delivered via email within a couple of days. Books, microfilm, or other media are usually delivered within 14 days.
- Stanford faculty, students, and staff (SUNet ID required):
- School of Medicine, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, and LPCH staff and faculty must use Lane Medical Library's DocXpress Service.
If you can’t find a digital version of an item you need in SearchWorks or HathiTrust, we’ll do our best to buy it. Request a digital item.
You can also suggest items to add to our collections (SUNet ID required).
Contact Stanford Libraries Interlibrary Services—we can help!
These libraries also have dedicated interlibrary borrowing services:
- Stanford Business Library Services
- Robert Crown Law Library Interlibrary Loan
- Lane Medical Library DocXpress
- SLAC Research Library Services
Interlibrary Lending services:
- Interlibrary Lending for other libraries borrowing from Stanford Libraries
- The Research Library Cooperative Program (RLCP) for UC-Berkeley and University of Texas-Austin researchers borrowing from Stanford Libraries