Interlibrary Loan Policies

Interlibrary Loan Service
The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Office obtains from other libraries and commercial suppliers, books, articles, and other materials not available in the Lucy Scribner Library. The conditions of this service are set by local agreements, the regulations of the individual lending libraries, and the national Interlibrary Loan Code.

Interlibrary Loan Users
Interlibrary Loan service is offered only to Skidmore College students (including MALS and UWW), current and retired faculty, and current staff who have a Skidmore College email account.

Types of Material Available
The lending library determines which materials may or may not be loaned to Skidmore. The most frequently obtained materials are:
Books
Photocopied articles

The following items are generally UNAVAILABLE:
Reference materials
Entire volumes of periodicals
Rare books
Videos
Compact disks
Bulky or fragile items
In addition, many libraries do not lend microfilm/microfiche materials, dissertations, or theses.

Before going any further in the ILL process, make sure that Scribner Library does not already own what you need.
Thank you.