Interlibrary Loan and Scan on Demand
Interlibrary Loan and Scan on Demand
Recent Changes to ILL:ILL requests are now made in OneSearch. This is part of a series of changes to Interlibrary Loan and Scan on Demand services this summer that will improve how users submit and manage their requests. Please note that you will not lose access to Interlibrary Loan, and services will not take longer than before.

See our FAQ: "How do I make an ILL or Scan on Demand request now?"

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) offers all Brandeis, faculty, staff, and students free access to materials needed for coursework and scholarly research which are not currently available in the Brandeis Library but are available at other libraries worldwide.

Scan on Demand (formerly Document Delivery) is available for all Brandeis faculty, staff, and students. With Scan on Demand, you can request scanned chapters and articles from print or microform materials in the Brandeis Library collection.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Requesting Physical Items with Interlibrary Loan
You can request physical materials in any format, including books, DVDs, CDs, recordings, scores, dissertations, and microforms.

What can be requested:

Items not available in the Brandeis collections.
Items owned by Brandeis but checked out or missing
Items on Course Reserve under certain conditions. Undergraduates and students in the class must use the Course Reserve copy. However, Senior Honors Thesis writers, graduate students, and faculty who are not in the class may submit a request through ILL.
Use WorldCat to search libraries worldwide and request items, or place a manual request.

Worldcat (Search Libraries Worldwide)

Expand All How to request physical items not at the Brandeis Library Ways to Request Materials OneSearch
Start by searching for your item in OneSearch.  If you don’t see your searched-for item, select “Expand your search to include items you can request from other libraries” at the top of the screen.