Inter-Library Loans
When the material you require is not available from City's Library Services we may be able to acquire it for you from another library as explained below
- Making Your Request
- Overview of Inter-Library Loans
- Inter-Library loan charges
- Refunds
- Secure Electronic Delivery
- Renewals
- Copyright
- Collecting your request
- Contact Inter-Library loans
Making Your Request
Requests can be made using the link below. You will need to login using your city University IT account username and password. This link is also available from our web catalogue.
PLEASE NOTE - There is a delay in the provision of some titles. This is due to some of the British Library's collections being closed for the next few months while they remove asbestos. Library staff will advise you if this applies to your request. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Overview of Inter-Library Loans
The library aims to stock all books and journal articles listed on your course reading list.
- Material you may need for project, dissertation or research work may not be available in the Library.
- The inter-library loan service allows users to request books and articles from journals that are not held in any library collection at City University.
- All books requested are obtained from the British Library for a specified loan period (usually 3 to 6 weeks).
- Users can keep the photocopies of the journal articles they have requested.
- We try to obtain requested items as quickly as possible. However we cannot guarantee to supply a particular item by a specified deadline.
- Some types of material are difficult to obtain. For example CDs, DVDs and videos are not easy to borrow. Some conference proceedings prove tricky. Some journals are only available electronically and license agreements prohibit inter-library sharing.
- In exceptional circumstances when we are unable to track down your inter-library loan request we are unable to offer refunds.
Check our resources first!
- We charge for our inter-library loan service.
- It is in your own interest to ensure items are not held at any City University library before placing your request.
- First of all, check the library catalogue at http://library.city.ac.uk.
Inter-Library Loan Charges
| Photocopies (per article) | £3.00 |
| Books | £3.00 |
| Whole journal parts | £3.00 |
| Thesis (British)* | See EThOS website |
| Thesis (all other countries) | £9.00 |
| Worldwide search | £9.00 |
| Book renewals (each time) | £2.50 |
*Please note all British PhD Theses requests should now be ordered via the British Library's EThOS (Electronic Theses Online System) service. This service can be used to download digital theses held on the system and to order paper theses for digitisation.
Refunds
The library has a policy of offering NO refunds on failed requests. It is your responsibility to ensure you have checked that City University does not hold the item and that the details on the request form are correct.
Secure Electronic Delivery
We can now supply journal articles, conference papers and book chapters electronically via the British Library’s Secure Electronic Delivery (SED) service.
Articles will be sent to you as Adobe pdf files in an email containing a web link to the document. Clicking on the link will download and open the document.
In order to access these documents you must have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your computer. To download Adobe Digital Editions free of charge please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/.
Before using this service you must try the Test Document that the British Library provide at http://www.bl.uk/sed to make sure SED works on your PC. This website also provides more information on the service. Do not place orders directly with the British Library yourself as it will cost much more!
Please note: When you receive your SED document you can only open the document once and it disappears after 14 days. It cannot be saved on your pc so it is important to print it out as soon as possible.
If the item is not available from the British Library we will attempt to obtain a normal paper copy from another library.
Please contact Inter-Library loans 020 7040 4019, interloans@city.ac.uk for further details.
Renewals
Most inter-library loans may be renewed. For items received from the British Library there is a renewal charge of £2.50. Please inform the inter-library loan section in good time if you wish to renew any items. All items borrowed are subject to recall at any time.
Copyright
By submitting an online request form you are confirming that you have read the copyright declaration and agree to abide by its conditions. If you fill in a paper request form please sign the copyright declaration form on the reverse of the form. Please note that it is an infringement of copyright to request copies of more than one article from a single issue of a journal.
Collecting Your Request
The library will notify you via email when your request has arrived. Please ensure that the library has your correct contact details.
Please note that inter-library loans are not available to external borrowers. This category includes:
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Continuing education students
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Subscription members
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Staff and students from courses validated by City University
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Alumni
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Sconul members
Contact Inter-Library Loans
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Site |
Contact Name | Tel | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Northampton Square |
Sheila Munton |
Tel:+44 (0)20 7040 4019 |
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|
West Smithfield |
West Smithfield Library service desk |
Tel:+44 (0)20 7040 5759 |
interloansws@city.ac.uk |
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Whitechapel |
Whitechapel Library service desk |
Tel:+44 (0)20 7040 5859 |
Barts-Inter-Library-Loans@city.ac.uk |
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Cyril Kleinwort Learning Resource Centre |
CKL Library service desk |
Tel:+44 (0)20 7040 8787 |
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City Law School |
City Law School Library main desk |
Tel:+44 (0)20 7400 3605 |
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