What is Interlibrary Loan? - Interlibrary Loan - Laurance S. Rockefeller Library at California Institute of Integral Studies

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Articles and book chapters are scanned and provided electronically via email. E-books generally are not available due to copyright limitations.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>How long does it take to receive materials?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Books and physical materials generally take 2 weeks to arrive. Articles and book chapters can be in your inbox in as little as 24 hours.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><b>And can I get anything that's ever been published?</b></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Oh, it's not quite that magical--some items are exceedingly rare, and libraries have their limitations on what they'll lend out. That said, you're still more likely than not to receive what you're looking for.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>You said "local" students; what about distance students?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">The logistics of ILL are such that distance students can only request articles and book chapters via ILL, not print books (or E-books, as noted above). Students who live outside the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties) are considered distance students. </p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Sounds like there are limitations. Is this still worth using if I'm a distance student?</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;">Yes! Articles and book chapters make up an enormous body of material. Many dissertations are built off of interlibrary loan.</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Okay! 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