When one library borrows materials from another, it is called Interlibrary Loan or "ILL."
Borrowing from other libraries offers access to materials that are not available in Holman Library.
Interlibrary Loan is a voluntary cooperative arrangement among libraries and is bound by the Washington State Interlibrary Sharing Code and Copyright Law.
Fill out the form above to request an item!
Current students, faculty, and staff of Green River may all use Interlibrary Loan.
Community borrowers must use their local public or county library system for materials.
You can request an Interlibrary Loan only during the quarter.
Interlibrary Loans are not available during breaks between quarters.
Books, copies of periodical articles, some audio-visual materials, and microforms can be borrowed by ILL if the library that owns the item allows it to be loaned out.
Textbooks currently required for courses cannot be Interlibrary loaned.
The library that owns the item determines the borrowing and renewal times; however you can generally borrow books for about three weeks and most media for about two weeks.
Holman Library does not charge a fee for Interlibrary Loans, but occasionally some lenders do. In this rare event, you, the borrower would be charged that lending fee.
We try to locate a vendor that does not charge a fee. If a fee is charged, we will contact you by email or phone before the request is placed. If you agree to pay the fee, you will pay at the Cashiers Office prior to checking out the material at the circulation desk in Holman Library.
Copyright law does apply when making photocopies of copyrighted materials.
Guidelines for articles published fewer than five years ago recommend:
Restrictions on the number of requests by one person may vary.
If requests are made and not picked up, further requests may be restricted.
The ILL request form requires specific details about the item you are requesting.
If you need to find that information, try looking the item up in WorldCat:
If you would like to do a broad search for library materials, you can check out libraries outside of Holman Library.
See the 'Search Collections & Databases' page on this website (the 'Other Libraries' tab) for some suggestions!
Other pages on this website guide that might interest you: