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Document Delivery & Resource Sharing (formerly Interlibrary Loan)

Get books and articles from other libraries.

Can I request textbooks?

The UCF Library strongly advises against requesing your textbooks through Interlibrary Loan. Many libraries will not lend them, since most libraries keep textbooks on reserve for their own patrons. Also, books borrowed through ILL are for short-term use only; loan periods are usually three to five weeks, with only one two-week renewal allowed. It is not possible to keep a book borrowed through ILL for an entire semester.