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Interlibrary Loan

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ill@hartford.edu
860.768.4364

Office location: Harrison Libraries, HJG L108 (lower level, 2nd door on right)

Use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to obtain materials not available in the Harrison Libraries. Our interlibrary loan system is called ILLiad @ H.

Make a Request:

Log onto ILLiad @ H—See the online request forms

Create an account—First-time users

Keep reading below to learn the basics, or see all ILL FAQs.

About Interlibrary Loan

Who can use Interlibrary Loan?

ILL services are available to current faculty, staff and students. Alumni, guests, and other patrons should use their local public libraries for their ILL needs.

Libraries who would like to request material from our collection can email ill@hartford.edu for information about lending policies and item availability.

Materials that can be requested

  • Books
  • Book Chapters (sent as PDFs)
  • Conference Papers
  • Journal Articles (sent as PDFs)
  • Microfilm
  • Music Scores
  • Proceeding Papers
  • Sound Recordings
  • Theses and Dissertations
  • Videos

Place requests using the request forms within ILLiad, or look for the "ILL this with ILLiad @ H" link that appears within the WorldCat, EBSCO and ProQuest databases on the detailed record screens.

Materials that cannot be requested

  • Textbooks listed on the current semester textbook list
  • Entire volumes of periodicals
  • Items on the shelf at Harrison Libraries

See all Frequently Asked Questions about Interlibrary Loan.

ScanIt @ Hartford

ScanIt @ Hartford is a free document delivery service that provides PDF copies of articles and chapters from many items we own to current UHart faculty, staff, and students. Request a scan in ILLiad using the same forms as Interlibrary Loan requests.

Visit the ScanIt @ Hartford page for more information.

Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.