The interlibrary loan service is available to help current University of Sunderland students and staff obtain material not held in our collections or available through our subscriptions. We will try to find the item for you via the British Library or other UK institutions
Material not in our collections or subscriptions can be requested, and we will try our best to obtain a copy for you. Please note that we cannot guarantee that we can supply all materials requested.
Journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers will be supplied electronically where possible to your University of Sunderland e-mail address. Print books will need to be collected from St. Peter’s Library or Library@Murray as postal loans for this type of material are not possible. E-books are not available through the interlibrary loan service. Only material to support academic study, teaching, or research should be requested.
Straightforward requests such as articles from large journals should be fulfilled quickly, whereas more obscure items may take much longer to be sourced. It is not possible to guarantee delivery within a specific time. Please always allow a minimum of 14 days, longer if possible, for a request to be fulfilled.
Please note that we may not be able to get copies or loans of some items due to item availability or copyright restrictions.
Confirm that the material is not available by searching Library Search, ensuring you are signed in to view complete results. Some materials may also be available freely online, such as review papers, open-access journals, and government publications. We are not able to process requests for items we already have our collections or subscriptions, either in print or electronic.
If the material you need is a UK doctoral thesis, most are available to download free of charge from EThOS, the British Library’s electronic thesis service.
If the material you need is a print book or e-book, consider suggesting the title for purchase through our Suggest a Book scheme.