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University Library Services

Interlibrary Loans

A guide about how to request material not held in our collections or available through our subscriptions.

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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 on a short-term basis. We will try to find the item for you via the British Library or other UK institutions.

Contents

🔗Placing a request - Learn how to place a request

🔗Receiving your request - Learn about how your digital and physical requests will arrive.

🔗Copyright restrictions - Learn about UK copyright legislation that applies to interlibrary loans.

🔗Loans to other libraries - We can fulfil lending requests from other libraries.

🔗Contact us - You can get in touch with the Interlibrary Loan team by e-mail.