Interlibrary Loan (ILL)  

Office Location: Room 343, Third Floor, Salmon Library
Phone: 824.6124 or 824.6522
Email: illuah@uah.edu
Staff: See the Staff Directory By Department
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
After hours, please leave voice mail or use email.

We do not request textbooks for current classes. The ILL loan period averages 28 days or less - not long enough to use for a semester class period.

Minimum time: 3-5 days on average

Average time: 7-10 days for books

Maximum time: 20 days

You'll be notified by email; be sure to provide your current UAHuntsville email address on the request form.

If you access the GTA Libguide, you will see an abbreviated page about ILL:  Interlibrary Loan Information. 

WE CANNOT PROVIDE 24-HOUR TURNAROUND - PLEASE SEE 'HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE' IN THE LEFT COLUMN

How do I request materials?  Books or Articles

Follow these directions to access the online article request form or book request form.  

From the library's webpage, select Interlibrary Loan from the list  to login and access the ILL request forms. Enter your Library ID (same as your Charger ID which is your A Number) to log in to access the ILL forms:  Article Request or Book Request. Select "Request Form” and complete the appropriate form, either Book Request or Article Request. Be sure to fill in the REQUIRED fields in the forms, and then click the “Submit” button. If you don't know the REQUIRED data, enter "not known". You must submit ONE form for EACH request; multiple items per form not allowed.

Required information for Interlibrary Loan requests:

AND...
Your contact information: Name and UAHuntsville Email Address, US mail address (for DISTANCE LEARNERS ONLY.)

If the forms do not include the information for the required fields, the request will not be processed. You will be notified by UAHuntsville email when your material(s) arrive or if the material is not available.

Graduate students, faculty and staff:  If you place 10+ requests at one time, please note a priority order for the requests with #1 as top priority, etc.  Sometimes lenders are limited by the types of items requested, and the ILL department attempts to place its requests in a balanced manner among the available lenders.

The interlibrary loan department engages in free or low fee interlibrary loan borrowing for all patrons as much as possible.  Charges for ILL are not passed to patrons, but borrowing charges that exceed $15.00 per item may cause requests to be unfilled.  Every effort is made to see that ILL requests are filled.

The library cannot process more than 5 requests for articles from a single journal title in the current calendar year if the article publication dates for the requested articles range from the current calendar year back 5 years.  This is inclusive - for the entire campus population.