Interlibrary Loan
Eligible Patrons
Students currently registered at the University of Dayton, as well as actively employed faculty and staff, are eligible for interlibrary loan services. Alumni, retirees and courtesy card holders are not eligible. Affiliates of the School of Law seeking interlibrary loan services should visit Zimmerman Law Library in Keller Hall. Affiliates of the Research Institute should visit the Technical Information Services Office in Kettering Laboratories Room 524, or call (937) 229-2113.
Requesting Materials
Interlibrary loan requests are not accepted by telephone or on paper, but are managed through an online system called ILLiad.
Patrons must log in to ILLiad using their University user name and password. First time visitors will need to enter their contact information before a request can be processed. Patrons should complete a separate request for each item, including multiple articles from the same journal volume. Requests ought to contain complete bibliographic information and (if possible) a citation source. Patrons lacking this information should consult a reference librarian for assistance before submitting a request.
Cancelled Requests
A request will not be processed if it is for an item available through University Libraries or an OhioLINK institution, or if it is a current UD textbook or an online source. Cancellations might also occur because the request was incomplete, the item could not be found, or the institution that owns the item declined to lend it.
Response Time
It may take two weeks or more for interlibrary loan materials to arrive. Rush requests will be accepted only in extreme cases
Returning Materials
If a patron wishes to renew an item, a request should be made to the interlibrary loan department at least three days before the due date. If a renewal is not granted by the lending institution, the material must be returned by the due date indicated.
Further Assistance
For more information about interlibrary loan, please call (937) 229-4234.
