To submit a request:
- Before creating an interlibrary loan request, check if the item is available at Neumann Library using One Search. Physical items available at the UH/MD Anderson Library or UH Downtown/W.I. Dykes Library do not need to be requested via Interlibrary Loan.
- Sign in to ILLiad with your UHCL computer username and password. All new users will need to create a new ILLiad account that will be verified by Interlibrary Loan staff.
- Under New Request, select a request form and enter information at the required field. (*)
- To avoid delays, please submit complete citations. Incomplete citations will delay the verification and submission process since Interlibrary Loan staff will have to manually add the missing information.
- Note: The Cancel Request option is only available during the submission process and prior to ILL Staff processing the request. Please contact the ILL Office (ill@uhcl.edu or 281-283-3906) if you have any questions regarding request cancellations.
- Please note the following restrictions when placing an ILL request:
- All due dates and renewal privileges are determined by the lending library. The lending library also has the right to recall the item at any point of the borrowing period. Failure to return recalled items in a timely manner will result in suspended interlibrary loan services until the item's return. Any issued replacement charges will be billed to your library account.
- The library will not process requests for patrons who have extremely overdue or recalled materials checked out to their accounts.
- *Multiple requests for journal articles from the current five years usually requires prioritizing and approval through a consultation with a research librarian.
- Bestsellers or recently released items are more difficult to obtain.
- Leisure reading materials may be requested via ILL, but it will take longer to fulfill these requests due to ILL changes in Texas public libraries. Patrons are encouraged to submit these types of requests to their directly to their local library.
- Textbooks, eBooks, popular movies and music, archival materials, and obsolete formats (film strips, VHS, LPs, etc.) will not be requested through ILL.
- Restrict chapter requests to one chapter per book title. Copyright restrictions limit the number of pages that can be obtained from a book via Interlibrary Loan. Requests that exceed this amount will be converted to a loan request.
*Please Note--Requests submitted after hours on Friday will not be processed until the following Monday.
*ILL Request Link now Available in OneSearch*
Our library search engine OneSearch now has the ILL request link activated. This function is available for article citations that do not have online access. Be sure you are logged into OneSearch and then click on the "No Online Access" link from the citation and the "How to get it" options will be listed. Click on the "UHCL - Interlibrary Loan request" link and you will be directed to the ILLiad login screen. Log into ILLiad and the citation information will auto-populate into the request form -- then hit "Submit Request" at the bottom of the form. First-time ILLiad users will be directed to create an account.
