Interlibrary Services

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan is available to current students, faculty, staff, and emeriti at Montclair State University. If you are not included in this list, please contact your local public library for interlibrary loan services.

Borrowing materials is free of charge. You must have an active NetID and a library account in good standing.

There are various ways to request materials from outside of our libraries. Check the status of your requests, retrieve articles, and renew loans through our user portal.

Contact

Interlibrary Loan Department
ill@montclair.edu

Books & Media

EZBorrow is the fastest interlibrary lending solution that lets students, faculty & staff affiliated with participating colleges and universities to request, and obtain physical library resources (e.g. books, media).

How does EZBorrow work?

  1. If Montclair State University does not have a resource you are looking for, search for it using EZBorrow.
  2. Your requested resource is shipped out by the partner library.
  3. You will be notified by email in 5 – 7 business days that your resource has arrived.
  4. Pick up your resource at your selected library. You will have 16 weeks to return it.

Articles / Book Chapters

Request an article or book chapter from another library, or from the University Libraries; print collections (see exclusions).

Document Delivery

Documents are copied from microfilm, microfiche, print journals, and/or chapters from a book within copyright. These materials will then be sent directly to you. Please use the article request form to make your document delivery request.

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Double check that the library doesn’t own it by checking the Journals A-Z list for the title of the journal (e.g. “New England Journal of Medicine”):

Journals A-Z List

You can also check Google Scholar to see if there is a version of the article available for free online as Open Access. Logging in using the following link will also check the library’s collection for the article.

Google Scholar (Montclair State University NetID Login)

If the article is not available, place a request using the Article request form.

Request Article

Please allow up to seven business days for us to fill your article request. Average turnaround time for articles is 2-4 business days. If you need an item sooner, Ask a Librarian for additional options.

Double check the library catalog to make sure the library doesn’t own it.

View Library Catalog

If you only need a copy of certain pages or a chapter, you can use the Book Chapter request form to request a scan of the pages you need. If the number of pages exceeds 50 pages, or 10% of the book, we will request the entire book to adhere to copyright restrictions.

Request Book Chapter

The library subscribes to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database, which has the full-text of thousands of dissertations and theses from universities worldwide. Before requesting a dissertation or theses, double check both the database and the library catalog to make sure that the library does not have access to it.

You can also check Google or Google Scholar to see if the dissertation is available for free online as Open Access, or from a University website.

Google Scholar (Montclair State University NetID Login)

If the dissertation or theses is not available in either location, place a request using the Book request form.

Request Book

Please allow up to three weeks for us to fill your dissertation or thesis request. Average turnaround time for electronic items is 2-4 days, or 7-10 business days for print items. If you need an item sooner, Ask a Librarian for additional options.

Frequently Asked Questions

Copyright

By utilizing this service, you are agreeing to abide by Title 17 of the U.S. Code, which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use”, that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.