Interlibrary Loan

Request free copies anything not available in our collections or subscriptions.

Digital items will be sent as PDFs. Books and other physical items will be sent to your UNE campus library for you to pick up.

Cost

UNE Interlibrary Loan is free – however you could receive fines for overdue, unreturned, or damaged materials.

Delivery Details

Articles

Articles and other documents will be sent as PDF files to your UNE Interlibrary Loan account within 1-5 business days. You will receive an email when they become available. Files remain active in your account for 30 days and may be downloaded or printed.

You can request up to 5 articles from one journal title that has been published within the last 5 years.

Book Chapters

Single book chapters of less than 50 pages will be delivered as PDFs to your account usually within 1-2 business days, but please allow up to 5. You will receive an email when your chapter become available. Files remain active in your account for 30 days but may be downloaded or printed. If you need more than 50 pages or 1 chapter, you will need to request the book.

Books & Media

Books, and media such as DVDs, CDs or microfilm will be mailed to the UNE campus you specify. Allow:

• within 5-10 business days for UNE Interlibrary Loan
• 4-7 business days for MaineCat.

You will receive an email when your requests are ready to be picked up at the library front desk.

Loan Times

UNE Interlibrary Loan

Books and other physical items can be borrowed for six weeks. You can request a renewal, but it is up to the lending library to decide if they will extend your loan.

MaineCat

You can borrow MaineCat items for 4 weeks, and can renew for two additional weeks if needed.  Log into your library account to renew. You can also ask at the library front desk, email, or call (207) 602-3000.

Can’t Request

We are not able to provide streaming video, video files, or entire e-books through interlibrary loan. Otherwise, it is up to the lending library to decide what they will lend. In general, rare, antique, fragile, or oversize books as well as multi-volume sets may not be available. Books borrowed from another library can’t be sent off-campus. See Services for Online Students for help getting print books near you.

Questions & Help

Contact Collections Librarian Kate Harold or email libraryill@une.edu for help with interlibrary loan or MaineCat.