InterCampus Loan Service

Intercampus loan service - books | Intercampus loans - articles/book chapters

Intercampus Loans - Books

This service allows Memorial faculty, staff and students to request books in the BOOKSTACKS from other Memorial libraries. When searching in the library catalogue, if the book you need is in the BOOKSTACKS at another Memorial library, you may request that it be sent to a specific library for pickup.

**Intercampus loans- books are available only between the following libraries:

Your Pickup Library:	QEII	HEALTH	MARINE	CMC	GRENFELL	DISTANCE- PLUS	HARLOW
You may Request from:	MARINE GRENFELL HEALTH	MARINE GRENFELL QEII	QEII CMC HEALTH GRENFELL	MARINE GRENFELL	QEII CMC HEALTH MARINE CNS	QEII CMC HEALTH MARINE GRENFELL	Service not available (see Intercampus article/ book chapter request, below)

Sending Intercampus Book Requests

view the full record and see which library owns the book (Holdings information)
if the book is not held by your home library, select Make a Request
(**note:this service has some restrictions, see above chart)
select Intercampus Loan
fill in your USER or ALT ID
from the drop down menu, select your Pickup library (where you want the book sent - i.e. grenfell, qeii, marine, health, cmc, distanceplus)

Checking the status of your request

go into the library catalogue
select My Account
select Review My Account
enter your USER or ALT ID and Library PIN
If the book is available, it will be listed under HOLDS (check "Requests/Library Messages" if the book is not listed under "HOLDS")
Intercampus loan books can be picked up at your library's Circulation Desk

How long will it take?

Average delivery time is 5 - 7 working days (Distance students allow 10-14 days for processing and shipping).

Intercampus Loans - Articles/Book Chapters

This service allows Memorial faculty, staff and students to request articles/chapters in journals and books held by other Memorial libraries.

**Intercampus loans - articles/book chapters are available only between the following libraries:

Your Pickup Library:	QEII	HEALTH	MARINE	CMC	GRENFELL	DISTANCE- PLUS	HARLOW
You may Request from:	MARINE GRENFELL HEALTH	MARINE GRENFELL QEII	QEII CMC HEALTH GRENFELL	MARINE GRENFELL	QEII CMC HEALTH MARINE CNS	QEII CMC HEALTH MARINE GRENFELL	QEII HEALTH MARINE GRENFELL

Sending Intercampus Article/Book Chapter Requests

Check the Library Catalogue to determine which Memorial Library owns the book or journal that contains the article to wish to request
from the Library home page, select Make a Request
select Intercampus Loan - Articles or Chapters.
(**note:this service has some restrictions, see above chart)
sign into the doucment delivery request form
fill out the rest of the form, giving as much information as you can.

NOTE: you can also order articles and book chapters through the Article Delivery Request form in certain article indexes, however you will still have to verify that a Memorial Library owns the item.

Checking the status of your request

The QEII and Marine Institute will notify users via email (or by phone, if you do not have an email address) that the item has arrived.
At Grenfell, the user's name is posted on the yellow board when the item has arrived.
The Health Sciences Library does not notify users when photocopies are received.
Students at Harlow are notified by email that material been sent, and can be picked up from a staff member.
Check "Requests/Library Messages" in "My Account" for delays or cancelation of requests.
Photocopied articles destined for a campus address will be sent directly to you by internal mail.

With the exception of Harlow, you may pick up your material at the Circulation desk of your library.

How long will it take?

Average delivery time is 5 - 7 working days (Distance students allow 10-14 days for processing and shipping).

December 2, 2008
Louise McGillis