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Interlibrary Loans

ILL Procedures

There are two ways for local South Hamilton students to request interlibrary loans at Goddard Library.

Please note: Only current South Hamilton students, staff and faculty who are within driving distance from the seminary may make requests.

First Option:

If using the campus network (either on campus or remotely through CITRIX), you can make an interlibrary loan request directly from WorldCat (either through FirstSearch or through WorldCat.org). First locate the item you would like to request (or the Journal in which your desired article is published) and then click either the "Request Item" link (on WorldCat.org) or the "Submit ILL request to Goddard Library" link (on FirstSearch). For assistance with this option, please contact the reference desk (978.646.4004 / reference@gcts.edu).

Second Option:

If you are not on on campus, then you can fill out the form below.

*Note that you can only have six active interlibrary loan requests at any one time. For instance, if you already have two items through interlibrary loan, we can fulfill no more than four more requests.

Book information:

Title:  Author:  Year:  ISBN/ISSN:      Title:  Author:  Year:  ISBN/ISSN:      Title:  Author:  Year:  ISBN/ISSN:  Title:  Author:  Year:  ISBN/ISSN:      Title:  Author:  Year:  ISBN/ISSN:      Title:  Author:  Year:  ISBN/ISSN:
	If ordering an article, please include the full publication information here:

Contact Information:

Requests will be ignored without all of the following information.

Your Name:
ID Number:
Telephone:
Box Number:
Email:

Please note:

• Materials arrive two weeks after they are requested (on average). Notice of arrival will be sent to the email you provide.
• You may pick up and return ILL materials at the circulation desk.
• Renewal requests should be made (within five days before the due date) with the ILL librarian (not the circulation staff, since ILL materials are not tracked in Goddard Library’s circulation system). You may contact the ILL librarian by phone (978.646.4075) or by email (ill@gcts.edu).

ILL Policies

If a desired title relevant to course work at the seminary is not owned by Goddard Library or is checked out, the Library will seek to borrow it or request photocopies from other libraries for Gordon-Conwell students attending classes in S. Hamilton, faculty, trustees, and staff, as well as for individuals (usually visiting scholars) who have been specifically allotted this privilege by the director of the library. Others should ordinarily request service through their branch library (Boston or Charlotte) or their local public library.

Gordon College. If the desired item is available from the Jenks Learning Center at Gordon College, the user may be referred to that library.

Limits. In order to keep time spent on interlibrary loan within manageable limits, only six titles may be held at a time, except for Gordon-Conwell faculty.

Restrictions. ILL materials are due at Goddard Library on the date set by the lending library and are subject to restrictions set by the lending library.

Cost. Most ILL transactions are free, including many that involve photocopies. However, borrowers are responsible to pay Goddard Library for charges levied by other libraries, e.g. for photocopies or lending fees. Regarding charges for faculty members: Lending fees and fines "are the responsibility of the faculty member making the request" (Faculty Handbook, September 2000, p. 82).

Fines for overdue ILL items are stiff since Goddard Library's own integrity in the interlibrary loan system is taken very seriously. The fine for an overdue interlibrary loan (ILL) item borrowed for a patron by Goddard Library is $0.50 per day, in addition to any fines imposed by the sending library.

Adapted from the Goddard Library Manual §§ 5.12.1-6; 5.13.4.