For tips on how to search the BC library catalog for books, see the "Finding Books" page on the research guide, Introduction to Research at the TML.
Find and request books and materials from other libraries.
What you can request through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), how to request, and how long you can borrow.
Search WorldCat to find materials in thousands of libraries worldwide, including the BC Libraries, the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), and The Center for Research Libraries. Current BC faculty, staff, and students may request items from other libraries through WorldCat.
Members of the BC community have access to the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), an association of academic and research libraries in New England. Ask at the O'Neill Library Circulation Desk for a BLC borrower card.
The collections of the Boston Theological Institute consortium, consisting of over a million and a half volumes in theology and related disciplines, constitute one of the richest theological library centers in the world.
If you search a database and the full article's not there, don't despair. Look for the "FindIt" button: or FindIt@BC. Find It will offer help including: