Interdisciplinary Research in a Global Context

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. 

• Requesting and your Interlibrary Loan account

  What you can request through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), how to request, and how long you can borrow.

• WorldCat Discovery This link opens in a new window

  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.

• Boston Library Consortium Libraries

  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.

• Boston Theological Institute Libraries

  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:

1. If BC has the full text in another database, you will be taken to a list of databases for the full text. 
2. If BC subscribes to the print journal where the article appeared, the Catalog will say Find in Library and you can check which library or libraries may have the year/issue you need and where it is located.
3. If the article is not available online or in print at BC, use the link to Request the item. We can usually get the article from another library within a few days and email it to you.