Sign in to Interlibrary Loan to request books, articles, document delivery, and more from other libraries.
Current students, faculty (including emeritus and retired) and staff. Boston College Law School Community members should refer to this guide for instruction about placing ILL requests.
Faculty members may designate an ILL proxy. Proxy users should indicate the name of the faculty member for whom they are requesting items in the note field of the ILL request form.
Interlibrary loan is unavailable to Alumni, guest borrowers, or fee-card holders.
Loans may include articles, books, book chapters, physical media, dissertations, maps, etc. Occasionally, some items are unavailable for loan due to copyright restrictions, institutional policy, or item condition. Before submitting scan requests, please consult our Copyright guidelines for InterLibrary Loan.
Rare, recently published, or in-demand items may take longer. To expedite your request, please ensure the information you submit via the ILL Request Form is accurate.
You will be notified by e-mail when a requested item is ready for pickup at your preferred library.
You will be notified via email when an article or book chapter has been scanned and is available. To obtain the article or chapter, click the link in the email and log into your ILL account. Once in your account, select Electronic Articles Received. Please note that access to scans is limited to 30 days.
Each lending library establishes loan periods, due dates, and usage restrictions, which are documented on the item label.
Borrowed items are subject to recall by the lending library. Items borrowed via ILL cannot be renewed.
Users are responsible for all costs associated with lost or damaged materials. Charges for lost items are calculated by the lending library.
