Request Materials from Other Libraries: Use Interlibrary Loan
For books: Use the I-Share catalog (as shown above) or WorldCat (separate interface) to search for items in other libraries. I-Share includes collections of over 80 Illinois academic libraries and requested items arrive in about 2-4 days; WorldCat includes items from libraries worldwide and items arrive in 1-2 weeks, depending on the geographic location of the owning library. For more on interlibrary loan, see this page: https://eiu.libguides.com/library-catalog/ishare.
Article requests may be submitted within an active database search session using 
or by filling out the form at eiu.edu/booth/ill/illphoto.html. Articles are emailed to you as PDF attachments. Requests generally take 2-14 days to complete.
More information about Get Full Text and examples of how it works are available at https://eiu.libguides.com/getfulltext.
