Inter-Library Loans
Access journal articles, book chapters and more that are not currently available from the Library.
Inter Library Loans service
The Inter- Library Loans (ILL) service allows staff and students of Newcastle University to obtain material not held by the Library.
Please be aware the British Library have been experiencing a major outage since October 2023, please visit the British Library web update for the most up-to-date information on their services.
The Newcastle University ILL service will continue to try and source material for our customers but please be aware there may be delays to the service. Continue to use our request forms as usual and a member of our team will be in touch to direct you as needed.
External users should approach their local public library.
Inter-Library Loan requests are free of charge.
Before asking for an Inter Library Loan:
- Please check Library Search to confirm the item is not available in the Library.
- For multi-volume works, please complete one request per volume
- For journal articles, please supply journal title, year, volume, part, page numbers, article author and title, and ISSN
- You can find the ISSN on Jisc Library Hub Discover
- For UK and international theses requests, go to Finding and obtaining UK theses and dissertations