Interlibrary Loan is available exclusively to current ASU students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Friends of the Porter Henderson Library.
Current ASU students, faculty and staff may make requests through the ILL Portal or USearch.
Friends of the Library interested in placing an ILL request should contact library staff at ill@angelo.edu or 325-486-6523.
Log in using your RamPort credentials and complete the one-time registration form using your first and last names as they appear on official university records.
To submit a request:
Click on “Request.”
Select “Book or Article” from the drop-down menu.
Enter the citation.
Journal, magazine or newspaper articles, books, government documents, theses, dissertations and audiovisual materials may be requested.
Should the library already own or have access to the material you’ve requested, you will be emailed with instructions for locating the item.
Please check RamCat and USearch before placing your request.
The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the reproduction of copyrighted material. There is a provision for “fair use” by libraries known as the CONTU guidelines. These guidelines place two key restrictions on the lending and borrowing of articles:
No more than five articles from any one periodical title published in the last five years can be provided in one calendar year by the institution.
No more than one article from any one issue of a periodical can be requested at one time.
There is no limit to the number of requests you may place.
Interlibrary Loan services are free to all authorized borrowers; however, if the lending institution charges a borrowing fee or copyright clearance fees are required, you have the option of paying that cost to receive the desired resource.
In these instances, library staff will contact you before submitting your request to confirm that you are willing to incur the cost.
The time it takes to receive requested materials varies from loan to loan, with an average time of 10 working days for physical materials and three working days for electronic materials.
You are encouraged to submit your requests as early as possible to ensure they arrive in time to meet your deadlines.
You will be notified by email and can also check the status of the request(s) submitted through the ILL Portal by clicking on the “History” tab.
Items on loan must be picked up/checked out at the Circulation Desk using your ASU OneCard or Friends of the Library borrowing card.
Instructions on how and where to access digital items will be emailed directly to your ASU email account or the email address provided by your Friends of the Library membership.
The loan period is determined by the lending library and is indicated on the ILL paper strap attached to the item. Lending libraries may place restrictions on the use of items, which may not be known at the time a request is placed.
Renewals are at the discretion of the lending library and should be requested at least five working days prior to the due date. Request renewals online through the ILL Portal or by emailing ill@angelo.edu or calling 325-486-6523.
Thoroughly check RamCat and USearch to see if the material is available at the library before placing a request.
Provide accurate contact information, including a valid email address and phone number.
Provide a complete citation.
Honor any restrictions stipulated by the lending library.
Pick up your materials promptly.
Take proper care of borrowed materials and return them by their due date in the same condition in which you received them.
You are responsible for all materials from the time you pick them up until they are returned to the library, including financial responsibility for any repair, replacement and/or processing fees.
Please return loaned materials with their ILL strap intact to the Circulation Desk.
