Obtaining Materials

All current USF St. Petersburg students, staff, and faculty are able to request interlibrary loans. Students can either retrieve requested materials from the Poynter Library Circulation Desk or receive the materials electronically through the ILLiad system. USF students who attend ALL of their classes online, or at remote locations, and who have valid USF ID are able to receive books and articles via mail. This document delivery service has limitations and should be cleared through the USF St. Petersburg Interlibrary Loan Unit at 727-873-4549 or ill@nelson.usf.edu before submitting document delivery or interlibrary loan requests. Most journal and magazine articles can be sent to students via email, regardless of their designation as on or off-campus students. To request an interlibrary loan, click the Interlibrary Loan link from the USF Libraries main page. First–time users must establish a new account by clicking the First-time User Log-on link. Students will need their USF Cards to create this account. Repeat users can click the Log-on for Repeat Users link and either request a book or request a photocopy of an article.

Students and faculty may request books and articles owned by the USF Libraries or owned by external libraries. Please be aware that materials owned by outside libraries should be returned according to the lending library’s due date. For more information about your rights and responsibilities associated with interlibrary loan, see the Interlibrary Loan Policy page; please be sure to review the specific rights and responsibilities for distance learners located on this page!

Faculty who wish to place materials on reserve can contact the Circulation Unit at 727-873-4404 or at circ@nelson.usf.edu for details about course reserve requests. To submit a course reserve request, faculty should complete the Reserve Request Form (coming soon) and submit both the form and their materials to the Poynter Library Circulation staff along with a syllabus for the course.

Last Updated:  October 20, 2006