HOW TO PLACE AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUEST:
You may place a maximum of 3 requests per day.

 

Begin at the Library’s Home Page: www.biblio.org/ellington/index.htm

  1. First, click on Library Catalog to confirm that the library does not own the item.We will not ask for loan of items that we own and the ReQuest database is only updated once per year.  If you do not find what you are searching for, click on Online Library Resources and then choose the Connecticut Library Network request database.

  2. Click on the green “begin” button.
  3. The screen that appears is set to search the ReQuest database using a “keyword” search.If you have an exact title or author, choose the “browse” button at the top of the screen and then use the drop-down menu(“all headings” field) to choose your type of search.Then search for your item. (If performing an author search in browse, the name must be entered last name, first name)
  4. When you have found the item you are searching for on the list, click on the item to bring up that record.Use the blue “REQUEST THIS ITEM” box to the right of the screen. This will bring up a form. Fill in the form on this screen.Fields that are highlighted in RED are required.Click on the “submit” button at the top of the form.
  5. DO NOT USE THE BLANK REQUEST BOX AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.

NOTES:

  1. You will need to think of a password (this can be something as simple as your initials).It should be something that you will remember and the same password should be used for all your requests.The password allows you to track your request.In order to track a request you must remember the exact way you enter your name and password.If you don’t remember the password, the system has no way of providing it to you.It will not change the outcome of your request, but you will not be able to track the progress on your own.
  2. Making the request online does not guarantee that the item will be available to you.The staff makes the determination on whether a request is filled (just as they do with any interlibrary loan request).
  3. Most interlibrary loan requests take 10 days -2 weeks to arrive.


 

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