About Interlibrary Loan
The purpose of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is to obtain books, journal articles, and other materials for our faculty, staff, students, retirees, and friends of the library to use when these items are not available at the MJC Library. Using ILL can greatly increase resources that are available to you for your study and research.
Delivery Time
Because we are borrowing materials from other libraries, it can take several weeks for us to get those materials for you. If the lending libraries are outside of California or the item you request is already checked out from the lending library, it can take even longer.
Length of Loan
The lending library determines the amount of time you can borrow their material.
Service Fee
In most cases ILL is a free service; however, some lending libraries charge the MJC Library for the service. When that happens we have to pass that fee on to you. The charge can be anywhere from $3 to $15 per item, with $5 being the average. Students can choose not to pay a fee; in that case we will not even request materials from those libraries that charge us a fee.
ILL is always a free service for faculty, staff, retirees, and friends of the library.
Submitting Interlibrary Loan Requests
If you don't find what you need in the MJC Library Catalog, try searching in one of the other library catalogs below. If you find materials you want, you can request them using our interlibrary loan service (ILL). Keep in mind that the quickest way to get materials from local libraries is to go there. However, if that's not convenient for you, our interlibrary loan service is the answer. It's easy, you tell us what materials you need and we'll locate them for you and have them sent here.
If you need help locating materials please ask a librarian for help by calling 209-575-6230.
Copyright Guidelines
The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of copies of copyrighted materials and limits the number of times Interlibrary Loan photocopies of articles may be requested from a single periodical title. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use" that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve a violation of copyright law.
When Your Materials Arrive
When we receive your materials from the lending library we'll send an email to your MJC student email account letting you know your materials are here and asking you to come in to pick them up. We will hold your materials here for one week; if you do not pick them up within that time, we'll return them to the lending library.
If you are late returning materials, you will be subject to our standard overdue fines & fees.
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