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Requesting Materials

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Request Books

Distance Education Book Request

Biomedical Informatics Department Book Request

Request Videos DVD Info

Request Journal articles/book chapters Info

  • ASU Faculty, Students, & Staff may request article/chapter scans of ASU owned materials through the Document Delivery Service
  • Request article/chapter scans using the ILLiad form.

 

 

 Interlibrary Loan Info

ILLiad form for making requests

Law ILL

Books owned by ASU Libraries

Items with shelf status

  • The majority of items are available for pickup at the Circulation Desk within 3 working days.
  • Tempe Campus Book Pull Service will pull up to five items per day from eligible collections at Hayden, Noble, Music, and/or Architecture Libraries.
  • Downtown, Polytechnic, West and Law Libraries also pull from their collections for pickup at their location.

Items that are checked out

  • Most items from the general stacks collection with a status of "Due mm/dd/yyyy" may be recalled.
  • An item recalled from the current borrower could take up to 15 days to receive.
  • Not all checked out items qualify for recall.
  • For the complete recall policy, see Recall Policy information.

Items located at Storage:

  • Use the 'request' button to have items delivered to a campus library for pickup and use. An email will be generated when the item is ready for pickup.
  • Non-ASU affiliates may use the online request page OR phone (480) 965-3605 for assistance.
  • For articles or book chapters, ASU affiliates should place requests through ILLiad for desktop document delivery

Videos/DVDs owned by ASU Libraries

Videos eligible for requesting

  • Videos currently checked out
  • Videos with a "SHELF" status on a different campus (Downtown, Polytechnic, Tempe, West) than the requested campus for pickup.
  • ASU faculty, students and staff who need a video or DVD on a specific date in the future should use Media Booking.

Restrictions on video requests

  • Videos with a "SHELF" status at the Tempe campus location for pickup at the Tempe campus may not be requested online.
  • Media Bookings will take precedence over other requests and may delay fulfilling requests made online.

How to request materials owned by ASU Libraries:

  • Enter the Online Catalog and conduct your search: http://library.lib.asu.edu/.
  • Click on the entry you wish to request.
  • Find and display the complete record for the title.
  • Click the request buttonbutton which is displayed at the top and bottom of your screen.
  • Choose a library pick-up location from the drop-down menu and click the Submit Button button.
  • If there are multiple entries for a single title, mark the one you want and click "REQUEST SELECTED ITEM".
    • The message "Your request for [TITLE] was successful." verifies that your request was sent.
  • The book you request will be pulled from the shelf and taken to the Circulation Desk of the Library you selected.

Note: The request button button will not display if the item cannot currently be requested. Check with the Circulation Desk for additional information on these items.

 

How will I be notified?

  • By e-mail if your library record includes your e-mail address.
  • By campus mail if your library record does not include your e-mail address and you work for ASU.
  • By US mail if you library record does not include your e-mail address and you do not work for ASU.
  • Online: Track status of requested item. Items that have arrived will have a status of "Ready. Must pickup by mm/dd/yyyy".
  • Items that are not picked up by the date noted are returned to the shelves of the owning library.