Interlibrary Loan (Fernleihe)
Interlibrary loan is regulated by the "Regulations on interlibrary loan in the Federal Republic of Germany (LVO)" of Dec 1, 2003.
Literature that is not available in Würzburg can be requested through interlibrary loan. Search our catalogue for books and journals. If you do not find the item in the local holdings you may extend your search in the Bavarian Library Network and place a request for an interlibrary loan.
A user card of the University Library of Würzburg is required for your request.
For copy requests (articles and books) a copy fee is charged (approx. 1.50 € per 40 pages). Books and other media are usually free of charge.
Delivery times are between one and several weeks. In urgent cases please consult Subito document delivery service, which provides literature via express service within 24 hours for adequate fees.
Please mind allocation periods of interlibrary loans ready for collection.
The lending library determines the loan period and the renewal policy for its materials.
You can find all necessary information in our flyer (german only).
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How do I request books (monographs)?
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Search the catalogue, additionly use our microfiche catalogues for material before 1983. Please register with your user number and password.
Enter your search terms and start searching.
If you do not find appropriate items in the local holdings, extend your search to the holdings of the Bavarian Library Network by clicking on "Extend search (Interlibrary loan)".
Click on the link "Get it" and choose "Ill order" next to "Interlibrary loan - The title is available in the co-operative system". If necessary click several times on the link "Further options" (down below) until you see the interlibrary loan service.
The next active window confirms request details. If needed you can agree to fees for the delivery of copies amounting to 1,50 € only. You can also create a deadline for delivery or add information about the edition required. Press "Bestellung abschicken" to ultimately send your request. It will be forwarded automatically to a Bavarian library in which the book is located.
If your search doesn't find any matches in the Bavarian catalogue, please use the link "Information" in our catalogue and click on "Interlibrary loan". Use the input mask to request the book ("Fernleihbestellung Buch") or an article or chapter of a book ("Fernleihbestellung Kopie aus einem Buch").
Book requests are booked immediately on your account in the catalogue. Requests of articles are booked on your User Account Interlibrary Loan Copies (Kontoanzeige Fernleihkopien) in the catalogue.
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How do I request journal articles?
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Use the catalogue and register with your user number and password.
Enter your search terms (title words of the journal, not the article) in the boxes and start the search.
If you do not find the item in the local holdings extend your search to the holdings of the Bavarian Library Network by clicking "Extend search (Interlibrary loan)".
Click on the link "Get it" and choose "ILL order" next to "Interlibrary loan - The title is available in the co-operative system". If necessary click several times on the link "Further options" (down below) until you see the interlibrary loan service.
- In the next active window please enter the needed publication year and/or the volume.
- Then you can see request details, agree to fees amounting to 1,50 € only, and create a deadline for delivery.
- Fill in the necessary bibliographic data of the article in the input mask and send your request. It will be forwarded automatically to the respective library.
If you do not find the desired volume of the journal please click on "Get it", afterwards on "Further Options" (at the bottom of the window) and finally on "Select".
- Then you can see request details, agree to fees amounting to 1,50 € only, and create a deadline for delivery.
- Fill in the necessary bibliographic data of your article in the input mask and send your request. It will be forwarded automatically to the respective library.
If you do not find the desired journal at all please use the link "Information" in the catalogue. Use the link "Interlibrary loan" which leads to an article request mask ("Fernleihbestellung Kopie aus einer Zeitschrift").
Article requests are booked immediately on your User Account Interlibrary Loan Copies (Kontoanzeige Fernleihkopien) in the catalogue.
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How do I know if the requested item is ready for collection and where do I collect it?
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Enter your e-mail address to receive a message if the book or the copy of the article has been delivered and can be collected at the loan desk. Check your account in the catalogue to know when you can collect a book requested by interlibrary loan or if the item is available in the reading room or in the Special collections reading room.
The processing state of an article requested through interlibrary loan can be found in your sub-account "ILL copies" in the catalogue or via "Additional services / User Account Interlibrary Loan Copies" in the catalogue. You can organize your copy account yourself, e.g. delete requests that should not be displayed in your account anymore. For further information concerning status details please consult the catalogue help, term "Account Balance".
Incoming items will be placed ready for you at the loan desk or in one of our reading rooms.
Incoming copies may also be collected at the loan desk. Please pay your interlibrary copy fees there as well. This is not possible on Sundays.
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What items are not available through interlibrary loan?
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The following documents are excluded from interlibrary loan service:
documents that are already in the library collection, even if they are not for loan or currently on loan.
Items, which can be purchased for less than 15 Euro.
The following documents might be excluded:
valuable items, especially those published before 1800
items with exceptional sizeloose-leaf editions and unbound journals
items in a bad state of preservation
textbooks and heavily-used itemssome non-book materials (e.g. records)reading room and reference collections
Generally not for loan:
Patents, DIN Standards and VDI guidelines
theses, master or diploma theses
