Interlibrary Loan Department
Document Delivery
So what is Document Delivery?
Commercial "document delivery suppliers" provide all kinds of information very quickly (within four days), but for a substantial price ($12.50 and up). The Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library will obtain documents from them for University faculty, students, and staff in the following circumstances:- Any article from a journal which was canceled by the Volpe Library as of January 1, 1997. If Interlibrary Loan will be just as fast or faster and will cost less, it will be used instead.
- Any material not owned by the library, not on the January 1, 1997 journal cancellation list, and not available through our interlibrary loan channels.
- When the material is to support grant funded research, the cost to the user will be the amount charged by the document delivery supplier.
- When there is no grant support, the Volpe Library will absorb the cost up to $100/fiscal year for each user.
- Any material owned by the library but not available in the building or through interlibrary loan when the item is (1) clearly lost, (2) missing, or (3) at the bindery (depending on bindery shipment dates.)
- Materials needed by students in the Environmental Science PhD program, for their work in that program, unless that material is available just as quickly from a less costly library source.
How can I request Document Delivery service?
Fill in an Interlibrary Loan Service form online or at the Reference and Information Desk. If you know your request fits in one of the specified document delivery categories, indicate that on the request so that we can quickly channel it into the document delivery process.
We will notify you by phone or e-mail when the material arrives.