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How to obtain material not held by Keele Library

Need more information about Inter-Library Loans?
ILL request formtel: +44 (0)1782 734159 or email: library.interlibraryloans@keele.ac.uk

If you require an item for your research or study such a journal article, book chapter, thesis or book, that is not currently held by Keele University Library we will attempt to obtain it for you from elsewhere.

For journal articles and book chapters, in the first instance we will try to obtain the item digitally free of charge for you from one of our resource-sharing partners and this service is available to registered Keele staff and students. NHS members should use the Health Library inter-library loans service which is also available to staff and students from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

For whole books, theses, and items that we are unable to obtain free of charge from one of our resource-sharing partners we will try to obtain from the British Library and this service does incur a charge. Please note - many British Library services are currently restricted and yet to be reinstated due to a cyber attack in October 2023. Please continue to submit your resource requests as we will try alternative sourcing routes, but note that we may not be able to supply some requests if an alternative is unavailable (updated April 2024).

Before requesting an Inter-Library Loan please check if the item you require is available for FREE from our current holdings by using Library Search.