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Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Policies

(Inquiries: 2nd Floor, 416-979-5314)

Who can use RACER?

The service is available to Ryerson faculty members, students and staff with a valid library card. This service is not extended to Direct Borrowers, Alumni and External borrowers.

Check Ryerson Library Resources First!

Please check the Library Catalogue and the Full-Text Periodical Titles List before submitting an Interlibrary Loan request. For assistance in using the Library catalogue or Full-Text Periodical Titles List, please ask at the Reference desk (416-979-5055).

Materials not available on Interlibrary Loan

Books that are held by the Ryerson Library, even if currently in use, cannot be requested through ILL.

Other items that cannot be borrowed include reference materials, patents and standards, maps, vertical file items, computer disks or CDROMS and entire issues of magazines and periodicals. AV materials (films, videos, etc.) are borrowed through the Audio Visual Services located near ILL area on the 2nd floor.

Cost of Interlibrary Loan

The Interlibrary Loan service is available free of charge to Ryerson faculty, students and staff. The Library has to pay for borrowing charges from other institutions. Fees for book loans or photocopies of periodical articles range from $5 Can. to $25 U.S., depending on the lending library charges.

Requesting a Loan

RACER is the Interlibrary loan requesting system. If you have never used RACER before, then you first register (one time only). Please complete one form for each item. Phone number and e-mail address are required. The Library will process only 10 requests from the same user per week.

Do not send a list of titles by e-mail. Requests incompatible with our ILL management system will not be processed.

Copyright

All materials requested are subject to conditions specified in copyright regulations and licensing agreements with publishers. Single reprographic (paper and non-electronic) copies of less than a substantial part of any copyrighted material are to be used solely in support of private study (or criticism or review) and research within Ryerson, and not for personal activities or other research.

ILL reserves the right to refuse to process a request if it violates any of the above conditions.

Planning your Requests

The time for materials to arrive may vary, depending on the availability, location and delivery mechanism of the lending library.

Journal articles: a few working days to two weeks.

Books: a week or more.

International requests may take longer.

Please submit your requests well in advance and request only materials needed for research.

Notification and Pick-up

Patrons will be telephoned or e-mailed when their materials have arrived. Items must be picked up at the Circulation desk, Library 2nd floor. Faculty has the option of requesting delivery of photocopies of articles to their offices via campus mail. Please specify room number if doing so.

Return of Interlibrary loan materials

Please return all Interlibrary loan material to the Circulation desk (NOT the book drop) and by the due date. Loan periods are generally 2 weeks. Renewal is not possible and fines and/or suspension of interlibrary loan privileges are applicable if items are returned after their due date.

Document Delivery

Interlibrary Loan is a mediated service. Document Delivery is unmediated in that you can place a request directly from your desktop to the document supplier at your convenience. The turnaround time is usually within 48 hours.

 

CISTI Source (unavailable after August 31)

CISTI Source will no longer be available after August 31. The NRC's CISTI Discover is a new service for finding articles. Discover puts millions of peer-reviewed scientific, technical, medical and some business journal articles at your fingertips. Discover also offers clients the ability to create alerts.

Searching Discover is free but you will incur credit card charges if you order items directly from Discover. Ryerson University Library does not pay these direct credit card charges. To avoid these credit card charges, search for free on Discover and then, from your search results, request items Ryerson does not own by using RACER, our interlibrary loan service. RACER is available to Ryerson students, faculty and staff with a valid library account.

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