Interlibrary Loans and Document Delivery
Eccles Health Sciences Library provides document delivery and interlibrary loan services of library materials such as journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and audiovisuals. The library lends to and borrows from other libraries in the United States. This service is available to current and emeritus University of Utah Health Sciences faculty, staff and students.
All loans & deliveries are subject to U.S. Copyright law;
- email: Interlibrary Loans
- phone: 801-581-5282
How long will it take?
In most instances, books are available within 1 to 2 weeks and electronic access to articles can be provided within 24-48 hours. Delivery time varies depending on the complexity of the request.
Is there a cost?
There is no charge for Eccles Health Sciences Library Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery services. If you are completing a large project such as a systematic review, please note the following:
- General requests from the campus community will be processed with priority. Systematic review requests will be given second consideration, and work to process them will be done incrementally
- If it costs the ILL department $500 or more to obtain requests in a given project, this will result in consultation from our team
Before ordering 50 or more documents, requesters are asked to contact the Interlibrary Loan office by phone (801) 581-5282 or via email (ehsl-ill@lists.utah.edu) to give our team a heads up
To check availability or location of materials, consider using:
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Library Catalog -- look for the EHSL "Find It" button, which offers a means of making ILL requests:
- WorldCat First Search -- find items from libraries throughout the U.S., Canada and Britain.
Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.














