There are five interlibrary services units at Cornell's main campus. Each handles Borrowing for the Cornell community and Lending outside the Cornell community. For individual policies and contacts, click one of the links to the five units.

Cornell offers three interlibrary services to its users:

Borrow Direct
Books which are currently unavailable or not owned by Cornell may be requested through the virtual catalog of Brown University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. These are requested directly by the library patron. Registration is not required.

Interlibrary Loan
Items not owned by Cornell may be borrowed or photocopy may be obtained from outside institutions. Choose the unit which best suits your needs. Registration is required.

MyDocumentDelivery
MyDocumentDelivery is an electronic document delivery service offered by Cornell University Library. Faculty, staff and students may request copies of journal articles, book chapters and other materials located in the print collection of the Cornell University Libraries. Documents will be scanned and made available on the web as pdf files.

Please request all interlibrary loan material through OCLC or RLG ISO. All OCLC requests initially go to the Olin unit and are routed as necessary. RLG ISO requests should be sent to the unit responsible for that library location. For faster service, please check the Cornell library catalog for location information.

Cornell has consortial arrangements with the following. All other libraries should check the individual units for charges.

1. RLG
2. SCRLC
3. SUNY (Mann, Vet and Geneva)
4. RAPID - articles only, requested through the RAPID system
5. BORROW DIRECT (books only, requested via the Borrow Direct system)
6. NELLCO (Law)
   

Individuals not affiliated with Cornell can request only articles directly from the Cornell Libraries collection but must request loans only through their local library.

1. Olin Library fills requests for material from the following collections:

2. Mann Library fills requests for materials from the following collections:

3. Law Library

4. Veterinary Library

5. Geneva Experiment Station Library

Interlibrary Services at Weill Cornell Medical Library

Weill Cornell Medical Library in New York City conducts separate interlibrary loan operations and has a separate Weill Cornell Medical Library Catalog (Tri-Cat).