Policies and Procedures

1. Interlibrary Loan service is available for PBA undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and administration.
2.  Things we can not supply, so you should not request them:
Textbooks required for classes at PBA and available from the Campus Store
Articles which copyright law and/or guidelines prevent us from borrowing
3.  Things you should not request, because they are rarely available:
Current best sellers
Theses and dissertations
Videos and other AV materials
4. All ILL requests must be submitted on the appropriate request forms. Links to our online forms are below.
5. Allow a minimum of two weeks per request, although we will make every effort to obtain the materials as quickly as possible. Please remember that we are at the mercy of other libraries and the postal services.
6. It is the requester's responsibility to determine that the items being requested are not held in any collections of the PBA Library. If you have not checked, use the links below:
Search the PBA Library catalog for books
Search the Serials at PBA holdings list for periodicals
Any requests for items owned by PBA will be returned.
7. Usually we can obtain articles at no cost to you, the end user, because the PBA Library covers the indirect costs.  However, if a supplier charges us, we will pass on the direct costs to you.  On the request form is a "Max Cost" field.  Enter the greatest amount you would be willing to pay for the item you are requesting. [The default is "only if free."]  We will not send a request to a supplier whose charge is greater than the amount you specify.  Generally an invoice is shipped with the materials, so you can pay at the PBA Library checkout desk when you pick up your book or article.
8. A copy of each request will be automatically emailed to the PBA Library reference staff, but they will not see it until you are done.  Therefore, you alone are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the information submitted.  If you need assistance, contact a librarian before filling out your request. They will be glad to help with searching, or explaining the policies and procedures.

Statutory Copyright Warning

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy of 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 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. 

Request Forms

Renewals