If the UWW library you use does not have the item you need, or if it has already been checked out by someone else, current UWW faculty, staff, and students can usually borrow it from another library. Which lending service to use depends upon the resource you wish to borrow. For assistance, please contact a reference librarian.
- UW Request & Request - free
Use to borrow "returnable" materials such as books, videos, and government documents--if not available at your UWW library--from other UW System libraries. It cannot be used to borrow non-circulating items (such as reference books or items on reserve) or articles from periodicals. UW Request and Request are free services and items ordered generally arrive within 2-5 weekdays. For more information, and for instructions on use, go to our How to Borrow From Other Libraries: Request/UW Request page.
- Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) - free
- Use ILLiad to request scanned copies of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers or chapters from books.
Approximate turnaround time is normally 2-4 weekdays for articles and book chapters,which are delivered online as PDFs.
- Use to borrow books and other non-periodical materials that are not available at UWW libraries or other UW System libraries using UW Request.
Non-circulating items (such as reference books, entire journals, or items on reserve) cannot be borrowed.
Approximate turnaround time is currently 2-5 days for physical items. For more information, and for instructions on use, go to the Interlibrary Loan service web page.
How? Check out the How to Borrow From Other Libraries guide.
