Legal Information Center
Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary loan (ILL) at the Legal Information Center is a service only for law school faculty, students and staff. When members of the UF Law community need materials that are not owned by any UF library, they can request that the law library borrow them from another library. Use the buttons below to submit a request.
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Questions about ILL? See below for more information…
Who may use the service?
Current students, faculty, and staff of the Levin College of Law may submit ILL requests at the Legal Information Center. (Law Review & Journal members: submit ILL requests through your Research Editor.)
Other individuals needing interlibrary loan service may seek assistance from the following institutions:
| UF students, faculty, staff (non-law) | UF Smathers Libraries |
| Health Science Center students, faculty, staff | UF Health Science Center Library |
| Members of the public, including alumni and attorneys | Your local public library |
How much does it cost?
ILL is generally a free service to UF Law patrons. In the very rare event that there is a fee, we will notify you before processing the request.
How do I submit a request?
Search the UF Libraries catalog to verify whether an item you need is in the UF collections. Ask a Reference Librarian if you need help. You can request a copy of an article or the loan of an item using the buttons at the top of the page.
How long will it take?
The average time to process requests and receive items from other libraries is 1-3 weeks for loans and 3-10 days for copies.
How will I know when my materials arrive?
Students will be notified by e-mail. Faculty and staff may be notified by telephone or by e-mail. Items are picked up at the Circulation Desk, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
How long may I keep ILL items?
The loan period for ILL items varies depending on the library that lends the item. Most items are available for two weeks, and usually the loan period can be extended or renewed one time. All loans are subject to the policies of the lending library. Libraries can deny extensions and recall items at any time.
Financial Responsibility
The Legal Information Center does not charge ILL fees. However, any charges for lost, overdue, or damaged materials are charged to the patron.
Restrictions
Any restriction specified by a lending library, such as “For Use in Library Only” will be followed by the Legal Information Center without exception.
Are there limits on what I can order?
Materials that are in the University of Florida Libraries collections, including e-books and microfilm/microfiche, are not eligible for interlibrary loan. You should not expect to be able to borrow text books or other items for a class that will be needed for more than a few weeks. ILL is only for short-term loans.
Be aware that some items are difficult to obtain via ILL. This includes:
- Particular issues or volumes of periodicals
- Rare books
- Books on Reserve
- Books designated in the lending library’s catalog as “non-circulating” or “in-library use only”
- All or part of multi-volume sets (like encyclopedias)
- Audiovisual items
- Microfilm/microfiche
- Recent publications or high-demand items
What does copyright law have to do with ILL?
Sometimes when libraries will not agree to lend items via ILL, they will provide photocopies of articles or of portions of items. When copies like this are made, copyright law is implicated. The copyright law of the United States is found in Title 17, United States Code. Under certain provisions specified in the law, libraries and other archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If the user makes a request for and later uses a copy or reproduction for purposes in excess of this "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. UF Law Library reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying request if, in its judgment, fulfillment would involve violations of copyright law. All requests for photocopies include this copyright warning and individual borrowers must acknowledge awareness of the warning by signing the request. In addition, CONTU (National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works) guidelines provide that, in any calendar year, a library may request only five royalty-free articles from the previous five years of a specific periodical. It is the responsibility of the borrowing library to ensure that royalties are paid on any requests in excess of that number or to initiate a subscription to the subject periodical.
Lending to Other Libraries
UF Law Library will lend via ILL circulating materials to other libraries for a period of four weeks. One two-week renewal will be allowed if the material has not been requested by another patron.
My question isn’t answered on this page!
Contact Ron Perry at 273-0714 or perry@law.ufl.edu. You can also ask any Reference Librarian (273-0723) for general information about ILL, or for help preparing an ILL request.