Interlibrary Loan Services

Phone: 610-519-4274

Mailing address: Falvey Interlibrary Loan, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085

Interlibrary Loan staff members are available, Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 4 PM.  Interlibrary loan (ILL) refers to the loan of material from another library or the delivery of a print or electronic document from another library.   Falvey Memorial Library lends and borrows materials in conjunction with libraries around the world.

• Villanova users should check VUCat, Falvey's Online Catalog, to determine if the library owns the material. If the library owns the item but it is currently in a status of On Loan, Overdue, or Renewed, an electronic request to Recall a Book can be submitted or a printed form available at the Circulation desk may be completed.

Submitting your request:
 

• Villanova students, staff and faculty may request to borrow material from other libraries when the material is not owned by Falvey Library.
• Interlibrary loan services are free of charge to all Villanova students, faculty, and staff.
• Interlibrary Loan requests can be submitted electronically.  To help speed the processing of your requests, please be sure to review the "Not Needed After" field of the interlibrary loan form.  Due to the volume of requests received, the Interlibrary Loan staff request that the following limits be adhered to:
  

Undergraduate students: 5 requests per day
Graduate students: 10 requests per day
Faculty member: 20 requests per day or discuss research needs with staff

• Requests submitted in excess of suggested limits will be processed as time allows or according to any priority you have indicated.

• Other individuals are asked to use their school or public library to request material from Falvey Memorial Library or another library.

• Other libraries may request to borrow material owned by Falvey Memorial Library using OCLC, ILLiad, Ariel, or fax. Please contact the interlibrary loan staff at 610-519-6007 for lending questions.

Loan periods and renewals:
 

• Notification and Pick-up

Users are notified by email about the status of their interlibrary loan request.  Patrons can retrieve requested materials at the Circulation Department by presenting their valid Villanova University WildCard and signing their name in the receipt book.
 

• Most books received through interlibrary loan may be kept for 3 or 4 weeks.  Loan instructions are provided with each item.  Journal articles received usually do not need to be returned.  Loan periods, renewal periods, and any restrictions on the use of loaned material are at the discretion of the lending library.  Contact the Interlibrary Loan Office in advance of the due date to inquire about the renewal of the material.  Interlibrary loan materials should be returned to the Circulation Department or Interlibrary Loan Office on or before the due date to ensure continued good relations with the lending library.