We have upgraded our resource sharing interface. Now, all of our resource sharing options work directly from the library catalog. You can request resources you find in CentralSearch with the click of a single button on the item record. You can also request items that do not appear in the library catalog via a blank ILL form built into CentralSearch. You no longer need to sign-up for an ILLiad account or remember which resource sharing option to use for different materials. This request process uses your CCSU email login and automatically pushes your request into the most efficient lending provider available.
Please visit the ILLiad to CentralSearch Migration page for more information.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Interlibrary Loan is the document delivery service that supplies library materials not owned by Elihu Burritt Library to CCSU library users. Reciprocally, this service also supplies books and photocopies to other libraries for the use by their patron
Eligibility for Services
Only CCSU faculty, staff, and students are eligible for Interlibrary loan services at the Elihu Burritt Library. Community borrowers with guest borrower cards must utilize their town libraries to obtain Interlibrary Loan services.
All Interlibrary Loan requests will be submitted through the catalog using Central Search.
Materials Not Available Through Interlibrary Loan
Textbooks (books needed for an entire semester)
Books owned by the Burritt Library
Entire issue of journals or periodicals
Some theses and dissertations
Some audio-visual materials (videos, CDs, DVDs)
Books recently published (within the past several months)
Rare books and other fragile, old materials
For Faculty: Copyright & Fair Use
In an effort to comply with copyright laws, Burritt Library will order up to five articles from any journal title published within the past five years from other libraries. The sixth and any subsequent articles ordered will be purchased from a copyright cleared document delivery service. Burritt Library will pay no more than $500 in copyright fees per faculty member during a given calendar year. Articles requested in excess of this will be returned to the patron.
Delivery
Most requests for articles are filled on average within a few days (excluding weekends and holidays). Requests for books or media take on average 7-10 working days and is dependent on where the item(s) is coming from. We will notify you electronically when the material arrives. Interlibrary Loan books must be picked up at the Circulation desk.
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