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Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a free service provided by the University Libraries to help current UNLV faculty, staff, and students access materials not available in our collections. We borrow items from libraries around the world to support your research and coursework.

What to know before you request

  • Delivery time: Most articles arrive within 12 hours. Books typically arrive within 7 days. Delays may occur due to limited availability, distance, holidays, weekends, or missing information.
  • Copyright compliance: Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery may refuse requests that would violate copyright law.
  • How to get started: Log in with your ACE username and password. Then, select "New Requests".
Log in using your ACE account

Questions? Contact us

Phone number: 702-895-2152
Email address: illiad@unlv.edu

Interlibrary loan hours

Monday - Friday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Explore the full details on our Interlibrary Loan guide.

Copyright information

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or 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 for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.