Log in to Interlibrary Loan    How to Place a Document Delivery Request

Eligible users: Morningside/Barnard/Union Theological Seminary faculty and visiting scholars with library borrowing privileges. Document Delivery does not support proxy borrowing. Students and staff with library borrowing privileges can use Interlibrary Loan to request articles not available at the Columbia Libraries.

Scope: Book chapters and articles from the print collections of Butler Library. Requested items must be for private study and individual research only.

• Items in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University Archives, Butler Reserves, and the Oral History collection are not eligible for Document Delivery.
• Limit of one chapter per book and one article per journal issue, within fair use guidelines.
• Requests for fragile, tightly bound, or not on shelf/missing items may be resubmitted as regular ILL requests, on the patron's behalf, by ILL staff.

Delivery: Materials are delivered to a patron's ILL account within 2-3 business days. Patrons will be notified via email when the article is ready to view. There is no rush service or hard-copy delivery service available. Articles will be available in the patron's ILL account under "Electronically Delivered Articles" for 30 days.

Questions?  Contact the ILL staff with any questions regarding Document Delivery: ill@libraries.cul.columbia.edu or 212-854-7535.

HOW TO PLACE A DOCUMENT DELIVERY REQUEST

All Document Delivery requests must be submitted through a faculty member's Interlibrary Loan account using the “Article” and “Book Chapter” request forms. Document Delivery does not support proxy borrowing, so the faculty member must place the request through his/her own ILL account.

1. In CLIO, the Columbia Libraries catalog, locate the book or journal from which you need a copy.
2. Log in to your ILL account by going to the main Interlibrary Loan page and select “Morningside/Barnard/Union Theological Seminary.” You can log in to ILL while in a CLIO record by selecting "ILL/Document Delivery" under "Actions."
3. If you have not used ILL before, fill out the registration form. Select patron status "Faculty."
4. Under “New Request,” select “Article” or “Book Chapter.”
5. Fill out the request form completely.  Note: For Document Delivery, you must include the Butler Library call number and location (e.g., Butler Stacks, Milstein, Butler Reference) in the Call Number and Location fields on the request form.
6. Click the copyright acknowledgment.
7. Submit the request.  Make a note of the transaction number (TN).  You will need this to track the progress of the request and for any additional follow-up.

Your requested item will be delivered electronically to your ILL account within 2-3 business days from time of request.  You will receive an email notifying you when the item is available.