Information on policies and fees
Interlibrary Loan Lending Services to Other Libraries
Requests accepted via:
OCLC: PUL
Non-OCLC libraries must register here. If your library has already registered with us, you can logon here.
Fees:
*The minimum fee per request is $20 IFM/$30 Invoice for all copies (regardless of location) and for loans sent to North American libraries, and $30 IFM, $40 Invoice or 4 IFLA vouchers to for loans shipped to libraries elsewhere.
*Payment is accepted via check, money order, or IFLA vouchers (NO credit card payments or bank transfers).
Article: minimum fee includes first 50 exposures per request;
Loan: minimum fee includes up to 6 volumes or reels
*SHARES Exception: $10 IFM for ALL copies (regardless of location) and loans to North American Libraries.
A/V Policies:
*CDs are loaned within the US and Canada ONLY and must be returned via UPS, FEDEX, DHL, CD&L, or other trackable courier.
*VHS/DVDs are loaned within the US ONLY and must be returned via UPS, FEDEX, DHL, CD&L, or other trackable courier with the following restrictions: 1-week's use, Library-Use-Only, No Renewals (classroom use also allowed for the class period only).
*DVD/VHS from Lewis (Science) and Architecture libraries are not available for interlibrary loan.
Major non-circulating collections at Princeton:
Architecture Library books will be loaned within the US ONLY; other materials in the Architecture Library remain non-circulating.
Marquand Library (Art and Archaeology collections. Copies will be made within limits from Marquand rare and general stacks collections IF condition warrants)
Special Collections, including:
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Cotsen Children's Library
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Graphic Arts
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Manuscripts
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Mudd Library
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Scheide Library
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Undergraduate theses (Contact Mudd Library at mudd@princeton.edu) for a photocopy estimate
Data & Statistical Services
Government Documents
Miriam Y. Holden Collection
Pliny Fisk
Microcards
International Lending:
*The charge for an international LOAN is $30 IFM, $40 Invoice or 4 IFLA vouchers to all libraries outside of North America.
*We prefer to receive IFM or IFLA vouchers as payment but will also accept checks or money orders. (NO payments via credit card or bank transfers)
*Princeton dissertations, microforms, serials, and audio-visual materials are NOT loaned outside of the United States and Canada.
*DVD/VHS are NOT loaned to Canadian libraries.
*The normal shipping method is airmail; we can accommodate other shipping methods and carriers upon request. There may be additional shipping charges.