PCOM faculty, students, and staff who require access to materials not owned or licensed by the Library may request loans from other libraries. In most cases, interlibrary loan requests are mediated by PCOM Library staff. There are two exceptions: Philadelphia campus users may transmit requests directly to a lending library using E-Z Borrow, or they may visit select TCLC libraries (see Access to Other Libraries). All other requests should be made as indicated below.

Before initiating a borowing request, check the following resources.

Books: Search the PCOM Library Catalog. Books held in one campus collection may be requested by a user on the other campus. PA users: Search E-ZBorrow PA Academic Library Consortium catalogs logging in with the LIB# on you PCOM ID.

Journal Articles: Search Journal Locator for print and electronic journals by title, keyword, subject, or publisher.

Please provide all available bibliographic information. Incomplete citations result in delays.

Provide all unique identifiers found in the database (i.e., MEDLINE Unique ID)

Do not use abbreviations.

Submit requests electronically or deliver them to the Circulation Desk.

Books: Book ILL Request Form

Journal Articles: Article ILL Request Form for a known citation

Linksource is navigation software that links from a database citation to the full text article if licensed by PCOM.  If the article is not available through the Library web site, LinkSource displays an Interlibrary Loan request form populated with the journal name and volume. Complete the form with page numbers and your personal information and send it electronically.

Every effort is made to delivery materials in a timely fashion. Eighty percent of articles are received within a week. Clinical Rushes for patient care may be acquired within hours. For book requests not available through E-ZBorrow, please allow 2 weeks; they may be difficult to find and must be shipped (not transmitted electronically).

Please check on the status of your article requests with the Circulation Desk staff.
You will be called or e-mailed when a book is available for pick-up.
Please note the due date on books and return them to Circulation.

Interlibrary Loan services are provided to library users at no cost.