Interlibrary loan

How it is used

Requests may concern a loaned book or a supplied article copy.

Example sentences

1. I requested the unavailable monograph through interlibrary loan.

   Another library can supply material missing locally.

2. The interlibrary loan team obtained a scan of the old journal article.

   Access may involve a copy rather than a physical loan.

Common collocations

• request an interlibrary loan
• interlibrary loan service

Related terms

• source textthe original text that a writer, translator, or researcher uses as the basis for quotation, paraphrase, analysis, or translation
• literature reviewA critical summary of what has already been published on a topic, showing the main ideas, debates and gaps that a new study responds to.

More terms: Literature Review

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• research gap
• theoretical framework
• seminal
• synthesize
• draw on
• build on
• primary source
• secondary source
• systematic review
• database
• meta-analysis