Answered By: Christine Fary
Last Updated: Sep 07, 2023     Views: 75

If you only want one or two chapters of a book instead of the whole book, ISU graduate students, faculty, and staff can request chapters of Milner Library books and all ISU students, faculty and staff can request chapters of I-Share and Interlibrary Loan books. All book chapter requests are free. The maximum number of chapters you can request is two.

Milner Library Book Chapters

 ISU graduate students, faculty and staff can make an Electronic Document Delivery Request in their interlibrary loan account to request a Milner Library book chapter:

  • In your interlibrary loan account, choose the Create Request button at the top of the screen.
  • Select the Article/Chapter form.
  • Provide this required information about your book and chapter:
    • Journal/Book Title: Enter the title of the book containing your chapter.
    • Volume: Enter the number of the chapter you need.
    • Title of Article/Chapter: Enter the number and title of the chapter you need.
    • Comments: Enter Document Delivery.
  • Fill out the as many of the non-required fields as you can with more information you have about your book, such as the article/book author, publication date, and ISBN for the book to make it quicker and easier for Milner Interlibrary Loan staff to find your book.
  • Select your department/major from the Department/Major dropdown at the bottom of the form.
  • Choose Submit request.

I-Share and Interlibrary Loan Book Chapters

All ISU students, faculty and staff can request an I-Share or Interlibrary Loan book chapter:

  • In your interlibrary loan account, choose the Create Request button at the top of the screen.
  • Select the Article/Chapter form.
  • Provide this required information about your book and chapter:
    • Journal/Book Title: Enter the title of the book containing your chapter.
    • Volume: Enter the number of the chapter you need.
    • Title of Article/Chapter: Enter the number and title of the chapter you need.
  • Fill out the as many of the non-required fields as you can with more information you have about your book, such as the article/book author, publication date, and ISBN for the book to make it quicker and easier for Milner Interlibrary Loan staff to find your book.
  • Select your department/major from the Department/Major dropdown at the bottom of the form.

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