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Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Resource Sharing (RS) at Old Westbury

Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing is free service that allows OW students, staff, and faculty to request articles, books, and other material from other libraries.

Manually Request a Book Chapter in ILLiad

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT MULTIPLE CHAPTER REQUESTS, YOU MUST CREATE A NEW REQUEST FOR EACH CHAPTER. 
  1. Log into ILLiad using your OW username and password.OW SSO Log In Page

     

  2. Under New Request select Book Chapter. undefined
  3. Enter as much information as possible particularly the red asterisk. undefined
  4. Check that all required information is provided.
  5. At the bottom of the page Submit the request.
  6. The request could be found in Outstanding Requests.
  7. You will get an email when the Book Chapter has been filled, you can also check your ILLiad account for the status of the request.
  8. When the Book Chapter is delivered you have to log into your ILLiad account to view the Book Chapter.
  9. Book Chapters can be seen by selecting Electronically Received Articles under the View Section. undefined
  10. The Book Chapter will be available on your account for 30 days. Please save download or print the Book Chapter to keep it longer than 30 days.  

Manually Request an Article in ILLiad

  1. Log into ILLiad  using your OW username and password.OW SSO Log In Page
  2. Select Article under New Request 
  3. Fill in all of the Required fields. The more information that is provided about the article the better. undefined
  4. Submit the request  undefined
  5. You will get an email when the article has been filled you can also check your ILLiad account for the status of the request.
  6. When the article is delivered you have to log into your ILLiad account to view the article.
  7. Articles can be seen by selecting Electronically Received Articles under the View Section. undefined
  8. The article will be available on your account for 30 days. Please save/download or print the article to keep it longer than 30 days. 

Manually Request a Physical Book in ILLiad

  1. Log into ILLiad  using your OW username and password.OW SSO Log In Page
  2. Go to New Request and select Book. undefined
  3. Enter in the required information. Please enter as much information as possible.undefined
  4. Check the information provided.
  5. At the bottom of the page Submit the request.