How does Interlibrary Loan work for you?  Do you know what it is?  Even here at Gonzaga there are students and faculty that Love ILL with a capital L and use it to its fullest extent, and there are some who have never heard of it. It isn’t possible that any one library can hold all the articles, books and videos in the world.  So, a long time ago, libraries instituted a system of exchanging material with other libraries called Interlibrary Loan. 

ILL is not instantaneous so PLAN AHEAD.  I was a procrastinator; I know how easy it is to think “I still have two weeks until that is due” and suddenly that expanse of time you thought you had has dwindled to two days.  Unfortunately though, ILL is not instant, if your paper is due tomorrow it isn’t going to work for you but when you do have more time, ILL can be a great way to get the perfect article or book. 

If you can give us a citation, we will try our hardest to get it for you as soon as we possibly can.