Looking for books not available at MLibrary? Try UBorrow.
UBorrow is another service of interlibrary loan (ILL) for the borrowing of physical items that allows you to:
- Search or browse a database of 14 combined library catalogs
- Discover whether or not a book is available at MLibrary or within the participating institutions
- Place a request that goes directly to another institution without pausing in the local interlibrary loan office
- Expect a faster and more reliable turnaround time (usually within 5 business days)
- Receive longer loan period for physical book loans for 12 weeks (DVDs and other special materials will still have relatively brief loan periods)
UBorrow is only available for books and other items that can be physically loaned (not scans/article/chapters that you would download). If you are going to need a book for 12 weeks, start with Uborrow; ILL traditionally has shorter loan periods, particularly for popular items. But if you can’t find the book in the UBorrow database, then ILL should be your next stop.
For further information see: http://www.lib.umich.edu/ill-interlibrary-loan-um-community/uborrow
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