Telephone: You may contact the ILS Reference office with questions, but it is preferred that libraries submit ILL requests via OCLC, fax or e-mail.

If bibliographic requests are incomplete or unreadable, there may be a delay in filling the request. If you have a rush request or a date after which the item is no longer needed, send the request to the SIRCULS office by fax or e-mail and note the deadline date on the request.

If UCR owns the item, the SIRCULS staff will check out the book or make the necessary photocopies and forward it to your library. The office will photocopy up to 20 pages per request. For requests exceeding 20 pages, you will be advised of copy charges before copies are made. Please note that items in UCR’s Special Collections Department cannot be borrowed or photocopied by SIRCULS and therefore cannot be sent.

If UCR does not own the item, if the item is unavailable, or not for loan, the SIRCULS office will check other sources for additional holdings. If other SIRCULS libraries are identified as owning the item, the request will be forwarded to those libraries and the original requesting library notified as to where the request was sent and the date.

If the item is not owned by any SIRCULS libraries, you will be sent printouts of out-of-system libraries owning the item. Your ILL department may then request the item directly from these out-of-system libraries.

If SIRCULS office is unable to fill your request, it may be considered a reference request and forwarded to the Reference Center.  

If you know that the requested item is owned by a SIRCULS member other than UCR, you should request the item directly from that library. You may use any of the forms listed above. If you request materials from a non-SIRCULS library, you must use a standard interlibrary loan format.

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