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Borrowing from Other Libraries

If you have any questions, please contact Adam Clark at clarka@lycoming.

 

access EZBorrow (Request books)

 access Interlibrary Loan (Request books, journal articles, and other items)

 

What Is the Difference Between EZBorrow and ILL?

The short answer to this question is that EZBorrow is just for books and physical materials; ILL is for books and articles. Also, if a book is not available through EZBorrow, it still may be available through ILL. The advantage of EZBorrow is that the books arrive earlier and you can borrow them for longer.

EZBorrow allows students, staff, and faculty to borrow books and other physical items from participating Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium (PALCI) institutions in Pennsylvania and surrounding regions. Items may be requested 24-hours a day. Please note this service is to be used to request books and other physical items such as DVD, VHS and musical scores.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a way of getting books, articles, and other materials that the Snowden Library does not own, free of charge to the borrower. This service is available for all Lycoming students, faculty, and staff. Alumni and community members should contact their public libraries for their ILL needs.

Document Delivery staff make every effort to get you the materials you need or similar resources. Certain materials, however, may be unobtainable, costly, or not in compliance with U.S. copyright law, and you will be notified of our inability to obtain these for you. Other special materials may also be difficult to obtain, such as recently published books, non-circulating materials, an entire issue or volume of a journal, rare or fragile materials, software, audiovisual materials, dissertations, and papers presented to societies/associations. Please see a reference librarian before requesting these items.

How Long Does It Take?

Materials usually arrive within 3-5 days, but can take up to two weeks to arrive. Please keep this in mind when placing requests. You will be notified in your Lycoming email when your item arrives.

How Long Can I Keep Materials?

EZBorrow materials circulate for 16 weeks. There are no renewals. However, you can put in a new request for the item if you need it longer. We suggest putting it in before your item is due.

For Interlibrary Loan Materials, you can keep photocopies of articles or book chapters. The due date on the paperwork that arrives with your materials is set by the lending library.

Where do I pick up materials?

Emails inform you that your article has arrived. If it is a physical item, you will pick it up at the circulation item.

For electronic items, you will receive an email with a link to a PDF of the article. You can also access the article at any time by logging in to your ILLiad account and clicking the "Electronically Received Articles" link in the View menu. PDFs of articles are retained for one month.

Where Do I Return EZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan Materials?

Return all EZBorrow and Interlibrary Loan materials to the Circulation Desk.

 

EZBorrow

  1. Go to EZBorrow
  2. Search for an item by entering title, keyword, author or ISBN in the search bar. Click "find." 
  3. Identify the correct item on the search results page and then click the blue "request" button. 
  4. A new tab will open and you will be prompted to log in. 
    1. Select “Lycoming College” from the “Select Institution” drop down menu.
    2. Enter your 9-digit Lycoming College ID number (this appears on the bottom of your ID card).
    3. Click "submit."                                                                                                                
  5. Fill out the information in the request confirmation form and click “confirm request.”
    1. Pick up location (required) – From the drop down menu select "Snowden Library." 
    2. Other fields are optional: Date needed– The date by which the patron needs to receive the material. Volumes needed – If the work is a multi-volume set, the patron can specify which volumes they need. Notes– Any additional notes about the request.     

Interlibrary Loan

  1. Log into Interlibrary Loan
  2. Sign in using your Lycoming login information
  3. On the right side you will see a side bar that says "New Request"
    1. Pick the type of item you want to request
    2. Fill out as much of the required information as you have
  4. Submit request. 

Affiliations

  • ACLCP Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania
  • LVIS Libraries Very Interested in Sharing
  • PALCI Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.

Delivery Methods

We ship via IDS through UPS/FedEx. Our IDS number is 147. Photocopies are sent via Odessey® and OCLC Article Exchange. In rare cases, USPS will be used to mail articles. 

Fees

There is no charge for using Interlibrary Loan services. Lost or damaged materials will incur a $75 fee and $10 processing fee per item.

Items Available for Loan

  • Books from the general collection or any other collection not listed below
  • Photocopies of journal articles
  • Photocopies of book chapters
  • VHS/DVDs from the video collection

Items Not Available for Loan

  • Reference materials
  • Reserve materials
  • Historical Collection materials
  • Archives Collection materials
  • Entire issues/volumes of journals
  • Board Games/Video Games
  • Ebooks/electronic materials
  • Microfilms/microfiche

Loan Period

Our loan period is 28 days, with an additional 28 days upon a successful renewal.

For Further Questions, Contact

Interlibrary Loan Department
John G. Snowden Library
One College Place
Williamsport, PA 17701-5192

Phone: (570) 321-4091
OCLC: LYC
Email: ill@lycoming.edu

Adam Clark
Library Technician,
Interlibrary Loan / Document Delivery and EZBorrow
Phone: (570) 321-4091
Email: clarka@lycoming.edu

Revised 3.5.2026