Interlibrary Loan Harvard Libraries
Use interlibrary loan (ILL) to request materials not owned by Harvard libraries. Each faculty library has its own ILL service. Select the faculty and library with which you are affiliated. For example, if you are an HBS student or faculty member, use the link below for the Harvard Business School - Baker Library (Knowledge and Library Services) ILL service.

Quick Links

Countway Library of Medicine    Harvard Law School Library    Widener Library   
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory Library
 
  • ILL General Information
  • Phone: 617-495-2836
  • ILL Note: Articles and books which are not available at Gordon McKay and Blue Hill Libraries may be requested from other libraries on and off campus. This service is available to faculty, students, staff and affiliates of SEAS. If you would like to place a request for an interlibrary loan, you may fill out our electronic request forms for books or for articles in periodicals. You may also request a paper form at the Circulation Desk. If you have any questions about this service, please contact the staff by phone or email.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Botany Libraries
 
  • Phone: 617-495-2366
  • ILL Note: Although the Botany Libraries collections do not circulate to other Harvard Libraries, photocopies will be provided free of charge.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Dumbarton Oaks Research Library
 
  • Phone: 202-339-6445
  • ILL Note: Contact interlibrary loan librarian at ILL@doaks.org
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
 
  • ILL General Information
  • ILL Article Request
  • Phone: 617-495-2475 or 617-496-1058
  • ILL Note: Articles and books which are not available at Harvard libraries may be requested. If you would like to place a request, email mczill@oeb.harvard.edu, call 617-496-1058, or stop by the Reference Desk. We serve Harvard faculty, students, and other affiliates who need materials in the fields of life sciences and natural history.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Gordon McKay Library of Engineering and Applied Sciences
 
  • ILL General Information
  • Phone: 617-495-2836
  • ILL Note: Articles and books which are not available at Gordon McKay and Blue Hill Libraries may be requested from other libraries on and off campus. This service is available to faculty, students, staff and affiliates of SEAS. If you would like to place a request for an interlibrary loan, you may fill out our electronic request forms for books or for articles in periodicals. You may also request a paper form at the Circulation Desk. If you have any questions about this service, please contact the staff by phone or email.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Robbins Library of Philosophy
 
  • ILL Note: Internal ILL Policy: Robbins does not lend to other Harvard libraries. External ILL Policy: Robbins does not lend to non-Harvard libraries. ILL Borrowing Policy: Robbins does not borrow materials for patrons.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - John G. Wolbach Library
 
  • Phone: 617-496-5769
Graduate School of Design - Frances Loeb Library
 
  • ILL General Information
  • Phone: 617-495-9163
  • ILL Note: Articles and books which are not available at the Harvard Libraries may be requested from other libraries around the country. This service is available to faculty, students, and staff of the GSD ONLY. If you would like to place a request for an interlibrary loan, you may fill out our electronic request forms for books or for articles in periodicals. You may also request a paper form at the Reference Desk. If you have any questions about this service, please contact the Reference staff by phone or email.
Graduate School of Education - Gutman Library
 
Harvard Business School - Baker Library (Knowledge and Library Services)
 
  • ILL General Information
  • ILL Article Request
  • ILL Book Request
  • Phone: 617-496-5009
  • ILL Note: Requesting Books Use the Book Request Form to request books from other libraries. Fees Faculty quick code accounts will be charged fees set by the lending institution. No fee for MBA student requests. Policies Materials arrive in five to thirty business days. (Subject to availability of item.) Books must be returned to the Baker Library on time. Requests for renewals need to be made five to seven days before the date printed on the book slip.
Harvard College Library - Cabot Science Library
 
Harvard College Library - Harvard-Yenching Library
 
Harvard College Library - Widener Library
 
  • ILL General Information
  • ILL Article Request
  • ILL Book Request
  • Phone: Borrowing: 617-495-2972, Lending: 617-495-2431
  • ILL Note: The Widener ILL Borrowing service is for affiliates of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences—including faculty, staff, currently enrolled undergraduates and graduate students, degree candidates of the Extension School, and departments and staff affiliated with Central Administration.
Harvard Divinity School - Andover-Harvard Theological Library
 
  • ILL General Information
  • ILL Article Request
  • ILL Book Request
  • Phone: (617) 495-5788
  • ILL Note: Interlibrary loan services (for books or articles not available here or at other Harvard libraries in Cambridge) are available through Andover-Harvard Theological Library to all Harvard Divinity School students, faculty, and staff who carry valid Harvard University photo ID cards.
Harvard Law School - Harvard Law School Library
 
Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health - Countway Library of Medicine
 
John F. Kennedy School of Government - John F. Kennedy School of Government Library
 


 

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