Get Materials from Other Libraries

When items are not available from the EMU library, faculty, staff, and currently enrolled students can place requests for:

• Books, audio, and video: request via MelCat
• Articles and chapters, and books not available in MelCat: request via ILLiad

MeLCat

MeLCat is a catalog for books, audio, and videos from many Michigan libraries that can be requested online and picked up at Halle library. Materials typically arrive within 1 week with a 3 week loan period.

Use this service to obtain:

• Books checked out or missing from the EMU library
• Video & Audio

Login to your library account to check the status of requests or to renew items borrowed from MeLCat.

Interlibrary Loan

The Interlibrary Loan system, ILLiad, lets library users request:

• Articles and photocopies, delivered via email
• Books if not available in MeLCat
• Theses & Dissertations

Visiting Other Libraries

In-person borrowing at other libraries includes MelCat visiting patron and University of Michigan reciprocal borrowing.

Library of Michigan

Apply online for a Library of Michigan card and get access to newspaper, history, and other online databases as well as in-person borrowing at the Library of Michigan. Available to all Michigan residents and out-of-state students enrolled in a Michigan college or university.

Questions

Questions about how to use these services? Contact a librarian or see How to Use Interlibrary Loan.