Interlibrary Loan for Distance Students

A distance learner is a student who is registered for classes at Southern Utah University but does not live in Cedar City, or one of the nearby towns, to access SUU's library's materials in person.

Distance students have direct access to thousands of full text electronic books and journal articles by searching the Sherratt Library catalog and subscription databases available at the Sherratt Library's web site.

Can you really send books to me?

Yes!

For those items not available online, distance students can use ILLiad to request books and articles needed for their academic work. 

This service is only available to students who are enrolled in online courses and do not have a local address in Cedar City or its neighboring towns in SUU's online registration system.

If the Sherratt Library owns the book or journal:

Distance learners can borrow both books and articles owned by the SUU Sherratt Library by submitting them as an interlibrary loan request through ILLiad.

When receiving a book from SUU's Sherratt Library in the mail, please keep all stickers and return address labels with the item. When you finish with the item, you are responsible for returning the item before the due date to the nearest university library to your location for a "courtesy return" back to us at no shipping cost to you. You may, at your own expense, return the item directly to the Sherratt Library using the provided return address label. You are responsible for late fees if returned late, so allow ample time for shipping before the item is due.

Journal articles will be scanned and delivered electronically through ILLiad. You will receive an email notification that the request has been fulfilled. In ILLiad, on the side navigation menu, under "View," click on "Electronically Received Articles" to receive your article. Be sure to save this to your computer or hard drive if you will need it longer than 30 days. After 30 days, the article will no longer be available in your account

If the Sherratt Library doesn't own the journal:

Distance learners can order articles from other libraries by submitting an ILL request through ILLiad for them The article, when received, will be delivered through ILLiad and you will receive an email notification when it is available.

If the Sherratt Library doesn't own the book:

At this time, we do not ship books from other libraries to distance learners. We have found that the due dates on some items can be too short and that by the time the item was shipped and received, it would be due back to the lending library. If you cannot pick up the book in person from the SUU Sherratt Library, the item will not be shipped to you and will be returned to the lending library. If you are looking for a specific chapter out of a book, please request this through ILLiad and we will be happy to process that request for you.

Learn more about ILL