All AU Students

• May request photocopies (e.g. journal articles, papers from conference proceedings or book chapters).


1. Click here to place a request for an article.
2. Click here to place a request for a book chapter.
3. Click here to place a request for papers from conference proceedings.


• Please note: Books, theses, government documents, conference proceedings cannot be borrowed due to the short 2 week loan period.
• Alternative services may include:
  
  
  1. locating items at a library in your geographic location
  2. providing a table of contents, allowing the patron to select a section to be photocopied within copyright guidelines (see Copyright Information below)
  3. facilitate borrowing privileges through our reciprocal agreements with The Alberta Library and COPPUL
  
  
• A complete journal issue is not lent or photocopied.

Turnaround Time and Delivery of Materials

Interlibrary Loan requests are processed daily. The library receives most materials within 7-10 working days. Some difficult to locate items may take up to 6 weeks to receive.

Photocopies are mailed to the address registered on the patron's library account.

Copyright

The copyright law of Canada (The Copyright Act and subsequent Bills) governs the use of copyrighted materials, including the making of photocopies and/or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Material provided by the Athabasca University Library to its users is in accordance with Canadian copyright law. If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes other than for research or private study, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. Athabasca University Interlibrary Library Loans Office reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order, if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

Need more copyright information? Please click here.

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