Submitting InterLibrary Loan Requests
Using WorldCat and the ILLiad Account Tracking Software
If you have searched the Austin Public Library catalog by author and title and cannot find the item you need, you may submit an Interlibrary Loan request for the item and the Library staff will try to borrow it for you from another Library system. You may request books, periodical articles, compact discs, audiobooks, and other items.
Access WorldCat | Search for the item | Set up an ILLiad account
Submit a request | Check the status of a request
Go to the WorldCat database description page and click on the WorldCat link at the top of the box.
- Type in your Library Card bar code number and hit the Enter key.
Search for the item you need.
- Type in the title in the top search box and change the pull-down menu on the right from “Keyword"
to “Title.”
- Type in the last name of the author in the second search box and change the pull-down menu on the right from “Keyword” to “Author.”
- You may also search by subject, ISBN, or any of the other choices listed in the pull-down menus.
- In the “Limit Material Type to:” section, click on the check box for the material type you need.
- Click on the “Search” button.
- In the “WorldCat List of Records” window, scroll down through the list to see the brief catalog records for each of the items that match your search.
- Click on the title of the record that matches the item you have in mind. Always select the entry that has the highest number listed after the phrase “Libraries Worldwide.”
- In the “WorldCat Detailed Record” window, review the cataloging information to make sure it matches the item you have in mind and is in the format you need.
- Click on the “
Send ILL Request” link below the detailed title information.
Set up an ILLiad Account
- At the ILLiad Logon Screen, click on the “First Time Users” link.
- Read the text on the “First Time Registration” page and click on the “First Time Users Click Here” button.
- Complete the registration form and click on the “Submit Information” button. After submitting your request the system takes you back to the Illiad main menu.
- To return to your ILL request in WorldCat, minimize the Illiad screen to view your WorldCat screen.
- At the WorldCat screen, click on the “Send ILL Request” icon again.
Submit your ILL request.
- Login to ILLiad by typing in your Library Card bar code number and your last name.
- Click on the “Logon to ILLiad” link.
- If you are requesting photocopies of articles, add the details you know in the “Comments” box.
- Review this form. Select a format and a Library fee. These required fields do not update automatically.
- Submit the form using the “submit request” icon.
You may continue to place requests by returning to the WorldCat window and repeating the title search process and clicking on the “ Send ILL Request” link to repeat the submission process.
You may have up to 20 active ILL requests on your account at a time.
To check on the status of your ILL requests:
- Logon to ILLiad at http://illiadtsl.tsl.state.tx.us/TXG/
- Click on the “View/Modify Outstanding Requests” button.
- You may cancel a request by clicking on the transaction number button to the left of the title and then the “Cancel Request” button in the upper right panel.
Take a visual tour of instructions for the entire ILL online process including instructions on using our new ILLiad system.
For help using WorldCat, please call Telephone Reference at (512) 974-7400 Monday through Friday 10 a.m to 5 p.m.
For help using WorldCat or ILLiad or to check on an ILL request, please call the Interlibrary Loan office at (512) 974-7381 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Go to the WorldCat database.
This project is funded entirely by a federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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