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Interlibrary Loan provides you with an option to get books and other library materials that it does not own. Library materials are frequently borrowed and loaned between libraries.

See if your local library owns the title you need. (Search the local library catalog and/or WorldCat, as explained on the previous page.)

If the title is not available at your local library and is at ORU, ask the local public library to request the title from ORU through Interlibrary Loan. Ask the borrowing library to put the following note in the “Borrowing Notes” line of the interlibrary loan request: ORU Distance Learner.

If a title you need is not available at ORU (you may have found titles of interest in WorldCat), your public library may be able to request materials for you through their Interlibrary Loan. You do not need to provide them with a location, just complete citation information.

Using a local library will save you time, money and postage. Additionally, the lending time will most likely be longer.
 

Students living within one hour’s drive of the ORU campus are encouraged to visit the ORU library to retrieve library material.

You may also contact Distance Learner Library Services, who can locate up to five titles at a time and mail them to ORU distance education students who live more than one hour from the campus.

• $2.00 (per book) to mail books at Book Rate; return of the materials is the responsibility of the borrower.
• $3.95 to mail books (weighing two pounds or less) at Priority Mail rate; return of the materials is the responsibility of the borrower.

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ORU InterLibrary Loan Services for Distance Learner