I-Share and Interlibrary Loan

Request Items from Other Libraries

Wheaton College faculty, staff, and students can request items from other libraries to be delivered to the Wheaton College Library through I-Share, Interlibrary Loan, or Electronic Document Delivery.

I-Share

I-Share is an online catalog and library management system operated by and for the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) to support library resource sharing among 90+ participating member institutions. Wheaton College faculty, staff, and students may search the collections of other I-Share institutions and directly request delivery of circulating items to the Wheaton College Library through the Wheaton College Library's Search Interface. 

I-Share Account
 

Interlibrary Loan and Electronic Document Delivery

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan is how the Wheaton College Library requests books, articles, DVDs, microfilm and more from thousands of other libraries beyond I-Share. If neither Wheaton College nor an I-Share institution can supply a desired item, users should request it via Interlibrary Loan.

Interlibrary Loan Account

Electronic Document Delivery

The Wheaton College Library directly provides scans of articles and book chapters in the Wheaton College Library collections via a request through Interlibrary Loan.

 

Submit a Scan Request

 

Loan Periods

  • Loan periods for I-Share items are set by the consortia. Please view your I-Share account to see current due dates.
  • Loan periods for Interlibrary Loan items vary depending on the lending library’s policies. Please view your Interlibrary Loan account to see current due dates.

Receiving Items

  • You will be notified by email when an item is available.
    • I-Share items normally arrive in 3-5 business days.
    • Interlibrary Loan items normally arrive in 1-2 weeks.
  • Pick-up time allowed:
    • I-Share items should be picked up within 1 week, or they will be returned.
    • If Interlibrary Loan items are not picked up by their due date, they will be returned.
  • You will be notified by email when a requested article is ready for viewing in your Interlibrary Loan account; electronic deliveries usually occur in 1 to 3 days, and the article will expire (disappear) after 4 weeks. Please download and save the article to keep it longer.

Blocked Accounts

I-Share blocks you from placing requests or renewals if you have

  • 25 overdue items
  • 1 recalled item that is also overdue
  • 3 lost items
  • 10 “claims returned” items (you believe an item was returned, but the library does not have it)
  • 10 “self-shelved” items (you return the item to the shelf without putting it through the check-in process)
  • $200 in fees

In Interlibrary Loan, you are blocked from placing requests or renewals if you have

  • An excessively overdue item
  • A lost item fee

Cancelled Requests

I-Share and Interlibrary Loan requests may be cancelled when

  • You cancel the request in your account
  • You do not pick up the item by its expiration date
  • The item cannot be supplied by any library

Proxy Borrowers

See Faculty Borrowing for information about:

  • Authorizing proxy borrowers for I-Share and Interlibrary Loan.

Borrow from other libraries in person

Wheaton College students, staff, and faculty may present their Wheaton College ID card to borrow items at institutions belonging to the following groups:

  • I-Share (90+ academic libraries in Illinois) – See a list of I-Share libraries.
  • Atla (American Theological Library Association)- See a list of Atla libraries.

Lending

For complete information for libraries seeking to borrow from Wheaton College via Interlibrary Loan, please visit the Interlibrary Loan Lending Information and Policies page.

Questions? 

Visit our interlibrary loan FAQs

Interlibrary Loan
630.752.5843   
interlibrary.loan@wheaton.edu