Items Available at Cornell
For your convenience, you can request for any item to be shipped to any of our libraries. Make your request through the library catalog, and your item will become available for pickup typically within 12-48 hours.
Borrow Direct and Interlibrary Loan
Borrow Direct is often the fastest way to borrow materials not available at Cornell University Library. Your loan request will first go to our Borrow Direct partner libraries. If your item is not available through Borrow Direct, we’ll search libraries around the world through Interlibrary Loan.
Recommend a Purchase
What would you like to see added to our Library’s collection? Recommend a purchase, and we’ll do our best!
Chapter or Article Scans
Need an article or book chapter scan? Submit your request through ScanIt. If your requested scan is not available locally, we’ll try to get it through Interlibrary Loan.