Interlibrary Loans

Books not at Capilano University Main Library
Periodical articles not held by Capilano University
Videos cannot be booked directly. Please find fill out the Video Booking Request Form and someone from Audio-Visual Services will contact you to confirm the details of your request.

Please consider the following before placing your interlibrary loan request:

You must be a Capilano University student, faculty or staff member and have a valid ID card to request an interlibrary loan.
Limit requests to 5 per assignment.
There is a $1 copying charge for each article request (to cover photocopying costs).
Remember that it takes from 3-5 working days for articles and to 5-10 working days for books to be received.
You will be contacted once the item arrives. The item can then be picked up at the Check Out counter in the Main Library or at the Reception Desk in Sunshine Coast or Squamish.
Please note that we will not fill textbook or out-of-province requests.

Use any of the following options:

Request books directly from other BC college, university and public libraries using the BC Libraries Combined Catalogue (OUTLOOK Online).

Select the catalogue of one or more library or libraries you want to search (do NOT select ELN Media Cat or ELN Serials Cat to find books).
Search the Outlook Online catalogue for college and public library holdings or search the university library catalogues individually (note that unlike Outlook, a search of a university catalogue provides you with a live lookup, so you can see whether or not your book is currently available for loan).
After you've found your book, click on the "Request This Item" button in the upper right of the screen.
Fill in the information and submit your request.

Fill out and submit the online Interlibrary Loan Request Form if you can't find what you're looking for above.
- Be sure that you provide the exact description of the book including author, title, publisher and date.
Borrow books directly from many BC college, university and public libraries:
- The BC OneCard allows you to borrow books from any BC public library.
- Capilano has reciprocal borrower agreements that enable you to borrow print materials from BC college and university libraries included in a BC Post-Secondary Reciprocal Borrowing Initiative. To find which Institutions are included in this agreement, ask at the library's Circulation Desk or call 604.984.4944 Option #2. Generally, proof of current student status and address are required. Borrowing restrictions are set by each library.
- Note that we also have agreements that allow you to borrow books directly from UBC Library and SFU Library (note that this was a pilot project that has been extended beyond Feb 28, 2009). Since Capilano only recently became a university, we are still governed by the BC Post-Secondary Reciprocal Borrowing agreement, which is somewhat more restrictive than the COPPUL reciprocal agreement among universities that you may find referenced.

Use any of the following options:

The quickest way to obtain articles from magazines and journals is to use the Library's full-text databases. These are listed on the Databases & Articles page:
- Search for your topic in the appropriate database.
- The list of results indicates whether the article is available in full-text.
- Remember that not all articles are available in full-text.
- You can read the article online, print or email the article.
If you find a reference to an article in one of the databases listed in Databases & Articles, you can request the article directly from the BC library listed as owning the periodical.
- Search for your topic in the appropriate database.
- Click on "Where can I get this article?"
- Click on "REQ" next to a library that has the periodical that you want.
- Be sure to verify that they have the exact issue that you need.
- Fill in the information as requested.
Fill out and submit the online Interlibrary Loan Request Form if you can't find what you're looking for above.
- Be sure that you provide the exact description of the article including author, title of the article, name of the periodical, volume and issue, date and page numbers.