Waite Library Document Delivery Service

The Document Delivery Service obtains material related to research or study for eligible registered users of University of Adelaide Library from the libraries located on other campuses of the University and from other libraries or document suppliers, either within Australia or overseas.

Interlibrary loans | Intercampus Requests | Remote Students | PIRSA/SARDI | Contact

Interlibrary Loans

This service supplies items not held by the University of Adelaide Library.

For details, please click on this link.

University staff and students and PIRSA/SARDI staff may request items to be obtained from another library.

Alumni members of the Library and other approved users may also use the service.

Intercampus Requests

This service will obtain an item that is held at another University of Adelaide campus or in the Joint Library Store (URRSA) and send it to your campus library for you to collect (if a book) or directly to you by desktop delivery, email, fax or post.

How to request a book or bound journal volume:

Search for the item in the Library Search.

Click on the Locations link

Click on the + button to expand each location to see the copies held.

If the status of the item is 'Available' select "Request"

If the status of the item is 'On Loan' or 'Renewed' select "Recall"

Change the Pick up location to the Library where you would like to collect the item (Barr Smith, Waite, Law, etc.)

A notice will be sent to you when the item is ready for collection

How to request a scan of a journal article:

Fill in the details on the Intercampus request form at https://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/ddreq/

Journal articles will be emailed directly to the address you nominate on the Intercampus request form.

Reserve collection, 7-day loan and Special Collection items are not available for intercampus requests.

There is no charge for a loan or scanned journal articles, but a prepaid charge of $2.20 per 20 pages is levied for photocopies. If you do not have an account from your department you must prepay for photocopies at the Service Enquiries desk.

Remote Students

The Library supplies study related material to students who are remote or are enrolled as external students at the University of Adelaide.

Only students who live outside metropolitan Adelaide (i.e.: students whose phone number does not start with 81, 82 , 83 or 84) are eligible to use the service.

Waite Library Document Delivery contact details

Office hours	9am - 5pm Monday to Friday
Email	library-waitedoc@adelaide.edu.au
Phone number	(08) 8313 7309
Fax number	(08) 8313 7103
Mail address	Document Delivery Service Waite Library Adelaide University Glen Osmond SA 5064 or use government courier DX667 (where relevant)