Waite Library Document Delivery Service

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 and Community 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 Catalogue

Click on the Requests link

If the status of the item is 'Available' select "Joint Store and Intercampus Request"

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

Change the Pick up at: location box to the Library where you would like to collect the book (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

If the catalogue indicates that the item is on loan, you should place a Request for a Recall using the Library catalogue. See How to Request that a book on loan be held for you.

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 Loans desk.

Remote Students

The Remote Student Library Service 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