Interlibrary Loans for VIU Students and Employees

If certain books or articles that you need for your research are not in our collection, we may be able to get them for you from another library at no charge.

• Request an article
• Request a book
• Request a book chapter
• Request a thesis/dissertation
• Track & manage your interlibrary loan requests

Need help? Check out our video at the right or email ill@viu.ca.

Journal articles take about 2-3 days and books take 1-2 weeks. These times are estimates. Items may arrive sooner or later depending on where they are shipped from.

Other Libraries Wishing to Borrow from VIU Library

Please log in with your account to place your requests. Don't have an account with us yet?  Please contact us to have your account set up.