Interlibrary Loan

Students and employees of Huntington University may request books, videos and other monographic material from Interlibrary Loan Services. Community patrons holding a RichLyn Library lending card may also submit an Interlibrary Loan request if they are in good standing. Community patrons will be subject to a lending charge if the item is only available out of state. Alumni patrons not residing in Huntington or surrounding communities are asked to use their local library to request books, videos and other monographic material through interlibrary loan.

Print books and videos can either be ordered from our consortia, Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI), using PALShare or nationwide through WorldShare.

If possible please use PALShare to order a book or video. This will route the request immediately to one of our consortial institutions allowing for quicker turnaround and better service to you. PALShare books are checked our for 60 days and videos are checked out for 14 days. There are no renewals on PALShare item.

If a book or video is not available through PALShare please use WorldShare to request an Interlibrary Loan.

If you have found an item through WorldCat Discovery that is not owned by the Richlyn Library, it may be available through another PALNI library does. If you see that the desired is available through a PALNI library, you can request it via PALShare.

Click on the title you wish to request to bring up the full bibliographic entry. To the right of the entry will be the green PALShare Request button. Click on that to make the request.

If you are not already signed in, you will be prompted to do so at this point using your Huntington University username and password.

After you sign in (or click on the PALShare Request button if you have already signed in) a pop-up box will appear with the hold information. Make sure the Pickup Location says "RichLyn Library", we do not deliver to any other branch. Then click "Submit" if everything is correct and you wish to proceed with the request.

If the hold is successfully placed, you will see a confirmation screen. The hold request will also be added to you account record. You can check the status of the hold request on your account record at anytime.

When the hold is filled and the material is received at RichLyn Library you will receive an email notice that the hold is ready. To pick up the hold stop by the RichLyn Library Service Desk and tell the attendant that you have a PALShare waiting for you. 

To request an item that is not owned by RichLyn Library or by a PALNI library click on the title of the item. When the item information appears you will see a box to the right that indicates "Access Options". Under that will be a button that says "Request item through Interlibrary Loan". Click on the button.

A form will appear to request the item. You must fill in all areas with an asterisk (*).  

Special Notes:

• Needed Before - Most physical items take 1 to 3 weeks to arrive. Do not plan for physical items to arrive in less than a week.
• Amount Willing to Pay - If you do not fill it in, a maximum cost of $0.00 is entered and will only be ordered from libraries that lend for free. Please note that libraries who choose to add a fee will generally set the amount between $1 and $50. This fee is entirely at the discretion of the lending library, and will vary based on the lending library and the item type.
• Barcode - This is the number on the back of your Huntington University ID card (it should start with 23405...). Please ensure the accuracy of this information or there may be a delay in ordering the material.

After you click on Submit at the bottom of the form a confirmation screen will appear:

A hold will be added to your library account. You may check on the status of the request by logging into you library account.

When the item is received by RichLyn Library it will be immediately checked out to you and you will be notified that the item is available. You may stop by the RichLyn Library Service Desk to pick up the item.

If you no longer need the item, please notify the Interlibrary Loan department at ill@huntington.edu. Since the item is checked out to you upon receipt charges may occur even if you do not pick up the item.