Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

The staff of the Law and Research Library will assist Arizona Legislators and legislative staff, Arizona state agency employees and regular genealogy clients with the location and loan of materials from libraries around the country.   Also, materials that circulate from Library and Archives' collections are loaned to requesting libraries or sent in electronic format via the Ariel® document delivery system.   For more information, please select one of the following:

• Borrowing
• Lending
• Contact Information

Borrowing
Resources that are not available in the Library and Archives' collections may be requested through Interlibrary Loan by:

• Members of the Arizona State Legislature
• Members of legislative staff and staff of Arizona state government agencies
• Genealogy clientele
  (requests must be for Genealogy Materials Only, e.g., out-of-state newspapers on microfilm; photocopies from or loan of genealogy books)

Start by checking the Library and Archives' online catalog to see if the item is in one of the Library and Archives' collections or contact a librarian at the Law and Research Library's reference desk or at the Genealogy desk to do the search for you.

If the item is not in the Library and Archives' collections, complete an Interlibrary Loan Request Form available at the Law and Research Library's reference desk or in the Genealogy reading room.

Genealogists who are not able to come to Library and Archives to read borrowed materials should place Interlibrary Loan requests for materials using their local library’s Interlibrary Loan service.

Lending
Lending is a service used by other libraries to request the loan of a specific item (or the photocopying of specific pages, where permitted) from the Library and Archives' collections.

As a member of OCLC (symbol: AZP), our lending policies are listed in the ILL Policies Directory.   Libraries not having access to OCLC may check the Library and Archives' online catalog or phone the Law and Research Library's Reference Desk at:  (602) 926-3870 or (800) 228-4710 (Arizona only).

Interlibrary Loan requests may be submitted by OCLC or ALA request and submitted by mail, fax or Ariel®.   See Contact Information below.

The Professional Collection, the Genealogy Professional Circulating Collection and other materials (on a case-by-case basis) are available for loan.   Films from the History and Archives' Arizona Newspapers on Microfilm Collection may (with some exceptions) be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

For microfilm loans to other libraries, there is a two-reel limit, per patron.   Additional reels may be ordered after borrowed reels have been returned and received back.   All reels must be returned in a box.

Charges
There is no charge for lending.   Photocopies of paper and microform holdings will be billed at $ 0.25 per page with a $2.00 handling charge.   Requests for photocopies of a large number of pages (50 or more) will be charged at a higher rate.

ILL Fee Management (IFM) payment is also accepted.   Libraries that have signed reciprocal agreements with AZNet, AMIGOS, AMIGOS/BCR or LVIS are provided free photocopying, as per those agreements.

Contact Information
The Interlibrary Loan office is located on the third floor of the Law and Research Library in the 1938 Addition to the Arizona's Capitol.   The office is on the third floor and is accessible through room 300.   The mailing address is:

Interlibrary Loan
Law and Research Library
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
1700 W. Washington, Suite 300
Phoenix, AZ  85007-2812

Phone:  (602) 926-3940
Fax:  (602) 256-7987
E-mail:  

Ariel®

Hours:  Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. except State Holidays

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Updated:  05/08/2008