- What we lend
- How to request an ILL from McGill
- Prices and invoicing
- Delivery methods
- Renewals
- Returns
- Lost/missing items
- Dissertations
- Contact
What we lend
| Type | Loan | Copy* |
|---|---|---|
| Monographs | 6-week loan (Please note: We are not able to lend e-books.) |
Chapter copy* |
| Serials | 6-week loan | Article copy* |
| Audiovisual | 6-week loan | - |
| Microforms | 6-week loan (in-library-use) | Article/chapter copy* |
| Government documents | No loan | Article/chapter copy* |
| Pre-1900 | No loan | Article/chapter copy* or full digitization may be possible if out of copyright |
| Rare Books and Special Collections | No loan | Article/chapter copy* or full digitization may be possible if out of copyright |
| Reference | No loan | Article/chapter copy* |
| Reserves | No loan | Article/chapter copy* |
ILL Lending policies of McGill branch libraries may be consulted at:
Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada
* Important copyright information
Scanned articles and book chapters are copied and supplied in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act. Works obtained through this service are protected by copyright and may only be used for the purpose of education, private study or research or as further provided for under fair dealing. In general, the guidelines for amounts that may be copied are:
- 15% of a work
- 1 entire chapter of a book (as long as it does not total more than 20% of the book)
- 1 entire article from a journal
How to request an ILL from McGill
- BCI libraries
- Libraries with an ISO-compliant system
- OCLC WorldShare Resource Sharing
- Libraries with ILL generic script messaging systems
- Libraries without an ILL management system
BCI libraries
Submit ILL requests in Tipasa to LGG.
Libraries with an ISO-compliant system
Please contact colombo.admin [at] crepuq.qc.ca (Colombo Admin) to ensure the interoperability of your system with VDX. Our symbol is QMM.
OCLC WorldShare ILL/Tipasa
Send to LGG.
Libraries with ILL generic script messaging systems
Transmit ILL requests to gsm_crepuqe [at] vdxhost.com.
Libraries without an ILL management system
Submit ILL requests using the ILL Request Form for Québec university libraries. Select QMM.
Important notes:
Canada
If you do NOT yet have a Library and Archives Canada symbol:
- please obtain a symbol by emailing Library and Archives Canada
(response time usually within 24 hrs) - then complete the Borrowing Library Registration Form before submitting your first ILL request.
International
- Complete the Borrowing Library Registration Form before submitting your first ILL request.
Prices and invoicing/ Prix et facturation
There is a supplementary $10 fee for rush orders. / 10 $ supplémentaires pour le traitement urgent d’une demande.
Invoicing is done semi-annually: June to November sent in January; December to May sent in June. / La facturation se fait semestriellement : juin à novembre envoyé en janvier ; décembre à mai envoyé en juin.
| Canada | Loans / Prêts | Copies |
|---|---|---|
| McGill Teaching Hospitals / Bibliothèques des hôpitaux d’enseignement de McGill (BCI (formerly CREPUQ) - affiliated hospital libraries) |
No charge / Pas de frais | No charge / Pas de frais |
| BCI Agreement / Entente BCI | No charge / Pas de frais | No charge / Pas de frais |
| Agreement between Canadian Academic Law Libraries on ILL / Entente sur le PEB parmi les bibliothèquesde droit universitaires canadiennes | According to agreement / Selon l'entente | According to agreement / Selon l'entente |
| OCUL / COPPUL / CBUA-CAUL | No charge / Pas de frais | No charge / Pas de frais |
| Health related institutional libraries affiliated with a Quebec university (Laval, Sherbrooke and UdeM) / Bibliothèques d’établissements de santé dûment affiliés à une université québécoises (Laval, Sherbrooke et UdeM) (BCI (formerly CREPUQ) - affiliated hospital libraries) |
$5.00 per document / 5,00 $ par document | $5.00 per article / 5,00 $ par article |
| Other not-for-profit libraries and institutions (unless a local agreement applies) / Autres bibliothèques et établissements à but non lucratif (à moins d’ententes particulières) | $25.00 per document / 25,00 $ par document | $25.00 per article / 25,00 $ par document |
| Other for-profit libraries and institutions (unless a local agreement applies) / Autres bibliothèques et établissements à but lucratif (à moins d’ententes particulières) | $35.00 per document / 35,00 $ par document | $35.00 per article / 35,00 $ par article |
| Outside Canada/Hors Canada | Loans / Prêts | Copies |
| United States - academic and not-for-profit libraries/ États-Unis - bibliothèques académiques | $25.00 per document / 25,00 $ par document | $25.00 per article / 25,00 $ par article |
| United States - for-profit libraries/ États-Unis - bibliothèques et établissements à but lucratif | $35.00 per document / 35,00 $ par document | $35.00 per article / 35,00 $ par article |
| Outside North America - academic and not-for-profit libraries/ Hors Amérique du nord- bibliothèques académiques | Not applicable / non applicable | $25.00 per article or 2.5 IFLA coupons / 25,00 $ par article ou 2.5 coupons d'IFLA |
| Outside North America - for-profit libraries / Hors Amérique du nord- bibliothèques et établissements à but lucratif | Not applicable / non applicable | $35.00 per article or 3.5 IFLA coupons / 35,00 $ par article ou 3.5 coupons d'IFLA |
Delivery methods
Articles and chapters are sent as PDFs via Article Exchange.
We ship loans to Canadian libraries via Canada Post.
We ship loans to the USA via courier.
Unfortunately, we do not ship loans overseas.
Renewals
Please request renewals via your ILL system if possible.
Libraries without an ILL management system, please ill.library [at] mcgill.ca (email us) at ill.library [at] mcgill.ca.
Returns
Send returns to:
Central Interlibrary Loan Service
McGill University Library
550 Sherbrooke Street West, West Tower
Suite 680, 6th Floor
Montreal, QC H3A 1B9
514-398-4731
Lost/missing items
Replacement Charges
Cost of item + $50.00 processing fee
Dissertations
If you are looking for theses and dissertations from McGill University, you may find them in digital and physical formats.
Electronic access
eScholarship@McGill (Open-access resource)
Search eScholarship@McGill for McGill theses and dissertations. eScholarship@McGill is a digital repository which provides open access to thousands of McGill theses and dissertations that are available in a digital format.
Printed copies
Search the library catalogue (Sofia) for print thesis availability. You can search for theses in the catalogue and limit by format: Book > Thesis, Dissertation. Regular loan print theses may be borrowed via interlibrary loan.
Contact
Central Interlibrary Loans (LGG/QMM)
- ill.library [at] mcgill.ca
- Phone
- 514-398-4731
- Fax
- 514-398-8919
- Civic address
- Central Interlibrary Loan Service
McGill University Library
550 Sherbrooke Street West, West Tower
Suite 680, 6th Floor
Montreal, QC H3A 1B9
Central ILL Staff
- Librarian Coordinator
- Maryvon Côté
maryvon.cote [at] mcgill.ca
514-398-4730 - ILL Documentation Technicians
- William Bielaskie
Rachel Demoskoff
Donna Gibbons
Rebecca Nicholson
Élisabeth Venne
