What is ILLIAD?
ILLIAD is the library's interlibrary loan (ILL) request system.
ILL is a service that allows you to borrow books, articles, or other materials that Muntz Library does not own from another library that does.
Who can use it?
It's available for use by any current UTTyler student, faculty member or staff member.
Is it Free or are there costs?
You tell us what you are willing to pay in the request form. We try our best to obtain FREE loans but if the lending library charges, you will be charged. To ensure a free loan enter ZERO into your request form.
What Can I Request?
Use it to request journal articles, books, book chapters.
How will I receive requested material?
Article & book chapter requests are delivered electronically to your library account inbox as pdf documents.
Print books and other physical items are posted to you by mail.¹
Are there any prerequisites to using ILLIAD?
It requires free account set-up to use. See the Register an Account tab on this page for details.
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¹ If you are distance students. Campus-based students pick up their interlibrary loan materials from the Cirulation Desk on Muntz 2nd floor. Outbound & return postage covered by the library. You can request print books from the Muntz Library collection as well as material from other libraries using ILLIAD.
Example citation in APA format copied from Pubmed:
Aarsland D. (2020). Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Dementia-Related Psychosis. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 81(5), AD19038BR1C. https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.AD19038BR1C
You will need at least the following information to submit a manual request:
This information is optional but will help with faster processing:
Databases like CINAHL have an ILL auto-request option. View the tutorial below to learn how to use it.
1. Locate & click the View menu (lower middle option of left column facets menu),
2. Select Electronically Received Articles,
3. Locate the row of the received article you wish to view,
4. Click the corresponding link in the View column.
