Once you have found the article you wish to read, check to see if the Library owns the magazine where the article appeared. Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary loan service is offered to students, staff, and faculty of the University of Maine at Machias when sufficient materials are not available in Merrill Library. Books and journal articles may be requested on Interlibrary Loan. You may request as many as eight journal articles on a subject you are researching. Videos and other audiovisual materials usually cannot be requested.
All loans are subject to the regulations and fine structures of the lending libraries.
Materials ordered via the requestor function should arrive within a week, and they may be picked up at the circulation desk. The borrowing period is normally four weeks within the UM System, but you should check the date due to avoid substantial fines. You must return books on or before the due date, and if you wish to renew books, you must bring them in before the due date. You should avoid loaning these books to another student because you will be liable for unreturned items. The Requestor Function does not operate in the case of Journal articles.