Faculty, staff, trustees of the College, and registered students of Bridgewater State College are eligible for document delivery privileges. All libraries have certain materials they prefer not to loan. In such cases, most libraries will be willing to photocopy selected pages or microfilm special material for your use. Materials that generally cannot be borrowed include dissertations, journals, and reference and special collections materials. The U.S. Copyright Law may restrict how much material can be borrowed in the form of photoduplication.
Most material is received within two to four weeks.
Requests are sent out in the order received, except when a large number of requests are made by the same individual. These will be staggered to allow other people fair access. If a book is not available in the Maxwell Library, the Document Delivery Services staff will check on-line to determine if it is available at a participating library. If so, it will be delivered to the Document Delivery Services office. The SMCL Union List of Serials makes information on journals held by the consortium libraries immediately accessible.