Interlibrary Loan Services

Interlibrary Loan at the Mississippi College School of Law Library provides access to materials not located within the Mississippi College library system.  Requests may be made by submitting an Interlibrary Loan Request Form. Please fill out the form and email it to dbleyker@mc.edu.

Availability
This service is available to current faculty, staff and students of Mississippi College School of Law. Other members of the Mississippi College community may request materials through the Interlibrary Loan Department of the Speed Library in Clinton.

Cost

Interlibrary Loan service is provided free of charge as long as the request is not unreasonably costly to the Library. You are responsible for any lending, overdue, lost or damaged book fines assessed by the lending library.

Time Frame

There is no way to know how long it will take to receive a requested item. A few days to a month may be required to obtain materials. You can check the status of your request by contacting the Interlibrary Loan Librarian at (601) 925-7147 or by sending a note to dbleyker@mc.edu. Once we receive the item, we will notify you by email or telephone.

Request Process

Before you submit a request, you must check the library online catalog to see if the item is owned by the Law Library or Speed Library. If the item is an article, also search appropriate online databases (such as Lexis, Westlaw, Hein-on-line and sources available at Speed Library) for availability.

Pick up and Return of Ill's

Some materials may be delivered to you electronically. All other materials obtained through Interlibrary Loan are to be picked up at and returned to the Law Library Circulation Desk.

Loan periods and renewals

The lending institution sets the loan period and other conditions. Items are due on the date written on the book strap; however if the lending library recalls an item, it must be returned immediately to the Law Library. Renewals may be requested before the due date by contacting the Interlibrary Loan Librarian at (601) 925-7147 or by sending an email to dbleyker@mc.edu.

Exception to Regular Material

Not all materials requested can be obtained. Examples of these materials are:

• Audio/visual materials
• Reference materials
• Microforms
• Complete issues of current or bound journals
• Archival materials (manuscripts, papers, etc.)
• Dissertations and theses
• Some government documents

If your request cannot be fulfilled, contact a reference librarian at the Law Library reference desk for alternatives in obtaining needed materials.

Photocopy Policy

On campus community
Copiers for use by students, staff, faculty assistants, and library patrons are located throughout the library. Copies are .10 per page. A vending machine provides copy cards to facilitate easy access to the copiers. Each card costs .50, but can be refilled whenever necessary.

Libraries
Libraries should use standard interlibrary loan procedures when requesting photocopies of materials from our collection. Copies may be requested via OCLC, or by ALA form, e-mail, fax, or telephone call.

For profit entities
The Law Library will fill requests for photocopies of legal materials from the non-university community. Charges will be invoiced.

Copyright
Photocopies will be provided only in compliance with U.S. Copyright laws.

Charges
Requests from libraries are free if a reciprocal agreement has been established.

All others
$.25 per page.
FAX: $5.00 per item + $.50 per page.

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