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Interlibrary loan

Interlibrary loan (abbreviated ILL, sometimes called document delivery, document supply, inter-lending, inter-library services, inter-loan, or resource sharing) is a service that enables patrons of one library to borrow materials that are held by another library.

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Interlibrary loan

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples68
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Interlibrary loan

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related to Further reading · 41
Interlibrary loan → Allen, American Library Association, Boucher, British Isles, Carroll, Chicago, Collaborative Librarianship, Cummings, Diane, Document Delivery, E-Books, Ebooks, Edition, Electronic Reserve, Fill, Frederiksen, ILL, Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, ISSN, Joel
related to history · 11
Interlibrary loan → CE, In, Informal, Louvre Palace, Nicolas-Claude Fabri, Paris, Peiresc, Rome, Royal Library, Vatican Library, Western Europe
has method · 6
Interlibrary loan → After, ILL, Libraries, Many, Sometimes, The
related to Resource sharing networks · 5
Interlibrary loan → IFLA, Institutions, Libraries, Library Associations, The International Federation

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library libraries interlibrary loan resource sharing network ill lending national developed system state research consortium document delivery services materials america

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university systems with multiple campusesinstance ofor through other affiliations0.80text
communities of libraries with related holdingsinstance ofor through other affiliations0.80text
research interestsinstance ofor through other affiliations0.80text
or established library consortia.The International Federation of Library Associationsinstance ofor through other affiliations0.80text
Institutionsinstance ofor through other affiliations0.80text
Interlibrary loanhas methodAfter0.60section
Interlibrary loanhas methodThe0.60section
Interlibrary loanhas methodSometimes0.60section
Interlibrary loanhas methodLibraries0.60section
Interlibrary loanhas methodMany0.60section
Interlibrary loanhas methodILL0.60section
Interlibrary loanrelated to Further readingBoucher0.60section

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