Interlibrary loan is primarily used for books, magazine articles, and back issues of newspapers on microfilm. The following things are not available through interlibrary loan:

• Items available or on-order in our catalogue, including musical instruments
• Books published in the current or previous calendar year
• DVDs, videos, audiobooks, CDs, and other audio-visual and multimedia items
• Whole issues of magazines
• Items that are not available in Canadian libraries

You can submit up to 10 purchase and/or interlibrary loan requests per month.