Squires Library: FAQ

Acquiring Resource Materials

Books: DAL students can request books in the library collection to be sent to them for research. The library will pay for the sending of books by USPS library mail, while the student assumes the cost of returning the materials. The check out period is 28 days which includes the time required for shipping the items. If the books are needed for a longer period of time, the student can request one 14-day extension of the due date. The cost of any lost items or overdue items will be charged to the student and no additional materials may be borrowed until the charges have been paid. Check out is limited to no more than 10 books at a time.  We are unable to ship books to students who live outside the contiguous United States. 

Articles: DAL students can request to have specific journal articles emailed or faxed to them.

Off-Campus Interlibrary Loan: Interlibrary loan is a cooperative arrangement by which one library borrows materials from another for the use of its patrons. Squires Library will locate articles in other libraries and obtain them for DAL students. The online order form for article requests can be found at the following link: Inter-library Loan.  Such materials might be sent to the students electronically (e.g., as an e-mail attachment) or by UPS or the mail system. Sometimes there is a charge for such materials.

Alternately, DAL students might be able to borrow materials through their local public or college library. The rules and fees vary from one library to another so DAL students are encouraged to ask about this service at a library convenient to where they live.

Please contact the Distance Learning Librarian, Julie Burchfield, at julieburchfield@leeuniversity.edu with any questions you may have.