What is ILL? According to the site Internet Slang, "ill" is "cool, tight, etc." However, here at the library "ILL" means something totally different: Interlibrary Loan.
Need to borrow a specific book for your next big paper, but neither Stewart Memorial Library nor the fabulous public libraries here in Cedar Rapids seem to have it? Interlibrary Loan to the rescue! Students and faculty of Coe College have this great service that too many are unaware of. Harlene Hansen (Reference Assistant) along with the student workers in the Reference Office work to help you find the book you are looking for at one of the various libraries Coe is in connection with and borrow it for you to use. The best part is that this service is FREE to the Coe community.
Interlibrary Loan also works great for articles! When searching through the databases on the library’s website, some articles are not readily available to view as internet or PDF files. By clicking the “Request This Item Through Interlibrary Loan” button, your request is sent into a database where the reference workers search through a larger database to find you the article you need and a library that can supply an electronic or paper copy.
Don’t make yourself ill (and not the cool kind) over that paper that’s due in a few weeks! Not sure if the library has a particular journal that you are looking for, or you’re not sure how to use the catalog to find out? Stop into the reference office and Katelyn Handler and Harlene Hansen will be happy to help you out and to try and answer all of your questions.
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