Interlibrary Loans (ILL)

RACER

Interlibrary loans for all students, faculty, and staff.

RACER lets you search and request items from other libraries. If you want an item from Guelph, Wilfred Laurier or Waterloo you have to place a TUGdoc, if you try to place a RACER request it will be denied.

To place a RACER request enter your 14-digit library barcode as the login, your lastname (all in lower case) as the password, and your library is "Guelph". Below are a few tutorials that will take you through the process.

Items can arrive within 4 business days; most items from Canadian libraries arrive within 2 weeks. International requests can take longer.

RACER Tutorials

How to Search for and Request items (Flash – 2.38mb – Time 3:21 minutes)

How to use Blank Request form ie. for Requesting Journal Articles (Flash – 1.93mb – Time 2:52 minutes)

How to check BIBCAT & TRELLIS for a book (Flash – 1.46mb – Time 1:34 minutes)

How to check BIBCAT & TRELLIS for a Journal (Flash – 2mb – Time 1:42 minutes)

Other Libraries

Direct borrowing for all students, faculty and staff

Borrow directly from most Ontario university libraries with a valid UG card.
Note: Undergraduates do not have direct borrowing privileges at the University of Toronto. Outside Ontario, other identification may be required per the Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement.