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How to Borrow Items Unavailable at Brown

Search within the individual options below.

Please check BruKnow first. (If you use easyBorrow, this will happen automatically.) With easyBorrow you search and authenticate once; using the direct borrow services individually, you will have to re-key your search and re-authenticate for each.

  • BorrowDirect
    Expedited delivery of books from Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Harvard, and MIT. Delivery may take 2-5 days.
  • ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan)
    Brown’s Interlibrary Loan system. Delivery may take 10-14 days. more information
  • Visit Area Libraries
    Use your public library (Ocean State Libraries), BLC, or CRIARL cards or letters of reference for on-site visits.
  • InRhode
    As of September 2015, Brown University is no longer a member of the HELIN consortium, and has discontinued its participation in its InRhode service. Please use our easyBorrow service instead.

How to Request ARTICLES not at Brown

  • Be sure to check BruKnow or the eJournals A-Z list to see if the Library owns the journal in which your article appears.
  • Citation Linker
    If you have a citation in hand from a bibliography or reading list, you can use the Citation Linker to find online full text or to pass the search to Interlibrary Loan.
  • ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan)
    Brown’s Interlibrary Loan system. Delivery may take 5-7 days. more information