Request an interlibrary loan

First step: search for a document in the catalog

To search for a document in the URCA collections, consult the library catalog.

If the document is in an URCA library, you can have it sent to you free of charge using the reservation service provided in the catalog. If the document you are looking for is not in an URCA library, you can have it sent to you using the Interlibrary Loan service. This service is available to all registered users of the URCA university library (see rates below).

The document is in an URCA library

  • Search for the desired document(s) in the library catalog.
  • Once on the document record, click on “Reserve This Copy” and select the library where you wish to pick up the document(s).
  • You will receive an e-mail when the document(s) is (are) available for pick-up at the reception desk.

The document will be made available the next day at the latest if it is from the library where you wish to pick it up (working days), and within 15 days at the latest if it is from another URCA library. You can submit up to 10 requests.

The document is not in a URCA library

Interlibrary loan is a document supply service that enables you to call on other libraries to send you books, theses or periodical articles that are not available in URCA libraries. A fee may be charged for this service. For doctoral students, interns and research staff authorized by laboratory managers or department heads, costs may be covered by the researcher's laboratory.

Links

Request an interlibrary loan (outside URCA libraries) Track my interlibrary loan requests

Contacts

Robert de Sorbon library: bib-pebdl@univ-reims.fr (also handles requests from Châlons, Charleville, Chaumont and Reims Education Sciences libraries)

Health library: peb-sante@univ-reims.fr

Moulin de la Housse library: peb-mdh@univ-reims.fr (also handles requests from Reims Institute of Technology Coworking area)

Troyes libraries: peb-troyes@univ-reims.fr (handles requests from Comtes de Champagne, Troyes Institute of Technology and Troyes Education Sciences libraries)

Interlibrary loan is a paying service that enables you to obtain any document, French or foreign, that is not available in URCA's university libraries. You must be registered with the university library to benefit from this service. The choice of whether to supply the original document or a copy depends on the lending library. Before making your request, we advise you to check in the library catalog that the document is not available in our collections.

Ordering documents

Loan request forms, available from all university libraries, must be filled in completely and legibly. The forms differ according to the type of document requested, as the bibliographic information is not the same. One form will be issued for each document requested.

Payment for requested documents must be made at the reception desk.

It is the responsibility of each user to keep informed of the arrival of documents, either by telephone or on site. Documents not consulted within the time limit set by the lending library will be returned.

Documents not consulted do not in any way cancel the price charged to the user.

All reproductions, whatever their origin, are for the exclusive purpose of research or personal and private study (article 41 of the law of 11.03.1957), or for non-commercial research.

By signing the form, the applicant agrees to abide by these conditions.

Borrowing extensions

Requests for extensions must be made at least 1 week before the scheduled return date and will depend on the response of the library providing the document. Less than one week before the return date and beyond the return date, the extension will be refused.

Extensions are permitted only once.

If the document is returned more than one week late, the same rules apply as for borrowing documents from URCA libraries.

Special conditions concerning document availability

Lending libraries decide on the loan period and consultation method. As a matter of practice, scientific libraries do not lend periodicals. In general, consultation is as follows:

Monograph: 15 days to 1 month, at home or for on-site consultation

Thesis: 1 month, on-site consultation

Periodicals: 15 days on-site consultation

Documents from abroad may be consulted on site only.

Rates for the French higher education network

Photocopies (per 50 pages): free for URCA students and staff, €6 (+ VAT where applicable) for readers outside URCA.
Per volume loaned (contribution to postage costs): €5 for URCA students and staff, €7 (+ VAT where applicable) for readers outside URCA.

Rates for foreign libraries

Photocopies: cost price
Per volume loaned: cost price