Below you will find several options for acquiring items that you cannot locate within the Boston College Libraries collections.

Have a Citation?
Use Interlibrary Loan book and journal request forms if you have a citation. The online forms are located within your Interlibrary Loan Account listed under My Accounts on the Libraries home page.

Still Searching for Items on Your Topic?
Many online databases available to you from Boston College have Interlibrary Loan links which will, in most cases, allow you to request items not owned by BC without completing a form. Follow the link when you see it to request these services.

Search WorldCat, a cooperative database of bibliographic records contributed by more than 60,000 libraries.  Interlibrary request options are available within WorldCat.

Resources available from the many public and university libraries in the Boston area can be found at the sites below.

Boston Library Consortium
Members of the Boston College community have access to the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), an association of 19 academic and research libraries in New England. Borrowing and onsite use policies vary. Ask at a reference desk for the BLC borrower card or read more about visiting or borrowing from  a BLC library.

Boston Theological Institute Libraries
The collections of the Boston Theological Institute consortium, consisting of over a million and a half volumes in theology and related disciplines, constitute one of the richest theological library centers in the world.

Boston Public Library
28 locations including the Central Library, located in Copley Square, Boston.

Minuteman Library Network
41 public and academic libraries in the Eastern Massachusetts area.

Massachusetts Library Directory
Access to library catalogs, home pages, databases, and library information in Massachusetts communities.

Harvard University Libraries
For information on use of the libraries and borrowing privileges see FAQ for Visitors.