Inter-library Loan (ILL)
If a book or an article is not available in Leiden, it can be requested from another library through ILL.
- Password & credit
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- Before making use of this service a special password and a credit can be obtained at the information desk.
- Books
- Books can be found and ordered through PiCarta.
Go to PiCarta
The costs are € 6.00 per volume and are automatically deducted from your credit once the request has been met.
If a book cannot be supplied, you will be informed and your credit will be restored.
The delivery period is between one and four weeks. The supplying library will send the book to the Law Library, which will send you a notice of arrival. The book can then be collected from the information desk.
The loan period for publications borrowed through ILL is two weeks. For renewal, reminders and fines the same rules apply as for the books you borrow from the Law Library.
- Articles
- Articles can be looked up in PiCarta. If the article is not in here, you can submit the author, title, source, volume, year and page numbers.
Photocopies of articles will be supplied and sent directly to your address.
Costs:
- Articles (up to ten pages): € 6.00
- Articles (more then 10 pages): € 0.60/page
Go to PiCarta
- Cheaper or faster?
- Visiting another library and borrowing books or making photocopies yourself in some cases may be cheaper and/or faster than ordering them through ILL.
Students and staff of Dutch universities can get a free library card from all other university libraries in the Netherlands.
- A book or an article from a library abroad
- Go to the University Library to make use of this service:
Witte Singel 27
2311 BG Leiden
