Document Services offers free interlibrary borrowing services to the MIT community, and lends materials to domestic & Canadian institutions.
Borrow materials from MIT collections
The MIT Libraries provides borrowing to the MIT community and beyond.
- Non-MIT institutions: Borrow via our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. See our ILL guide.
- MIT users: Simply use your MIT ID at any library.
Get materials from non-MIT libraries
MIT users only (includes current MIT faculty, staff, and students). Be sure to Search Our Collections to see if the item is available at MIT.
- Best option for articles: Interlibrary Borrowing (ILB)/ILLiad – ILB/ILLiad guide | Request via ILLiad
- Best option for books: Search MIT’s WorldCat to request directly via BorrowDirect. If this option isn’t available, there will be a link in the record to request the item via ILB using MIT’s ILLiad.