Resource Sharing offers free interlibrary borrowing services to the MIT community, and lends materials to domestic & Canadian institutions.

MIT users

MIT Libraries can get you virtually anything you need. If we don’t already own or subscribe to it, we have library-sharing networks and article delivery services with these turnaround times:

• Electronic items: under 1 minute to 4 days, depending on the item
• Physical materials: 3-10 days (specialized requests can be longer)

Guide to find, request, and get the materials you need:

• Get materials via the MIT Libraries

Best bets if we don’t own an item:

• Articles: Request via ILLiad | ILB/ILLiad guide
• 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.

MIT community members can also borrow from other institutions in person.

Non-MIT libraries looking to borrow materials from MIT collections

Use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service: See our ILL guide.