Resources for Interlibrary Loan

This is an overview of the most common ILL management systems utilized by CDLC libraries. If your library does not use these methods, use LiNX to request interlibrary loans.

ILLiad is a popular software utilized by many academic libraries and large institutions for interlibrary loan and document delivery. Most of these of institutions will accept LiNX requests, but some may ask that you create an ILLiad Borrower's Account for interlibrary loan.

CDLC Libraries that use ILLiad

Albany Medical College

Fulton Montgomery Community College

Hudson Valley Community College

New York State Library

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Russell Sage College

SUNY Schenectady 

Skidmore College

SUNY Cobleskill

Union College

University at Albany 

WorldShare Interlibrary Loan is a service offered by OCLC that gives users the ability to borrow and lend from a large network of more than 9000 libraries in 49 countries. A number of CDLC’s members participate in this service. You can find a list of these members below as well as their Institutional symbol.

The following CDLC members and libraries participate in ILL via WorldShare Resource Sharing or have their own OCLC symbol. 

DOCLINE Interlibrary Loan is the National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing and referral system. DOCLINE serves over 3,000 U.S., Canadian, and Mexican medical libraries. A number of CDLC’s institutions are members of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and participate in this service. You can find a list of these members below as well as their Institutional symbol.  

The following CDLC members and libraries participate in ILL via DOCLINE