Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan allows you to obtain articles, books, and other resources available at other libraries in Education City, other Northwestern University campus libraries, and other libraries around the world. 

1. Log into your Interlibrary Loan account with your Northwestern NETID and password.
2. On the left-hand menu, under Place a New Request, select either a) Article, Chapter, etc. or b) Book, microfilm, video, etc.
3. Fill in the required fields with your request and Submit.

If you need an article, you should receive it within two to three working days. If it is a book and it is available at the home campus, you should have it in about a week. Books borrowed from libraries outside of the Northwestern University Library system may take longer.

Loan periods are generally generous and range from 10 weeks to one year.

If the NU-Q library doesn't have what you want, it might be at another Education City library. Contact the library with the details of the book you'd like and we will place an interlibrary loan request for you. If the item is available, your request should be filled within two to three business days.

Loan periods are typically two weeks. DVDs cannot be borrowed from other EC libraries.  The exact loan policy for any given item borrowed from other EC libraries is determined by the lending institution.

View library catalogs:

• Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar: focusing on American studies, politics, economics, culture
• Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar: specializing in design arts, art history and related areas
• Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar: specializing in business administration, computer science and information systems
• Texas A&M University in Qatar: focusing on engineering
• Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
: specializing in medicine