Faculty Document Delivery Service

We provide next day delivery of books and photocopies of articles from the University Libraries of Notre Dame to faculty.

Unfortunately, we cannot deliver materials in such formats as videocassette, compact disc, audiocassette and other non-paper formats, and of course, we cannot deliver items from such non-circulating collections as Special Collections and Reserve.

How to order?

Search the Notre Dame online catalog, then go to the following site and logon with your net ID and password:

                  https://nd.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html

The first two request forms on the screen: Document Delivery Article and Document Delivery Book are the DocDel forms.  Fill out the required form(s) and submit.

Where will the material be delivered?

Where material is delivered depends on your department and on the delivery information in your ILLiad registration.  If you are a member of an Arts & Letters department, material goes to your mailbox in the departmental office.  If you are in Civil Engineering and you indicate the Engineering library as your pickup location, you will receive materials at the circulation desk in the Engineering library.  If you have any questions, call or email Ken Kinslow at 631-9832 or kinslow.2@nd.edu

Articles are posted to the web unless you indicate a preference for paper copies, in which case they will be delivered to departmental offices or branch libraries.

Frequently Asked Questions

If I have a big research project and I order a large number of items at one time, will I receive them all the next day?

Our goal is to deliver all requests placed Monday through Friday by the next business day; however, we may have to limit the requests we fill for one patron when DocDel traffic is exceptionally busy.

What happens if the book I request or a journal volume from which I need a photocopy is not on the shelf?

If a journal volume from which you need a photocopy is not found on the shelf, we will get the article for you via Interlibrary Loan.

If the book is not on the shelf or if its checked out to another patron, we will order the book for you via Interlibrary Loan. Most items we borrow on ILL have a loan period of 30 days, and we will include a note indicating that, if you need the title long-term, you should recall or put a search on the Hesburgh Library copy.

What do I do if I enter my Net ID and access is denied?

If access is denied, contact the Document Delivery Department (631-8727) or Ken Kinslow (631-9832; kinslow.2@nd.edu).

If I have a research assistant, can I authorize him or her to use the document delivery service?

Yes, we have a proxy policy. In brief, the proxy must first obtain a proxy card from the Hesburgh Library circulation desk, and the faculty member should email DocDel (docdeliv.1@nd.edu or Kenneth Kinslow kinslow.2@nd.edu) as to whom is being authorized as a proxy. When these steps are completed, the proxy's Net ID will be added to the database, so that he or she can access the online forms.

Faculty can authorize a research assistant to order both Interlibrary Loan and DocDel materials for him or her.

Other Questions?

Contact the Document Delivery Department, Hesburgh Library, at 631-8727;
or Kenneth Kinslow at 631-9832; kinslow.2@nd.edu.

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