Research Tutorial for Distance Learners: Library Services

Please check here for loan periods and borrowing limits.

IIT students who reside within the state of Illinois, but cannot visit campus for library services, should use the nearest I-Share institution to borrow returnable items.

Students who reside outside the state of Illinois, should first use the Illinois Tech Library Search to search the catalog for their book. If Galvin or one of our branch libraries own the item, we will ship it to you at no charge. Return shipping costs of materials are the responsibility of the borrower. When requesting a book, please indicate in the Notes field that you are a distance education student.

Items borrowed from IIT or any I-Share Library can be returned at any IIT circulation desk or any I-Share Library.

Items purchased and sent directly to you through our distance learners' services, should be returned directly to Galvin Library. Because the borrower is responsible for the item until it is safely in our hands, we strongly suggest that items be returned via USPS or UPS with insurance and a tracking number. Replacement fees for items not received by IIT Libraries will be charged to your student account. Please return items to:

Paul V. Galvin Library - IIT
35 W. 33rd Street
Chicago, IL 60616-3793

Attn: Distance Learning

If you have a question about research, reference assistance is available to you in a variety of ways:

• Research Guides created by our librarians contain useful information regarding retrieving books, articles, web sites and other resources relevant to your subject or discipline.
• Reference Librarians knowledgeable in various subject areas are available to help you find and retrieve appropriate resources to fulfill your information needs.
• For general questions about what is available to you or help getting started using the library's resources you can contact Nichole Novak, Online Learning Librarian, via email nnovak2@iit.edu.

Many of our articles are available online in full-text or pdf format. If you request an article from an item we own only in print, we will scan the article and send it to you.

Articles should be requested through MyILL. In the comments field of the request form please indicate that you are a distance learner.

Use WorldCat to access records from more than 8000 libraries nationwide.

IIT Libraries purchases and subscribes to electronic books. E-book records will appear in the IIT catalog, but you can also access them by searching Books ​24x7, ProQuest Ebook Central, or Springer Ebooks.