• Only Morgan State University's faculty, staff, and students may borrow materials from other libraries, using Soper Library's interlibrary loan service.
  
  
• Loan periods and restrictions, if any, vary and are determined by the lending library. Patrons must abide by them.
  
  
• Soper Library will not accept requests for materials that it owns, even though they might be in circulation at the time of need. Please consult our online catalog, E-Books (eBooks), E-Journals (eJournals), and our online databases that provide full-text periodical articles and monographs before requesting any item via interlibrary loan.
  
  
• Soper Library also does not accept request for materials that are available at USMAI libraries. Request these materials directly from those libraries, through the online catalog. The materials well be sent to Soper and we will notify you when they arrive.
  
  
• Please allow about two weeks for the items you requested to arrive. If there is an urgent need, consider borrowing directly from one of the libraries with whom Soper Library has a reciprocal borrowing arrangement.
  
  
• All materials must be picked up at the Circulation desk and returned there. Do not deposit ILL materials in the bookdrop or place them on Soper Library's shelves.
  
  
• Patrons must provide complete bibliographical information for each item requested.
  
  
• Forms for requesting interlibrary loan service are available online or at the Circulation Desk. To have a form mailed or faxed, contact Donald Matthews by telephone at 443-885-3477, or by e-mail, dmatthews@moac.morgan.edu

The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the Law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. " If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of that order would involve violation of the law.

Interlibrary Loan Request Form (for books)

Interlibrary Loan Request Form (for articles)

Circulation Department

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Last Revised: 05/16/00