Borrow Materials

Contact your local library.

Fees: Determined by your local library.

Option 1:  Submit an interlibrary loan request through:

• OCLC (NAL's symbol: AGL), or
• DOCLINE (NAL's library ID: MDUNAL)

Option 2:  Register for a patron ID and then use your patron ID to request items:

• through the NAL Catalog, or
• using the institution blank request form

Fees:

• if invoiced: $25
• if paid through OCLC’s Interlibrary Loan Fee Management Service (IFM): $18
• if a member of an exempted group: $0

Exempted Groups: The following groups do not have to pay to request items:

• U.S. federal agencies (other than USDA)
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Land Grant Tribal Colleges
• Chesapeake Information and Research Library Alliance members (CIRLA)
• Agricultural Libraries Network (AGLINET) member libraries, when the materials requested have been published in the United States.

NOTE: AGLINET member libraries will be charged the standard fee for libraries, associations and organizations when they request materials published outside the United States.

Register for a patron ID and then use your patron ID to request items:

• through the NAL Catalog
• through selected DigiTop databases (requires login) or
• using the individual blank request form

Fees: $25