Guidelines for Interlibrary Loan / Document Delivery Service


Interlibrary Loan

Eligibility:
UM graduate and fourth-year students*, UM faculty members, administrative and research staff only.

* As for the fourth-year students, kindly send us an email to lib_ref@umac.mo for acquiring the account access to Interlibrary Loan Request System.


How to apply?
Eligible user may

  • Get direct access to Interlibrary Loan Request System, or
  • Send us the InterLibrary Loan or DDS Request Form by your UM email account, or
  • Fill in the form at our reference desk.


    Types of materials can be requested via ILL, for example:
    -- Photocopy
    -- Book
    -- Book Chapter
    -- Conference Paper

    Types of materials cannot be requested via ILL, for example:
    -- Reference books
    -- Rare books
    -- AV materials
    -- Electronic resources
    -- Maps, microforms


    Charges:

    (As for the payment of ILL by FAH, FSS academic staff, kindly contact us at lib_ref@umac.mo for the details.)


    ILL (Books)
    Unit Price (per volume)
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
    USD10.00 / MOP81.00
    The City University of Hong Kong Library
    HKD35.00 / MOP36.00
    The Hong Kong Institute of Education Library
    Free of charge
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library
    Free of charge
    The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
    USD5.00 / MOP41.00
    The University of Hong Kong Libraries
    Free of charge


    ILL (Photocopies)
    Unit Price (per article)
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
    USD5.00 / MOP41.00
    The City University of Hong Kong Library
    Free of charge
    The Hong Kong Baptist University Library
    HKD5.00 / MOP6.00
    The Hong Kong Institute of Education Library
    Free of charge
    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library
    Free of charge
    The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
    USD3.00 / MOP25.00
    RapidILL Libraries *
    Free of charge
    The Sun Yat-Sen University Library
    HKD0.50/A4 paper + postage
    The University of Hong Kong Libraries
    Free of charge

    * RapidILL is an international interlibrary loan service developed at the Colorado State University Libraries in USA. It provides article delivery service from the journal collections come from nearly 80 member libraries in the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

    For the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service for both book and photocopy requests with overseas libraries, users are recommended to check the database, WorldCat, which covers more than 62,000,000 bibliographic records in libraries worldwide.


    Request photocopies of dissertations in HK
    Unit Price (per volume)
    The University of Hong Kong Libraries
    USD50.00 / MOP405.00
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
    HKD400.00 / MOP413.00
    The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
    USD40.00 / MOP324.00

    Delivery time:
    The average time required to obtain copies from another source is three days to two weeks. Book requests that must be sent to Hong Kong or overseas usually is three weeks to four weeks which may sometimes take considerably longer than this average.


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    Document Delivery Service

    Eligibility:
    UM students, UM faculty members, administrative and research staff only.

    Charges:
    Free of charge.


    DDS Suppliers
    Privileges
    University of Pittsburgh Libraries 6 articles (month/person) *
    遠距圖書服務系統 6 articles (month/person) **

    * Not for year-three or below students.
    ** 遠距圖書服務系統的 “文獻傳遞服務” 已於2009年12月16日結束。據台灣合作圖書館通知,有關文獻傳遞服務將作出調整,請參閱下表的撮要說明。


    現行服務方式(2009年12月16日止)
    調整後服務方式(2010年1月1日起)
    澳大圖書館代澳大讀者線上申請及付費 合作館只提供免費線上瀏覽列印該館所訂定的“無償授權”文獻
    合作館郵寄文獻給澳大圖書館轉發至讀者 對非該類文獻的申請,不再提供服務
      澳大讀者以後可利用澳大圖書館的館際互借服務(ILL)申請所需文獻
      垂詢或申請請電郵至 lib_ref@umac.mo


    Delivery time:
    Delivery time ranges from one week to three weeks, depending on the availability.

    How to apply?
    Send us the InterLibrary Loan or DDS Request Form by your UM email account or fill in the form at our reference desk.

    For inquiry:  lib_ref@umac.mo

    Notice: All DDS / ILL photocopies are supplied not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research.



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