What is E-ZBorrow?
- A service provided by PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.) of which WVU is a member.
- The service enables WVU students, faculty and staff to borrow books unavailable at WVU Libraries directly from the participating academic libraries in the region including University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University and dozens more. (Note: Resident borrowers do not have the privilege.)
- Requested books are sent to WVU within 3-5 days and can be picked up at the Circulation Desk of your designated library.
- Currently E-ZBorrow is not available for requesting periodical articles.
How do I use E-ZBorrow?
- Search MountainLynx Catalog to determine if the book you want is available at the WVU Libraries.
- If the WVU Libraries do not own the book you want or it is currently checked out, click on the E-ZBorrow button from MountainLynx or from the Libraries home page.
- Log in with your WVU ID and search the combined catalogs (Note: subject search is usually rather slow).
- When you find a copy of the book available, request it directly from the lending library.
- After you submit the request, you will receive a series of email messages with the status of your request including the notice for pick-up when the book arrives (Note: email will automatically be sent to your WVU GroupWise or MIX account).
How is E-ZBorrow different from Interlibrary Loan?
- You can search the combined catalogs and directly request the books from the owning libraries.
- You can request books that are currently checked out at the WVU Libraries.
- If you find out that the book is not available through E-ZBorrow or you want to request periodical articles, you still need to go through the normal Interlibrary Loan process at http://illiad.lib.wvu.edu.
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