Interlibrary Loan (Smart Delivery)
Materials made available via Interlibrary Loan support the research, teaching, and scholarly activities of the University community. Interlibrary Loan copyright activities are governed by Section 108 of U.S. copyright law. Users are expected to conform to copyright law and university policy in their use of materials.
The CONTU (National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works) Guidelines on Photocopying under Interlibrary Loan Arrangements are the basis for our reproduction limits.
Within a calendar year, the borrowing library is allowed to obtain an institutional total of 5 photocopies of articles published within the past 5 yrs of the current year for any given journal or periodical title.
Materials obtained through Interlibrary Loan should not be reproduced for further distribution and CANNOT be placed on reserve. However, faculty can contact their subject liaison librarian about ordering material to be placed on reserve.
The library reserves the right to refuse or limit requests if, in its judgment, the fulfillment of the requested material exceeds fair use or constitutes copyright infringement.
Adelphi Dissertations
Adelphi University theses and dissertations are now saved in electronic form only and added to the Proquest ETD database by the author upon graduation. Print copies of older theses and dissertations are held in Swirbul library (C level).
Adelphi University theses and dissertations may be copied under the provision of Fair Use, U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 107 or as determined using a case-by-case four-factor analysis.
Interlibrary loan requests for Adelphi University theses and dissertations will be honored by providing a digital copy of the text to the requesting institution. Print copies of theses and dissertations will not be sent in response to ILL requests.
When an ILL request is received for an Adelphi electronic thesis or dissertation (ETD), library staff should contact Prof. Barnes who will be able to supply a PDF copy as an administrator of the Proquest ETD platform.
Digital or print copies of Adelphi theses and dissertations may also be ordered from ProQuest directly.
