Ordering a medium by interlibrary loan

What you have to do

1. Go to the HFU Libraries webpage and click on the green Library search button.

2. Open the External link opens in a new window:BOSS search portal or the OPAC library catalogue.

3. Search for your desired topic (Helpcard BIB 20-020).

   • Nothing found for your topic? BOSS and OPAC will show the following results:

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4. Click on the "Interlibrary Loan" tab.

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5. The hit list is displayed.

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6. Click on the media you want.

   • The full display of the medium is opened.

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7. Ebooks cannot be ordered via interlibrary loan!

8. The following steps describe the procedure in the BOSS search portal.
   If you are using the library catalogue (OPAC), please go to step 12.

9. Click on "BOSS Login".

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10. The login window opens.

11. Log in with your HFU account.

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12. To order the medium, click on the green "Order via interlibrary loan" button.

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13. The order mask opens.

14. In the "Delivery Terms" area, select the campus library where you would like to pick up the item. By "Order copies?"click on "Borrow".

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15. Check the "I confirm that I will not use the ordered titles/copies for commercial purposes" box.

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16. Click on the green "Order - charges apply" button to order the medium via interlibrary loan.

    • Please click this button only once to avoid multiple orders.

    • The booking has been made. The order is now completed.

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17. To order the item via the libraries' catalogue (OPAC), click on the green "Zur Fernleihbestellung" (To the interlibrary loan order) button.

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18. The following window opens:

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19. Click on "Yes".

    • The login window opens.

20. Log in with your HFU account.

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21. The order mask opens.

22. Under "Issue Location", select the campus library where you would like to pick up the item.

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23. Check the "I confirm that I will not use the ordered reproduction for commercial purposes" box.

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24. Click on the green "Order - charges apply" button to order the medium via interlibrary loan.

    • Please click this button only once to avoid multiple orders.

    • The interlibrary loan server has accepted your order. The order is now completed.

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25. The loan period of an interlibrary loan is determined by the lending library.
    In many cases, interlibrary loans cannot be renewed through the library account.
    Please contact the team at your campus library.

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