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Requesting materials from other libraries

Most materials held in the Eugene campus branches of the UO Library System can be delivered to UO students, faculty, and staff, in Portland. In order to ensure timely service, please verify information in the UO catalog and use the appropriate form, as described below.

UO Library materials

Articles

If you found the article you need in an online database linked from the UO Libraries webpage (such as Avery) request it directly by using the FindText link in the database:
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If you didn't find the article in an online database, but you have its title, author, and some other citation details to help us find it, you may request it by searching for the journal in FindText directly from the Libraries homepage, or by using the general ILL article request form.

For fastest service using either form:

• Make sure that either "Docdel" or "UO Portland" is listed in the Comments field
• Include the journal's ISSN number if you know it
• List your email address in the email field

Books and other circulating materials

UO-affiliated users can request books, bound journals, and some other items be sent to the Portland Library for pickup.  To request these items, look them up in the library catalog and select "Request Item/Place Hold."

For delivery to the Portland checkout desk, choose "UO Portland Library."  You may log in to your Library Account to see if requests you place are in transit or ready to pick up.

Materials from other institutions

Summit (Orbis Cascade Alliance)

The Orbis Cascade Alliance is a consortium of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. UO-affiliated users can check out materials in person at any Alliance Library, and request materials online through the Summit catalog. Requested materials may be delivered to the UO Portland Library or the Orbis Cascade library of your choosing.

List of Orbis Cascade Alliance libraries.

Interlibrary Loan

Items that are not currently owned by the UO or Orbis-Cascade Libraries may be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.

Other Portland-area libraries

• Portland State University Library lends most items freely to UO-affiliated users with a UO ID card.
• The Multnomah County Library lends freely to residents of Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington or Hood River counties in Oregon, Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties in Washington, and the cities of Woodland or Camas in Washington. 
  
• Pacific Northwest College of Art does not lend to non-PNCA users, but others may browse and use items in the Fine Arts Library.
• The Portland Museum of Art does not lend, but users may browse and use items in the Crumpacker Family Library (no museum admission fee.)