Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Document Delivery

ISTUN Library provides access to publications that are not available in its collection from universities and research libraries in Turkey or abroad within the framework of national / international cooperation and provides access to support academic studies.

Publications (books, book chapters, articles, conference proceedings, theses, etc.) that are not available in the ISTUN Library collection are obtained by interlibrary loan (ILL) method through KITS (Interlibrary Cooperation Tracking System) or TÜBESS (Turkey Document Delivery and Lending System).

General Rules and Conditions of Use:

Interlibrary Book Provision (ISTUN Library Users)

  1. The interlibrary loan service is available to faculty members, graduate and doctoral students of our university.
  2. Before making an ILL request, the requester should check whether the publication they are looking for is in the library catalog of Istanbul Health and Technology University.
  3. Our users who wish to benefit from this service are required to fill out the "ILL & Document Provision Request Form".
  4. A user can borrow a maximum of 5 books via ILL. (The number of materials that can be borrowed from other university libraries may vary according to the ILL policy of the relevant university).
  5. Lead times for ILL Requests may vary between 2-7 business days, depending on the provider organization.
  6. By requesting the resource, the user undertakes to use the resource under copyright and to return it within the specified period.
  7. Requests with incomplete/incorrect bibliographic information that cannot be identified in any institution are canceled by notifying the requester.
  8. The period of use of a book borrowed from different university libraries is determined according to the rules of the borrowing university library. The time of the requested book is directly related to the sending university library.
  9. Users should notify kutuphane@istun.edu.tr one week before the return date to request an extension.
  10. After the requested book arrives at the library, it is kept waiting for 3 working days. Books not received within this period are sent back to the requested institution.
  11. In the event of damage or loss of a borrowed book, the rules of the lending institution apply and all costs incurred will be borne by the requesting users.

Providing Articles/Documents and Theses (ISTUN Library Users)

  1. All members of our university can benefit from the service of providing articles/documents and theses.
  2. Our users who wish to benefit from this service are required to fill out the "ILL & Document Provision Request Form".
  3. Requests with incomplete/incorrect bibliographic information that cannot be identified in any institution are canceled by notifying the requester.
  4. Users who request articles/documents and theses are deemed to have undertaken to use the resource within the scope of copyright.
  5. Lead times for ILL Requests may vary between 2-7 business days, depending on the provider organization.

Publication Request Conditions from Other Libraries

  1. Maximum of 5 books (including shipping time) can be borrowed for 15 days by contracted institutions.
  2. In case of loss, delay or damage to the borrowed publication, the lending rules of Istanbul Health and Technology University Library apply.
  3. The institution requesting the resource accepts all responsibilities within the framework of the lending rules of Istanbul Health and Technology University Library in case of loss, delay or damage to the relevant publication.
  4. Reference, reserve and audiovisual resources, periodicals, theses, dissertations, rare artifacts and archive copies, as well as publications determined by the Library Management to be inappropriate to be taken out are not lent.
  5. ISTUN Library has the right to recall the publication if deemed necessary, without waiting for the return date.
  6. Extension process; If deemed appropriate by the ISTUN Library, it is carried out 1 time and for 7 days.
  7. Forms must be filled in accurately and completely in order for requests to be realized in a timely and complete manner. Requests with incomplete and incorrect information will not be fulfilled and will be notified to the resource requesting institution.
  8. Article/document and thesis requests will be evaluated and sent within the scope of copyright.
  9. Shipping/ stationery costs are covered by the organization requesting the resource.
  10. If there are overdue publication(s) of the requesting institution, new requests are put on hold.
  11. Our university has an agreement with domestic cargo. Except for special cases, cargoes are kindly requested to be sent by domestic cargo.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Document Delivery


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