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UAB Libraries offers Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and document delivery services through Sterne Library and Lister Hill Library. ILL is a service that enables you to borrow materials not available at the UAB Libraries from other libraries throughout the world. Through this service, UAB Libraries provides access to materials to support faculty, staff, and students in their study and research. Materials ordered through the Interlibrary Loan service should be for scholarly purposes. Document Delivery is a service that sends you electronic copies of articles from UAB Libraries print journal collection.

Submit an ILL or Document Delivery Request

To submit an ILL or Document Delivery request, please log in to the UAB Libraries Interlibrary Loan System below with your BlazerID and password.

Former Lister Hill Library ILL users may contact the ILL staff at uablibill@uab.edu or (205) 934-6365 to access their LHL ILL transaction histories.

Fees

There are no fees for Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery requests placed through UAB Libraries.

FAQs

Get answers to common questions about the UAB Libraries’ Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery services on this Frequently Asked Questions page.

NOTICE: Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

Mervyn H. Sterne Library

917 13th St S
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-6364

Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences

1700 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL

(205) 975-4821

Reynolds-Finley Historical Library

1700 University Blvd - 3rd Floor
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-4475

Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences

1700 University Blvd - 3rd Floor
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-4475

Lister Hill Library at University Hospital

615 18th Street S - P235 West Pavilion
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-2275

801 Building

801 5th Ave South
Room 1111
Birmingham, AL

(205) 934-5432

J. Ellis Sparks Medical Library

301 Governors Drive SE - 3rd Floor
Huntsville, AL 35801

(256) 551-4405

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