Interlibrary Loan Information

What is ILLiad?

ILLiad is a request management system that allows users to request articles, books, media, and more that are not immediately available from Upstate Health Sciences Library. Articles and loanable items obtained from other libraries are made available to users through a process called Interlibrary Loan. Not all requests submitted through ILLiad are filled from other libraries; users can also use this portal to request a scan of Upstate-owned print material, hard to find Open Access material, or the library can sometimes choose to purchase requested resources for the user.

Registration for ILLiad is required only once, when entering the website for the first time.

Logging into ILLiad

ILLiad can be reached through various links throughout the Upstate website and catalog. For purposes of the first login, the easiest way is from the Interlibrary Loan services which is linked below:

https://library.upstate.edu/services/interlibrary-loan/index.php

Click the large, blue ILLiad Login link in the middle of the page (pictured below).

This link will bring the user to a login page (pictured below).

For this login, first choose you login method. Users with Upstate Universal logins should choose Upstate Users; those with OpenAthens account should select OpenAthens. More information on the distinction between these options is available on the OpenAthens guide.

Registration Form

The next page to appear is the registration form where users enter personal information. All fields with red asterisks are required.

1. First Name: Your first name
2. Last Name: Your last name
3. EmailAddress: Your Upstate email address, or the email associated with your OpenAthens account. This address will be used by the Library to correspond about your requests and send links to requested PDFs.
4. Department or Degree Program: For students, this should be the name of the degree program you’re enrolled in. Some examples of this are Physician Assistant MS or Medical Student. For Faculty and Staff, please enter your Department.
5. Status: students should choose a status of either Student (Graduate Studies) or Student (Medical, Nursing, CHP). All choices in the drop-down menu are pictured below. Faculty and Staff should choose the status most applicable to them based on whether they are state employees or not.
6. Preferred Book/Media Delivery Method:

• Deliver Requested Books to my Campus Address: For registrants with a reliable on-campus address where mail can be received, users can choose the option to have physical items delivered. When this option is preferred, registrants must enter their campus address. Students living in Upstate dorms may also use this option.
• Pickup requested Books in the Library: For registrants without an on-campus address, or who prefer to come to the library to pick up items, please select this option. This means that any books requested will be held at the library’s main desk for you to pick up.

Intercampus Mail Address: If you have chosen the option Deliver Requested Books to my Campus Address in step 7, enter your ON CAMPUS address. If you have selected the option Pickup requested Books in the Library, leave this section blank.

When the form is complete, click Submit Information.