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 specified 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.

Furman's ILL/Document Delivery Service reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order, if in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

The Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department is located behind the Circulation Desk in the James B. Duke Library.  We are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 5:00pm.

We can be reached at 864-294-2198 or elaina.griffith@furman.edu.

Furman students, faculty and staff who want to take advantage of interlibrary loan and document delivery services must have an ILLiad account. First time users can create an ILLiad account. Returning users can login to ILLiad.

Furman patrons can use their library patron account to access PASCAL services.

Current Furman University students, faculty and staff may use these resource sharing services. We are not able to provide these services to alumni, Friends of the Library or OLLI students. However, the Greenville County Public Library provides Interlibrary Loan services for the general public.

Resource Sharing at Furman University consists of:

• Traditional Interlibrary Loan Services

• Statewide Consortial Borrowing

• Document Delivery from library print collections to Furman community

• Direct Purchase via Commercial Document Supplier

If you do not find the information you need please do not hesitate to call the ILL/Document Delivery office at 864-294-2198.

The mission of the Interlibrary Loan (ILL)/Document Delivery Department is to facilitate access to materials not owned by the Furman University Libraries. This is done in support of the study and research needs of current students, faculty and staff of Furman University. As part of its mission, the department will explore and utilize alternative avenues of access to remote resources (i.e., full-text databases, commercial document delivery sources and current awareness services.) Obtaining materials often involves requesting them from other institutions world-wide. As part of this larger interlibrary loan community, the ILL/Document Delivery Department loans requested items from our collection to other institutions.