86% of WCU library material is online, available to you 24/7. This includes:
If we don't have it online, you can request it be sent to you. You can also request items WCU doesn't own.
| If you need a: | Please use: |
| Book | A Request for books we own (sign in to see the request option, choose Mail to Home as your pickup location);
EZborrow for books WCU doesn't own (use Home Delivery as your pickup location) |
| DVD | A Request for DVDs we own (sign in to see the request option, choose Mail to Home as your pickup location);
ILLiad for DVDs WCU doesn't own (use Home Delivery as your pickup location) |
| Article or thesis | ILLiad |
| Book chapter | ILLiad, please include both the book title and either the chapter title or page numbers of the chapter. Please submit one chapter at a time. |
Since you will use ILLiad to request articles and book chapters not available online, you should make sure your ILLiad account identifies you as a distance student. To do this:
Once you are logged in to ILLiad, you will see any articles/book chapters you have received (Electronically Received Articles) and any requests that are still being processed (Outstanding Requests). To request a new article or book chapter, use the New Requests menu.
If you have questions about your ILLiad account, check with the Interlibrary Loan department
When you click on a link to library resources, you will see a login page.
Select Use Your West Chester University account, and you'll see this screen:
Enter your WCU email address and password and select Login. The full text article or other resource then loads.
This usually happens when you don’t start your search from the library’s website. You can either:
Search for the title of the article/book/other resource using the search box on the library's home page -or-
Set up Google Scholar to work with WCU.
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