Requesting books and articles elsewhere
by Inter Library Loan (ILL)Found a book or article that's not available in our collection? Often you can still obtain it by requesting it from another university library. This service is free for employees, students pay a fee of €2,50 for an article and €7,50 for a book. The fee is added Rotterdam University WorldCat account (after delivery) and you can pay it later in the library with your bank or creditcard.
How can you request a book or article?
For yourself or the library collectionVia START
- Start searching in the START Discovery Service
- Articles that are not available in databases or as open access have an access option called "Request Item".
- Select this option and complete the form that opens on the next page.
With Lean Library
Lean Library is a browser extension. If you come across an article that is not in our databases, you will automatically get a pop-up with a link to request the article.
More information
Manually via a form
Complete this online form for your book or article loan request
Send us your purchase suggestion
Do you work or study at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and think that a book or magazine is missing from the library collection? Would you like us to offer a particular database? Fill in the form below and we will consider your suggestion.