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ILLiad | Document Delivery
Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery
ILLiad is our interlibrary loan and document delivery service for obtaining journal articles, book chapters, and other materials not available from Ochsner Medical Library subscriptions and holdings. ILLiad is a service for Ochsner physicians, staff, students, employees, alumni, and approved affiliates.
ILLiad is the fastest, most direct way to submit requests. Most requests are completed within one business day and delivered to your ILLiad account. You will be notified by email too. Materials can be downloaded as PDFs to a computer.
Ochsner Login
Click and enter your Ochsner username and password.
Affiliate Login
For our alumni, retired staff, and partners.
Please note: Electronic books and entire issues of journals cannot be requested with interlibrary loan. Also, some materials are difficult to obtain due to restrictions determined by the lending library.
Rush Requests
For urgent patient care requests, call 504-842-3760 (7:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday) or email MedicalLibrary@ochsner.org to ensure your request is expedited.
Print Book Requests
Print books typically arrive in about 10 days, depending on the postal service. The due date will be found on the front of your book, or by logging into your ILLiad account and clicking “Checked Out Items.” Contact us for a renewal. It is available pending approval of the lending library. Our staff will let you know the new due date via email. Overdue items cannot be renewed.
Copyright Notice
All ILLiad users agree to observe publisher copyright restrictions. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in Section 108 of this 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. Nearly all noncommercial, scholarly uses of copyrighted materials are protected as "fair use" (Section 107). But if a user exploits a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
