Library Services FAQ: Interlibrary Loan FAQs

Students -

In an effort to save our students money on textbooks, Library Services introduced an e-course text purchase program (starting in the Fall of 2021).  We check the Akedemos textbook list with our book dealer's availability.  If we can purchase the course text, we do.  Check our catalog for e-course texts.  Check our reserves list for printed items. 

The interlibrary loan services has only one restriction:  we cannot order textbooks or required class texts from other libraries. This is standard policy for the interlibrary loan community and our VIVA (Virginia) academic library partners.  If you’d like to know more, we could talk about it (come to the learning and research service suite in the Forrer Learning Commons) or, email ill@bridgewater.edu.

Note, there are no restriction on articles. 

and an addendum: ebooks are usually difficult to get because publishers do not allow it under their licensing contracts.  However, we have an agreement with the following 4 publishers (through our VIVA partners):  Oxford University Press, Wiley, Brill, and Taylor & Francis.  Getting their ebooks is not a guarantee, but we're willing to give it a try!