Most libraries do not loan the following types of material:
- Very recent or very old books
- Multi-volume sets and loose-leaf publications
- Reference and reserve materials
- Rare books and unpublished manuscripts
- Newsletters and pamphlets
- Entire issues or volumes of law reviews and other periodicals
- Audiovisual materials and computer software
- Some doctoral dissertations and master’s theses
It is difficult, if not impossible, for the Law Library to obtain the following through interlibrary loan:
- Newspaper Articles (copies from hardcopy or microfilm - see the Newspaper Requests tab for more information)
- Foreign laws in English
- Paper copies of materials that exist only online and digital materials accessible only from electronic proprietary subscriptions
- Drafts or internal documents that the author obtained through professional contacts, e.g., internal government agency memos
- Material described too vaguely to be identified
