Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne IPFW
Walter E. Helmke Library IPFW

Library Services


 

Services to Other Institutions 


Enter DDS Request System

Order books, videos, journal articles, book chapters, and other material.

Library Participation

IPFW provides document delivery services free of charge to all libraries within Indiana and to LVIS libraries. Materials are supplied to libraries outside of Indiana who are not LVIS members for a fee of $10 per item. IPFW is formally a part of the Indiana University Library system, Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI), and the nationwide Libraries Very Interested in Sharing (LVIS) and DOCLINE lending networks.

IPFW will accept requests via OCLC (HV6), DOCLINE (INUIPU), fax (260-481-6509), Ariel (ariel.lib.ipfw.edu), e-mail (docdeliv@ipfw.edu), the IPFW Document Delivery Request system, and ALA forms. Materials are normally sent via INCOLSA Wheels to participating Indiana libraries, first class mail, UPS or ARIEL.

Lending Policies

Types of materials normally available for loan:

  • Books
  • Government publications
  • ERIC documents
  • Most video cassettes/DVDs
  • Maps

Types of materials not normally available for loan:

  • Periodicals
  • Newspapers
  • Rare books and manuscripts
  • Materials in the Reference collection

Length of Loans

All libraries are given a 90 day loan. Two requests for renewals are accepted.

Special Loans

Requests for loans of material not normally circulated must be granted by the DDS Librarian.


 
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