Interlibrary loan

To check whether your desired medium (book, journal article etc.) can be ordered via interlibrary loan, you can use the DigiBib research portal. It allows you to query various catalogues and databases simultaneously.

For the meta search you can choose i. a.:

• "Local Library Catalogues": the two catalogues of the Trier University of Applied Sciences. If this results in a hit, no interlibrary loan is possible.
• "German Library Catalogues (books)": all catalogues of the academic libraries participating in the lending system of the German library networks. Journals are also found.
• "International Library Catalogues (Books & Journals)": various foreign catalogues and union catalogues. Hits found here can be ordered by international loan.
• "Article and Journal Databases (all disciplines)"> "German Union Catalogue of Serials (ZDB)": the world's largest database for title and holdings information of serial publications, including journals.

Important: You cannot search directly for articles in the above mentioned catalogues and databases (i. e. with the names of the authors or titles of the articles). You must search there for the journals or collective works in which the articles are contained!

A direct search for articles is possible by selecting "Full-Texts".

The interlibrary loan service offers registered users the possibility of having scientific literature from other libraries come to the Campus Library.

However, the following documents are excluded from interlibrary loan:

• media belonging to the stock of the libraries of the Trier University of Applied Sciences (regardless of the current loan status)
• works available in the book trade at a lower price (current price limit: 15.00 EUR)
• works of particular value, especially from the 16th and 17th centuries
• works in poor condition
• loose-leaf collections and unbound periodicals (e. g. periodicals, newspaper issues)
• standards
• diploma theses and other university publications.

Expense flate rate (fees)

As a cost for an interlibrary loan, you have to pay a flat rate fee per ordered medium (book, article copy, etc.). The amount is also due if the order cannot be fulfilled positively (i.e. if, for example, no library can deliver the document within the desired period).

The lump sum is settled via the acquisition of transaction numbers (TAN).

The amount of the expense flate rate is determined by the maintenance providers of the lending libraries (see Annex 5 of the Leihverkehrsordnung Rheinland-Pfalz, p. 333).

Overview of fees (per medium):

• national lending in general: 3,00 EUR
• national interlibrary loan for beneficiary users such as students, pupils, etc.: 1.50 EUR
• international lending in general: 4.00 EUR. Further costs may be added. The amount of the costs depends on the respective lending library.
• international lending for beneficiary users such as students, pupils, etc.: 2.00 EUR. Further costs may be added. The amount of the costs depends on the respective lending library.

Additional costs may apply if copies of more than 20 pages are made. The amount of the costs depends on the respective lending library.

The fees for the use of the services of the library are regulated by the following ordinances:

• Bibliotheksgebühren (1 Apr 2022, German)
• Bibliotheksordnung (7 May 2002, German)
• Landesverordnung über die Gebühren in den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und Forschung (27 November 2014, German)
• Leihverkehrsordnung Rheinland-Pfalz (26 May 2004, German)
• Schließfachordnung (9 February 2018, German)

To order a book or a copy of a book section, please come to the service desk of the library. As an already registered user you can alternatively send a mail to bibliothek[at]fh-trier.de.

In addition to your name, your matriculation/user number and your e-mail address, we need the following information from you:

• author
• title
• year of publication
• if necessary: edition
• if known: ISBN
• information: Would you like exactly this edition or would an older one also be ok?
• for section copies: page numbers

Example: "Losee, John: A historical introduction to the philosophy of science, 201o (4th ed.), ISBN: 978-0198700555. Please no older editions".

You don't have to find out yourself in which libraries the book is available.

To order a journal article, please come to the service desk of the library. As an already registered user you can alternatively send an e-mail to bibliothek[at]fh-trier.de.

In addition to your name, your matriculation/user number and your e-mail address, we need the following information from you if possible:

• author of the article
• title of the article
• title of the journal
• year of publication of the journal issue / volume of the journal
• issue number
• page numbers of the article in the journal
• if known: ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) of the journal
• information: Up to what amount are you willing to pay additional costs (for aritcles longer than twenty pages)?

Example: "Perini, Laura: The truth in pictures, 2005. In: Philosophy of Science, 72(1), pp. 262-285, ISSN: 0031-8248. Additional costs up to max. 4.00 EUR".

You do not have to find out yourself in which libraries the journal is available.

We will be happy to provide you with information on the status of your orders at the service desk at any time within the opening hours.

It is not possible to give a reliable indication of delivery times. From experience you can expect the following times (without guarantee):

• media for loan (books, DVDs etc.): one to three weeks. Lack of availability at several libraries delays a delivery.
• text copies: two to fourteen days

As soon as your order arrives at the library at the Main Campus, you will be notified by e-mail. You can then pick up the medium at the service desk of the library.

• The loan period of a borrowed medium (book, DVD etc.) is determined by the lending library - i.e. the library from whose stock the medium is borrowed.
• If the lending library does not rule out an extension, an application for an extension of the loan period can be made.
  
  Four days before the end of the loan period, send an e-mail to the Campus Library requesting an extension.
  
  Important: A renewal is always subject to reservation. If the lending library demands the medium back prematurely, the loan period will be shortened retrospectively. The item must then be returned within three days.

You can return media (books etc.) borrowed via interlibrary loan at the service desk of the library. Please leave the loan receipt in the book.

Note: Text copies do not have to be returned, they remain in your possession.

For all media (books, DVDs, etc.) that you borrowed via interlibrary loan and returned or renewed too late, overdue fees will be charged (Fee regulation from 01.08.2015):

• per medium and per week: 2,00 EUR