Tipasa and Hostos WorldCat
Hostos WorldCat and Tipasa are separate but related InterLibrary Loan services.
WorldCat can get you items (anything but copy requests) faster, provided our consortium libraries own these items. To request items from WorldCat, please search for the item you want in Hostos WorldCat and then request it.
Tipasa may take a little longer for items, but many more libraries use this service. It is also the service to use if you know the item you want and you just want to request it; you do not want to search for it. Provide us the author and title and we will do our best to find what you need.
For more information on requesting items, please check out how to request items in the following two formats:
Loans of books, CDs, DVDs, theses, etc. - anything that can be mailed to us physically
Before submitting an ILL request, check OneSearch to see if we or another CUNY Library owns a copy of the item.
InterLibrary loan will not order titles that are currently placed on reserve at Hostos Library.If the Hostos copy of an item is out on loan, you may place an ILL request:
Need help with a citation? Ask a Librarian!
NOTE: Please be aware that current textbooks, and popular literature, are typically difficult to borrow, and that your request may be canceled if we request from several owning libraries without success.
Copies - articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, etc. - anything that can be scanned and emailed
Use the Hostos Library Journal Search to make sure the item is not already available to you through Hostos.
If we do not own the title, or the issue is unavailable, request the item through your Tipasa InterLibrary Loan account by logging in here.
Copy requests must have full title of a journal, journal article title, issue number and year.
Each article requires a separate request even if there are many within the same issue of a journal.
To submit a request for a book chapter, choose "Book chapter" from the left-hand side menu in Tipasa.
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