Q. How do I request items not available in the Library?

Use the Click and Collect service to reserve print items held in the Sydney Jones and Harold Cohen Libraries. You will receive an email when your items are ready to collect.

If you are unable to collect your resources from the Library, we can post the titles to your current work or personal address. Please allow 10 working days for this service.

For further help and support about the home delivery service, please contact library@liverpool.ac.uk

If the titles from your Library Search results are not held by the Library or are unavailable on the shelf, use the Title Request option to request new or additional titles. We will either purchase the title from authorised suppliers or borrow it from another library. Please note: the length of time it takes to deliver your item will vary depending on availability.

If the option to request a new title does not display on your result page, please use the Purchase Request form.

For further help and support with this service, please contact gifm@liverpool.ac.uk

For staff members, Reading Lists @ Liverpool is the easiest and most effective way to ensure the library orders your teaching resources in the appropriate numbers to support the students on your module.

For further help and support with this service, please contact the Reading List Support Team.

Students if you need support with reading material or are struggling to locate or access resources on your reading list, get in touch with the Reading List Support Team by using this feedback form, giving as much detail as you can so we can investigate on your behalf.

Once you have conducted a search on Library Search, use the Article / Chapter Request option, or the Article / Chapter request form, to request part of a journal issue or a book and we will aim to acquire a digital copy where possible. The service can be used to request scanned copies from material held in the Library and from resources that currently are not part of the Library collection.

Please be mindful that the Library follows copyright guidelines. For more information please consult our Copyright Library Guide page. All requests should be for personal use only and you should not request more than 10% or more than one chapter of a book or one article from the same issue of a journal.

Staff members wishing to submit digitisation requests for Reading List @ Liverpool please see below.

For further help and support with this service, please contact gifm@liverpool.ac.uk

For staff members, Reading Lists @ Liverpool is the easiest and most effective way to request and use digitised scans for teaching purposes.

To learn more about adding chapters and articles to your reading lists please see our guide.

Alternatively, staff can use our digitisation request form.

For further help and support with this service, please contact us.

If you are a member of Academic or Research staff and would like us to consider a new subscription to a database or journal, please complete the Library Resource Proposal form Resource Proposal form. If you are a student, please consult your Liaison Librarian for advice on library resources relevant to your needs. For individual titles requests please above or get it touch with gifm@liverpool.ac.uk.

If you know you are going to need your books in an accessible format, please request these as early as possible by emailing the Accessible Texts Team. For book chapter or journal article conversions to accessible formats please use SensusAccess, see the Library Disability Support Assistance Guide for more information.