Document supply

Loan serviceThe library provides on a national and international basis interlibrary loan services of documents both as originals and photocopies (document delivery) to libraries and private individuals, with due regard for current copyright regulations.

The expenses arising from the service are borne by the user in accordance with regulations on current tariffs and means of payment.

How to make a request

The library makes use of the ILL SBN system in relation to its document delivery service and its national and international loans: libraries and cultural institutions using the system can make their requests in the various ways envisaged by the programme.

The libraries and the cultural institutions which do not subscribe to the system, and private users can submit their requests in the following ways:

by post:
to this address
Library of the University of Bologna
Interlibrary Loans and Bibliographic Information Office
Via Zamboni 35, 40126 BOLOGNA

by fax:
on this number: +039 051 2088385

by e-mail:
to this address:



or by compiling the appropriate form

Requests must contain all the information necessary to trace the documents requested.