Request new books and other resources

If the Library does not have the items which you require, find out how to request the purchase of books and other materials for addition to the collections. Details are also provided about requesting Inter-library loans, and information for course organisers on requesting E-reserve scans for teaching.

E-reserve provides copyright-compliant digital extracts of course readings for academic staff, to support learning and teaching

The following pages provide full details of our Interlibrary Loans service.

Library users can request items from libraries that are not within walking distance to be delivered to their local site library using the ‘Request this item’ option on DiscoverEd.

Scan and Deliver is a Library service for members of the University of Edinburgh that can be used to request scans of printed materials held by the Library for personal study and research.

Academic staff may use the relevant online form for their College to request the purchase of books and other resources for Library collections to support research. Currently-registered students may make purchase suggestions for Library collections to support their University study and research by using the Request a Book Service (RaB) for students.