Intersite Requesting

The ‘Request this item’ option on DiscoverEd will display above the item details when a library user selects the item following a search. If there are request options available for an item these will display in the Find It In Library section of the full display.

The service operates between sites that are not within walking distance of each other, for example between King's Buildings Campus and the Main Library, or between the Royal Infirmary Library and the Veterinary Library. A standard or short loan item that is available on shelf can be requested for collection at any library in a different group from the holding library. Library groups are:

1. Main Library, Art and Architecture Library, Edinburgh College of Art Library, Law Library, Moray House Library, New College Library
2. Murray Library (King’s Buildings)
3. Royal Infirmary Library (Little France)
4. Veterinary Library (Easter Bush)
5. Western General Hospital Library (Medical Education Centre)

All requests for items from University of Edinburgh sites are free of charge and do not contribute towards your quota of Interlibrary loans.

Reference-only materials, Reserve collections (essential items on course Reading Lists), Special Collections (such as rare books and manuscripts) held at the Centre for Research Collections, and ECA Library Artists’ Books cannot be requested using this service. 

A standard or short loan item that is available at School of Scottish Studies Library may be requested for collection from the Main Library only. 

Items from the Dewey Reference Collection stored in the Main Library may be requested for collection from the Main Library only. These items cannot be requested using the ‘Request this item’ option on DiscoverEd. Please use the Main Library closed stack request form.