Getting Started
Books
If you need a book right away, this page shows all the services we provide to help you get it.
1. Local - search our shelves with the Library Catalog
2. Online - check if our ebook libraries has what you need
3. Request Online - use I-Share to get a book from 75+ Illinois libraries
4. More Libraries - try our Interlibrary Loan service
Google Books
Google Books has partnered with several major libraries and publishers to provide online copies of books.
Not all books are available for full view - some only allow limited previews or searches.
Searching the Library Catalog
The IIT Library Catalog provides a variety of search tools to help you find things quickly on our shelves or online. This index will take you to the information you need to get started:
Basic Search Options
I'm looking for a book by...
- The Author's full name or part of their name
- The ISBN or ISSN
- The whole title or part of the title
What do the Results Mean?
- Browse Results - see the range of topics available
- Short Records - find the specific title you want
- Full Item Record - learn more about the title or find related items
Try our Ebook Libraries
Reference & General Topics
60+ specialized encyclopedias on topics like business, economics, legal & political issues, or social science.
NOTE: This databases is provided through Galvin, the main campus library. You will need to login using the same username and password as you use for my.iit.edu - get your UID here or contact OTS for more help
Legal Research
Find pdfs of over 21,000 legal treatises from the 1800s and 1900s.
Original documents chronicling the development of law in the British Empire between 1701 and 1800
Free Sources
Search for books digitized by major libraries and publishers. Not all include full text.
Access to over 75,000 e-books, including classics of literature
Computer Science & Technology
An e-book collection covering a wide range of academic subjects. (more info)
NOTE: For Netlibrary, you may be asked to create an individual account to get access to content.
E-books covering all aspects of computer science and information technology. (more info)
NOTE: This databases is provided through Galvin, the main campus library. You will need to login using the same username and password as you use for my.iit.edu - get your UID here or contact OTS for more help
Request books through I-Share
With 75+ libraries in Illinois participating, you have over 30 million titles available to request online or check out in person. See the I-Share tab above for more details, or choose a section of the guide here:
Requesting Books:
Manage your Account:
Send an Interlibrary Loan Request
To help provide access to materials not available through IIT Libraries and I-Share we offer an interlibrary loan service to our faculty, staff, and students. This service is subject to several limits, since it is intended for academic purposes only. See the Interlibrary Loan tab above for more details about using this service.
Books are delivered through the mail and can take a minimum of two weeks to arrive, depending on distance and other possible factors. You can request renewals online, but we can't guarantee you will get them. Please return items promptly by the due date to avoid late fines.
If you have a complete citation:
To make an ILL Request, you can login to our ILL Request Page using your Chicago-Kent e-mail or Stuart network login, or e-mail illreq@kentlaw.edu
If you need to find information about a book:
Worldcat is a library database that can search thousands of libraries around the world. It is available in any IIT Library and also off-campus.
After you do a search in Worldcat and are looking at the full description of an item, look for the "Get This Item" section at the top of this page and click on the "Borrow this item from another library" link to make an ILL Request:
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