Q. Can I borrow my textbooks using Interlibrary Loan (ILL)?

We do understand that textbooks are expensive, but ILL is only part of the solution. Before requesting through ILL:

• check to see if you're textbook is on reserve at the library through the Textbook Lending Program. If not, ask your professor to place a copy of the book on reserve
• ask your professor to investigate using open education resources (OER) for textbooks.
• share textbooks with classmates
• search online for used textbooks or textbooks at reduced prices

Borrowing course-required textbooks from other libraries is difficult because:

• Most libraries don't purchase them and those who do usually don't lend them (or they're already checked out to students at that institution).
• Loan periods are not long enough for you to keep it for the entire semester, so if you keep the book the entire semester you will owe the library money in lost item fees.
• ILL loans are expensive to mail. 

The Clemson campus bookstore suggests that students in need of financial assistance for textbooks can contact Joy Moss at acree@clemson.edu