Interloans and other libraries
Service update (08.01.2021) : The Inter Library Loan (ILL) requesting service is limited nationally due to the recent lockdown. As a result, our service is altered until further notice.
- The ILL Team can provide electronic resources, such as one chapter from an e-book, or one article from an e-journal.
- The ILL Team cannot supply physical items, or scans from physical items at this time.
We will continue to monitor the situation and update this page. Please feel free to contact inter.loans@courtauld.ac.uk if you have any questions.
The Library can borrow or obtain digital copies of research resources from other libraries in the UK and abroad for Courtauld students and staff through inter-library loan. Loans are administered by our interlibrary loans team: inter.loans@courtauld.ac.uk
Information for External Libraries
The Courtauld Book Library lends material to other UK & Republic of Ireland academic libraries outside of London, and does not accept requests from individuals. Charges are set by the British Library Document Supply Services.
Overseas libraries should make their request through the British Library Document Supply Service or by contacting us at the address above. We accept payment in IFLA vouchers.
Please note that the following items are not available for inter-library loans: Closed Access/Special Collections; Reference/ ‘Not for Loan’; Short Loan; anything printed before 1900; fragile items (at our discretion); Oversize items; whole issues of journals.
Courtauld MA & PhD Theses
The Book Library holds second lendable copies of PhD theses submitted by students of The Courtauld Institute of Art. PhD theses can be loaned to other academic and research libraries except the ones written in 2008 and 2009 which are available for consultation within the library only. We do not lend our MA theses but they can be viewed by appointment within the library.
Information for students and staff on external Libraries
Please see our Other Libraries webpage