Registering for Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services
VCU employees and students are encouraged to create an ILLiad record by registering with ILLiad. VCU Libraries rely upon the information you provide in your ILLiad profile to send you alerts about materials availability, cancellation, delivery and other notices. ILLiad is an acronym for Interlibrary Loan Internet Accessible Database. Go to https://illiad.library.vcu.edu/illiad/ to register as a VCU user.
Use your VCU eID and password to access ILLiad.
- Be sure to include your name as it appears on your VCU official records. Do not use nicknames or any abbreviated form of your name unless it appears that way on your VCU official records.
- Include a current mailing address and update it regularly, especially if you wish to have materials mailed to you.
- Use your VCU email address to avoid problems with undelivered mail.
- Enter a telephone number where you can be reached during the business hours of Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Choose delivery preferences for book, videos, and other returnables. Choose a delivery preference for copies when electronic delivery is not possible.
- Include your status so that you receive the proper service and are not denied services or charged for services you entitled to receive free. If no status is provided, your ILLiad record may be disavowed and your requests denied.
- Select the library with the collection you use most often for “Library”.
- Select “Other” if you do not see a department that identifies your major or area of employment. We continue to add and revise the list of departments as the University changes. Contact us to request changes in the list of departments.