1. Logon
On the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services webpage, click
or PolyU ILLiad.
Type in your Library No. and PIN. The Contact Phone No. is optional. Click the Submit button. Make sure you have already set up your Library PIN before logging on to ILLiad.
2. To Make a Request
In the New Request table of the PolyU ILLiad Main Menu, click the button for Photocopy, Book, Conference Paper, Patent or Thesis to open the appropriate request form. Please refer to What can be requested.*
* Undergraduate students, please download an undergraduate request form or obtain a request form from the Interlibrary Loan Counter on Podium Floor, and then submit the paper request form with lecturer's endorsement at the Interlibrary Loan Counter.
3. To Input Chinese Characters
- In the Internet Explorer, set Encoding to Chinese Traditional (Big 5) before filling in the request form.
4. To View Request Statuses
In the View table of the Main Menu, click the button for Outstanding Requests, Checked out Items, Cancelled Requests, Request History or All Requests as appropriate to display the corresponding page with the statuses of the requests.
5. To View an Outstanding Request
Click
to open the Outstanding Requests page. The statuses of requests will be displayed, including the book renewal requests awaiting approval.
- Click a Transaction number, e.g. 44163, to view the details of a request.
6. To Make an Online Renewal Request
Click the Transaction number of the item you want to renew, e.g. 42528.
Click
on the Detailed Information page of a request.
You will be informed of the outcome of the renewal request by email.
7. To View Documents Received for Web Delivery
7.1 Staff and Postgraduate Students
7.2 Undergraduate Students
Under the Status column of the PolyU ILLiad - Quota Information table, click Delivered to Web of the transaction you want to view, e.g. 1238. +
+ Articles posted for web delivery will remain accessible by the requester for 30 days from the date of posting.
. The Electronic Articles page will be displayed
to open the Electronic Articles you want to view.
8. To View an Email Notification
to open the Email Notification page
Click the subject of the item you want to view, e.g. Interlibrary Loan Book Renewal Accepted - TN: 9249
9. To Search any request you have submitted
Type any word in search text box, and click the Search button to search your submitted requests. e.g. journal.
* Active - To search all not yet finished or not yet cancelled requests. All - To search all requests.
Results from your search are listed in Search Results page. Clicking on the transaction number for any item will take you to the detailed information.
to search your submitted requests .
Contact Us
Location : Interlibrary Loan Counter, Podium Floor, Pao Yue-kong Library Telephone : 2766 6862 Email : lbilloan@inet.polyu.edu.hk