Bringing in a document not found in Montpellier's university libraries

The document you are looking for is not in the University of Montpellier catalog: it can therefore be requested from another library in France or elsewhere in the world, via the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. This service is subject to a fee and is only available to registered users (students and staff of the University of Montpellier, external readers).

Request a document

• Use the form provided in the Université de Montpellier catalog.
• Click on "Login".
• Click on "ILL request".
• Fill in a form for each document requested and choose the collection library from the drop-down list.
• You will be notified by e-mail when the document arrives at the BU you have chosen as your pick-up location (see deadlines below), and you will then receive the link to make your payment online.
• You go to the lending bank with your payment slip to collect your document.
• To return it, you must take the document back to the same BU.

Watch the tutorial video

If you have a problem, contact us: a librarian will answer you online.

There is a charge for this service

For teacher-researchers and researchers, the cost of ILL requests may be covered by the research departments/laboratories of the University of Montpellier, subject to the department or laboratory submitting a list of authorized persons: please contact your department/laboratory for further information.

Average time to obtain documents

Some books or academic works cannot be borrowed from home: they can only be consulted on site. The lending library sets the rules, and we sometimes only find out about the conditions of access when we receive the loan.