Obtaining a document that cannot be 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 University of Montpellier catalog.
• Click on "Log in."
• Click on "Interlibrary Loan Request."
• Fill out one form per requested document and select the pickup library from the dropdown list.
• You will be notified by email when the document arrives at the library you have chosen as your pickup location (see deadlines below), and you will then receive a link to make your payment online.
• You go to the loan bank with your payment slip to collect your document.
• To return it, you must bring the document back to the same library.

Watch the explanatory tutorial video

If you encounter any problems, please contact us: a librarian will respond to you online.

This service is subject to a fee.

For faculty members and researchers, the costs associated with your interlibrary loan requests may be covered by the University of Montpellier's departments/research laboratories, provided that the department or laboratory submits a list of authorized persons: please check with your department/laboratory for more information.

Average time to obtain documents

Some books or academic works cannot be borrowed for home use: they can only be consulted on site. The lending library sets the rules, and we sometimes only know the conditions of access to the documents upon receipt of the loan.