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Not finding your book?

You may use our Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery services to request materials. Place your request using our ILLiad software.

Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery services are available to registered faculty, staff, and students and other authorized users at the Boulder Campus.

Borrowing Update

Due to our library catalog system migration in summer 2024, borrowing through Prospector and MOBIUS has been paused. We are working closely with our partners to resume these services. Until that time, you may be eligible to continue to request through Prospector if you are affiliated with other participating libraries, which include many Colorado public libraries.

 Is the book you want checked-out? Or is it a book that CU Libraries does not own?

Both ILL and Prospector/ Mobius are used to fill requests for physical materials that CU Boulder doesn’t have. While Prospector/ Mobius only locates materials within select libraries in Colorado, Wyoming, and Missouri, ILL locates and fills requests for materials held worldwide.

Prospector

Look for the Prospector button in OneSearch.

In a few business days, you may pick up the book from the circulation desk which you  designate. If what you want isn’t available in Prospector, you may be able to find it in Prospector’s partner catalog MOBIUS, a consoritum of Missouri libraries.

 Still have questions? More on Prospector and Mobius.

Books and Ebooks

If you are searching for a specific e-book or physical book (known title and author):

  • Select the "Advanced Search" option beneath the OneSearch box on the main website
  • Enter the title and author in separate rows, being careful to select "author" or "title" from the search options on the left side of search box
  • After results are generated, go to "All Filters" under the search box
  • Select "source type, which allows you to select "books" or "ebooks" (or other resource type

Another option:

  • Click on the library catalog tab under the main OneSearch box
  • Enter title or author name
  • If you don't get good results, try the "advanced search" feature to enter author and title

If you are searching for a book on a specific topic:

  • Go to the OneSearch box and enter your search term(s), for example: "Keynesian Economics and Inflation"
  • Once results appear, select "All Filters" under the search bar and then select "Source Type" and then select "books" or "ebooks" (or both) to find books (or select "Academic Journal" to get journal articles)