If you need an item not available in the UWFox library or in electronic format, there are several ways to obtain it. These services are available to students and personnel of UW Colleges.
Call Slip: Borrowing with the UW Colleges
You can place your personal request for materials from other (2 year) UW Colleges libraries online through Voyager, the UW Colleges online catalog. In Voyager, if you find something you want, but it isn't owned here, click on "Place Requests." You'll be asked to supply your I.D. card number. At next screen, "Request from another UW Colleges library", click on "OK." At next screen, choose UW Fox Valley as PICK CAMPUS TO SEND TO; if you don't do this YOU WON'T GET YOUR ITEM! Enter your I.D. card number again and click on "Submit Request." To cancel a request, go to "Your Account," scroll down to the "Request Information" screen, position the cursor and click in the "cancel" box preceding the item to be cancelled.
Universal Borrowing: Get Materials from UW Four Year Campuses
You can also place your personal request for materials from any of the four year UW campus libraries online through Voyager.
- In Voyager, click on the "More Libraries" button.
- At the next screen, choose which library (or all) you wish to search. If you find something you want, click on "Place Requests." You'll be asked to supply your I.D. card number.
- At next screen, "Request from another UW System library", click on "OK."
- At next screen, enter I.D. card number again and choose UW Fox Valley as PICK CAMPUS TO SEND TO; if you don't do this YOU WON'T GET YOUR ITEM!
- Click on "Submit Request."
- To cancel a request, go to "Your Account," scroll down to the "Request Information" screen, position the cursor and click in the "cancel" box preceding the item to be cancelled.
ILLiad: For Journal Articles & Items Not Owned in UW Libraries
Just complete this Fill-in-the-blank online request form. You make a request for an item, we order it, and notify you when it is received. You return it to us, and we ship it back to the lending library. If you request articles, they will be sent electronically to your desktop.
Courtesy Card
You get a temporary borrower's card (courtesy card) from us and visit a local library that has the item you need. You check it out and return it to that library.