Borrowing via I-Share & WorldShare

Hewes Library offers two ways to borrow materials from other Libraries:  I-Share and WorldShare.

In brief, I-Share offers Monmouth College patrons the opportunity to search a common catalog, identify materials in approximately 90 academic libraries in Illinois, and request materials directly from those libraries.  Materials are delivered Monday - Friday to Hewes Library.  Patrons should note that COVID-19 procedures now include a 5 day quarantine of incoming materials.  

Patrons receive an email when the borrowed items are ready to pick up at the library information desk.

For more information on requesting materials via I-Share, please see this tutorial and written guide.

WorldShare Interlibrary Loan is the system that replaced our former subscription to ILLiad interlibrary loan. Patrons may request book materials AND articles via this method. Requests can be sent to WorldShare directly from any EbscoHost database, or entered into the request forms on the library's website.  Materials from around the state, nation and world are loaned via WorldShare, and as with I-Share, patrons should expect a longer than usual delay due to COVID-19 procedures in lending libraries.  

Patrons receive an email when the borrowed items are ready to pick up at the library information desk.

Note: articles are always provided digitally via email and are delivered much more immediately than books.

For more detailed information on I-Share and WorldShare, visit: https://library.monmouthcollege.edu/home/otherlibraries.