interlibrary
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a word derived from
library.
librarynouna place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.
Example Sentences
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Libraries Online Inc., a Connecticut interlibrary consortium, is currently spending roughly $20,000 a month on e-books for its 38 members.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
If so, you usually can get the source through a networked system called interlibrary loans.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
I ordered a copy of the book via interlibrary loan recently and realized that I should have read it sooner.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2018
To do that, biologists often request specimens through a kind of interlibrary loan.
From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2017
Lately she’s begun to work at the main desk, greeting the regular patrons by name as they walk through the doors, filling out forms for interlibrary loans.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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