noun
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a system by which libraries borrow publications from other libraries
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an instance of such borrowing
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a publication so borrowed
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Etymology
Origin of interlibrary loan
Example Sentences
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To do that, biologists often request specimens through a kind of interlibrary loan.
From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2017
Think of a virtual, turbo-charged interlibrary loan system.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2015
Could you do your work without interlibrary loan?
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2014
Genis’s father brought armfuls when he visited; some were ordered from print catalogues or interlibrary loan; others came from prison libraries, which Genis describes as typically “about fifteen thousand titles, heavy on James Patterson.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2014
Each time we check with a prospective lender, a notation is made on the interlibrary loan form indicating the library's name and response.
From LILRC Interlibrary Loan Manual: January, 1976 by Long Island Library Resources Council (N.Y.)
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