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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I discovered that the librarians could, through the wonder of the interlibrary loan, get me books they did not have, and that they would.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2018
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
Libraries submitting many interlibrary loan requests often number the requests consecutively each month.
From LILRC Interlibrary Loan Manual: January, 1976 by Long Island Library Resources Council (N.Y.)
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