If you are looking for a journal article, your first stop is to check our online databases, which you may access remotely with your State Library card. If you don’t find the article that you need in our databases, simply fill out our online request form for journal articles. If the article is available from another library, we will email it to you when it arrives, sometimes even within 24 hours.
If you are looking for a book, you will want to check out our online catalog. If the book that you need is not held within the State Library’s collections, you will often have the option of placing a hold on a copy that is held by one of the other libraries in our consortium. Once you place a hold with your State Library card, the book will be shipped to us as soon as it becomes available, and then we will notify you via email when it is ready to be picked up at the State Library.Alternatively, if the book that you need is not available in our online catalog, you may request the book by filling out our online request form for books. If the book is available from another library, we will email you as soon as it arrives at the State Library.
We are always happy to help you if you need any assistance with requesting library materials. If you have any questions, just send us an email at interlibrary.loan@state.ma.us.
Laura Schaub
Cataloging Librarian
