interlibrary loan

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interlibrary loan

noun interlibrary loans

A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions. Only one university in the country had the book they needed but they were able to get it sent to their local library via interlibrary loan.
Similar: interloan, ILL

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noun loan of an item between two library systems

中文	館際互借 /馆际互借 guǎnjì hùjiè
Ελληνικά	διαδανεισμός diadaneismós

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@misc{interlibrary_loan_2026,
  title = {interlibrary loan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/interlibrary%20loan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}