Interlibrary loan requests for eBooks are possible

Through the interlibrary loan service, you can request materials not available at the Siegen University Library from other libraries. For example, you can request entire printed books or just sections of books. You can also request articles from print and electronic journals. To do so, you must log in using your ZIMT ID (g... / e...) and the corresponding password.

Since the end of October, it has also been possible to place interlibrary loan requests for eBooks.
For now, this is only available through your library account under the “Search” tab, “Interlibrary Loan: Books and Sections,” and is not yet available via “Articles & More” or other sources in DigiBib.
No additional technical requirements, such as an eBook reader, are necessary.
There are also no additional costs beyond the interlibrary loan fee.
 

However, for licensing reasons, please note the following:

• Not all published eBooks can be ordered.
• Only complete eBooks can be ordered. It is not possible to order individual sections or chapters of an eBook.
• Each eBook is available for a limited number of interlibrary loan requests per year. Once this limit is reached, no further requests can be placed.
• To use the interlibrary loan service for eBooks, you need a valid library account with the Siegen University Library, and you must be a resident of Germany. 
• The eBook order form therefore includes the required field “My place of residence is in Germany.”

Once the supplying library uploads the eBook, you will automatically receive an email notification. From that point on, the eBook will be available for download as a PDF file in your library account for 14 days. After this period expires, the PDF will be automatically deleted.
 

Notes:

• Even if the pickup location seems irrelevant on the eBook order form, we ask that you specify it. The reason for this is that, if an eBook order cannot be fulfilled, the print edition—if available—will be delivered. 
  If this is the case, you will be notified by email.
• The libraries’ interlibrary loan regulations apply to eBooks; that is, titles that are available locally—whether in physical or digital format—may not be ordered via interlibrary loan.