Interlibrary Loan Rates for Academic Libraries in the United States of America Have Increased Despite the Availability of Electronic Databases, but Fulfilment Rates Have Decreased. A Review of: Williams, J. A., & Woolwine, D. E. (2011). Interlibrary loan in the United States: An analysis of academic libraries in a digital age. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 21(4), 165-183. doi: 10.1080/1072303X.2011.602945

<b>Objectives</b> – To determine the number of interlibrary loan (ILL) requests in academiclibraries in the United States of America over the period 1997-2008, and how various factors have influenced these rates. These factors included electronic database subscriptions,size of print jour...

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Main Author:	Kathryn Oxborrow
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Alberta 2012-12-01
Series:	Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Subjects:	Interlibrary loans academic libraries United States of America
Online Access:	http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/17449/14480