Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
Our Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Service provides all CSHL users fast, personalized access to: journal articles, books, and other materials both owned by the library online and in print, borrowed from other institutions or purchased from publishers.
If you are already setup, go to:
Most articles requested are delivered to you electronically within 24 hours and books within 5 business days.
There is no charge for a basic ILL request. Small charges for rushes, scans, and postage are charged to your lab quarterly. (see Tab for charges). A grant or department account# is generally needed when an article is purchased immediately from a publisher.
To request materials and expedite their receipt, please do the following:
- Register for and use your ILLiad Account, a software platform that manages all requests & links you with our CSHL Library resources.
- Register for a My NCBI account in PubMed.
Click on the Tabs below to set up your ILLiad and My NCBI accounts.
Click on the blue CSH button 
in PubMed and other databases to download or order material once you have an account.
Select Journal Article, Book, Book Chapter, etc., under New Request on the ILLiad Main Menu听to order materials directly.
To set up an ILLIAD account Click on:
Click 鈥淔irst Time Users鈥� which appears on the Login to ILLiad听panel on the right.
You will then be taken to an information page about registering for an ILLiad account. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click 鈥�First Time Users Click Here鈥� to acknowledge and agree to all of the terms and conditions.
You will then be taken to the New User Registration form for ILLiad. Please fill out the form using you CSHL email address and username.
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You can now logon to ILLiad and begin requesting materials.听
**After you have finished setting up you ILLiad account please setup your required My NCBI account.
Go to to register for a My NCBI account.
In the upper right-hand corner, click on Log in and create an account.
You will then need to select a听3rd party sign-in option听from the list provided. Choose the 3rd party where you have an account and login using those credentials.
If you do not have an account with any of the 3rd party options listed, please create a free听ORCID ID听at听.听
Once you are logged in to听PubMed听click听your username or email听which will appear at the听top right听of the听PubMed听home page.听Then select听Account Settings听from the pop up menu.
On the next page scroll down to听NCBI Site Preferences听and听select:
鈥淐lick here to access the NCBI Site Preferences page鈥�.
Select听Outside Tool听under PubMed Preferences, select 鈥淐鈥� from the alphabetical list, and scroll down to 黑料吃瓜资源 Library.
Click on the听square听to the left of听黑料吃瓜资源 Library听to select it.
**This links you to both the library鈥檚 online holdings and with ILLiad if you need to request materials.听
You are now ready to use听PubMed听to search for research materials.
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To retrieve or order an article when searching in PubMed, please make sure you are first signed in to you鈥檙e My NCBI account. Once you find an article you would like to access, select that article by clicking on the highlighted title.听
On the right of the next page,听under听Full Text Links,听you will see various links:
- If the library subscribes to the journal online, you will be able to click on the听publisher鈥檚 link or other full text links and download the article as a pdf file.
- If the library听does not听subscribe to the journal online, click the blue听鈥淐SH Find It!鈥�听link.听
If the library has print copies听of the material听you will be brought to the听library鈥檚 catalog听and can see where the material is shelved.
**If the library does not subscribe to the material in print or online you will be directed to a link听that offers you the option to request the material through ILLiad.听 听
Select this link and logon to听ILLiad.
The听request form听for your selected article will already be filled in for you.听Hit听submit听at the bottom of the form and the request will be sent to the听our Library鈥檚听ILL Office (Jannette D鈥橢sposito).
- Photocopying at library by individual CSHL users w/Department PIN#: $0.12/page b&w; $0.55/page color
- Library staff scanning of documents for CSHL patrons: $2.50 per article or book chapter
- Same Day Rush Interlibrary Loan Articles: $2.50 per article
- Download of PDF from CSHL online holdings that are accessible to CSHL patrons: $2.50
- Postage charge for ILL book requests: $5.00
- Articles downloaded from publisher: $12鈥�$50 will be charged to a grant number pre-authorized by CSHL user.
Charges are billed quarterly from the Library through the Accounting Office to the individual departments & labs.