Borrow, request, and interloan items
How to borrow items, place requests, and return items.
Request an item during Traffic Light 'Orange' (from Thursday 14 April 2022)
If you're having to self-isolate then request a physical item from any of our collections and you can have it couriered to your home, or have a chapter emailed
Borrowing
The Library’s borrowing services with information about access to our physical and online resources to support your study and research.
Interloan
Use this service to request items not held by the Victoria University of Wellington Library. The service is for your private research, study and teaching only.
Make a purchase recommendation
Recommendations for the purchase of Library resources can be made by any member of the University community.
Request an item from another location
For books, journals and audiovisual material at other library locations you can make a request through Te Waharoa and pick up from your chosen campus.
Find an item on the shelf
Find physical items on the Library shelves that you’ve found in Te Waharoa search results.
Distance requests
The Distance service allows eligible students to borrow books by post, arrange interloans from other libraries, and receive articles/book chapters by email.