Due to the on-going COVID-19 situation we are predominantly supplying chapters and articles from e-books or e-journals. Only a handful of our usual suppliers are able to make scans from physical items at this time. We are now able to offer a limited lending service, primarily from The British Library.
Delivery times will be longer than usual due to pressures on the supplying libraries and not everything will be available.
The Document Delivery Service (DDS) allows staff and students of Durham University to obtain material not currently held by the Library.
Request a book
Request an article or whole journal issue
Request a chapter of a book
Request an article or whole volume of a conference proceedings
Request a thesis
Charges
Please note that there may be a small charge made towards the total cost of obtaining the item. Detail of charges can be found here.
Check our catalogue to confirm that the book or journal is not available in our library.
Check the internet. A quick internet search can find review papers, open access journals, government publications and old books, which are out of copyright.
If you want a thesis many are available for immediate download. Check EThOS for UK theses and ProQuest Digital Dissertations for international theses.
Document Delivery Service
Durham University Library
Stockton Road
DURHAM
DH1 3LY
United Kingdom
Email: document.delivery@durham.ac.uk
Tel: 0191 334 2946