First, you need to set up an interlibrary loan account (ILLIAD) by completing the registration form. Once you set that up, you may log in and use the account for requesting resources not held at the Welder library. You will be able to:
University of Mary online students must use ILLIAD to request books and media held by Welder Library or other libraries. It is vital all students, both on campus and online students, establish an ILLIAD account to obtain needed library materials. Books and media requested by online students will be forwarded to students by mail. University of Mary online students are responsible for return postage to return the item to Welder Library.
Note: Articles delivered to your ILLIAD account are only accessible for 30 days. After 30 days the software will display grayed out icons of article PDFs in your history, and you will no longer be able to access the article. If you need articles longer, you may want to keep a print or electronic copy when you first receive it.
As an University of Mary online student, you can use our databases to find journal articles or electronic books. To access our databases, you will need to login using your UMary email address and password. You can find our list of databases by following this link. On this page, databases are arranged according to subject.