Faculty Interlibrary Loan Policy

MOBIUS, also known as Missouri Bibliographic Information User System, is a consortium of academic libraries with over sixty-five member colleges and universities in the state of Missouri.

Fontbonne University has access to nearly 18 million items (10 million unique titles) through the combined holdings of these libraries. If books are not available at Fontbonne University, but are available in the Bridges or MOBIUS system, faculty may request them through the catalog and pick them up within 3-5 workdays at the Circulation Desk. Faculty may also visit MOBIUS member libraries and check out items on-site using their Fontbonne University ID. MOBIUS books are checked out for 3 weeks with 2 renewals.

** To request books, select your cluster (Bridges) and enter your username (your last name) and password (your Fontbonne University ID number followed by a capital F).

Borrowing outside of MOBIUS

When books (or dissertations) are not available in MOBIUS, they will be requested through interlibrary loan. All journal articles that are not available in the Fontbonne University collection may also be requested through interlibrary loan. Audiovisual materials are not available through interlibrary loan.

Most interlibrary loan requests can be satisfied through the cooperative OCLC/LVIS network at no cost. If the requested material can only be found outside of that network (including most dissertations), the faculty member will be notified as to the probable cost of the transaction. If the material is still needed at that price, the faculty member may pay for it personally, charge his/her department for it at the department chair's discretion, or charge the cost to the department's allocation for library materials, depending on individual departmental policies.