Document delivery
What is the Document Delivery service?
Through the Document Delivery Service, the University of Padua libraries supply users with copies of documents, such as journal articles, book chapters, etc, not available in any of their collections. All you have to do is to contact your library.
External libraries can also request copies of documents owned by the University of Padua Libraries.
The document delivery service is also available, with specific terms, for intra-library supply of documents. It is also possible to request documents located in the Nuovo Archivio di Legnaro – NAL.
Specific bibliographic materials (e.g. some technical regulations, psychodiagnostic tests) may be excluded from document delivery service in the libraries. Please get in touch with the library for more details.
The service may be subject to fees.
How to request a copy of a document not owned by the University libraries
Institutional users
Before submitting a request for document delivery, please check GalileoDiscovery to see if the book or journal of interest is not already present in one of the libraries of the University Library System. If so, you can go to the library that owns the document and request it for consultation or loan.
If the document is not present in one of the University libraries, you can request the supply of a copy of the document as follows.
Institutional users will make the request through the NILDE Service. To access the NILDE service, institutional users will select the "Institutional Access option - Idem Garr" on the home page, choose University of Padua in the drop-down menu and then log in using Single Sign-On (institutional email address and password).
Guest users
Guest users with a University of Padua Library System Guest User Card can request a copy of a document (part of a book or journal article) not owned by the SBA libraries or located at the NAL. The request to supply documents must be submitted in one of the libraries of the SBA, at the service host using the form provided. The request will be submitted in one of the SBA libraries, at the reception desk by completing the provided form.
They require a € 3.00 prepayment per item, regardless of the outcome of the request.
Upon the arrival of the material, users will be notified by e-mail. You will have 30 days from the notification date to collect the documents.
How to request a copy of a document owned by the SBA libraries
External libraries or institutions
According to current copyright laws, copies of material owned by the University of Padua Libraries can be supplied to libraries or institutions that request it in the indicated manner:
- Libraries belonging to the NILDE network (or members of the NILDE network) will send the request via NILDE. Other libraries or institutions will send the request to the library that owns the document by e-mail. If the library is part of the SBN network it is also possible to send the request via ILL SBN.
- A reciprocal free agreement is preferred; if not possible, a refund of € 4.00 per item will be requested. The refund, required only in case of a positive response, must be anticipated, with IFLA Vouchers.
- Documents will be sent through NILDE or other secure file delivery systems.
Individual users must contact their reference library to access the service.
Intra-library document delivery service
The service is available to teachers, researchers, research assistants, students with disabilities, students using the "Pietro Arduino" library of the Agripolis campus (Legnaro), the "Luigi Chiereghin" Library (Treviso), and the library of the Technology and Management of Industrial Systems department (Vicenza).
How to request intra-library document delivery from other University of Padua libraries
Authorized users will request document delivery through the NILDE service. To access the NILDE service, select the "Institutional Access option - Idem Garr" on the home page, choose University of Padua in the drop-down menu, and then log in using the Single Sign-on (institutional email address login and password).
Upon the arrival of the requested document, the library will forward it via e-mail to the applicant.
Delivery of documents located at Nuovo Archivio di Legnaro
The delivery of documents stored at Nuovo Archivio di Legnaro (NAL), marked Deposito NAL on GalileoDiscovery, allows institutional and external users to request copies of documents owned by the libraries of the University Library System but stored at NAL.
Find out more on document delivery terms at Nuovo Archivio di Legnaro.
Copyright law
Document Delivery is subject to limitations imposed by current laws regarding copyright protection (Legge 22 aprile 1941 n. 633 and following amendments) and by licensing agreements signed with publishers. Documents are supplied only for study and research purposes and for personal use.
Users assume any liability for the use which might be made of the reproductions, being strictly prohibited any subsequent reproduction or publication for commercial use.