A borderless Library

The CERN Library has a large collection of documents in online or printed format in all disciplines needed by physicists, engineers and technicians. However,  users sometimes need to read documents not available at CERN. But don’t worry! Thanks to its Interlibrary loan and document delivery service, the CERN Library can still help you. Just fill in the online form or email us. We will then locate the document in other institutions and order it for you free of charge.

The CERN Library cooperates with the largest libraries in Europe, such as ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) in Zurich, TIB (Technische Informationsbibliothek) in Hanover and the British Library in London.

Thanks to our network and our expertise in document search, most requests are satisfied in record time: articles are usually served in .pdf version a few hours after the order, and books or other printed materials are delivered within a few days.

It is possible to ask for all types of documents such as reports, conference proceedings, theses, or even standards. In both the latter cases, if we cannot order the document in a library we will purchase it for you, but you will then be asked for a budget code.

External loan and document delivery online form:
http://library.web.cern.ch/library/Library/ill.html

Contact:
external.loans@cern.ch

by CERN Library