To submit a request for loan or copies, you must be an academic, public or special library. If you are an individual who needs materials from the Sorbonne interlibrary’s collections, please place an Interlibrary Loan request at any library to which you have access. Any French or foreign library can submit an interlibrary loan request to the Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne.
The Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne loans parts of its holdings and sends copies of articles and chapters by postal way only (no digitalisation).
Items excluded from Interlibrary Loan (copies may be possible) :
Documents published before 1900
Reference works
Open access documents
Periodicals (copies of articles only)
Large formats
Deteriorated documents
Documents reserved for the History and Philosophy Agrégation (French competitive examination for the public education system)
Heritage collections
Copies of documents free of copyright : to place a request, please send an email to : livranci@bis-sorbonne.fr
Do you need to loan a thesis ? In some cases, both paper and microfiche versions of thesis are available. When the paper version is the only option, thesis sometimes need repair work. It can take up to a few weeks to be delivered.
To place your interlibrary loan/copies request, please send an e-mail to peb@bis-sorbonne.fr
If you have any questions and/or if you want to contact us directly, please call the Interlibrary Loan team at :
+331 40 46 31 13.
FARES | FRANCE (€) | E.U. (IFLA | €) | OUTSIDE E.U.
(IFLA | €) |
---|---|---|---|
LOAN | 8 € | 2 (IFLA) | 16 € | 3 (IFLA) | 24 € |
COPIES (up to 50 pages) | 0 € | 1 (IFLA) | 8 € | 1,5 (IFLA) | 12 € |
LOAN OF MICROFICHES | 8 € | 1 (IFLA) | 8 € | 1,5 (IFLA) | 12 € |
Foreign libraries can pay with IFLA vouchers or using bank transfer.
Please be aware that most items can be borrowed except for thesis and fragile documents : those items are non-circulating and to be consulted in reading rooms only.
The standard loan period is 1 month. You can ask for renewal by e-mail.
When returning items from a distant location, please send it to this postal address :
Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
Service du PEB
13, rue de la Sorbonne
75257 PARIS CEDEX 05
FRANCE