Interlibrary Loan

Things to know for placing an order

Transaction number (TAN)

You will need a transaction number (TAN) to place an interlibrary loan request via DigiBib.

TANs are available in all library units of the RPTU University Library at the respective service desk. Cost center users can have the required TANs sent to them using the forms below (this can also be done as a collective order via the respective secretariats).

TAN order for cost center users in Kaiserslautern
TAN order for cost center users in Landau

Questions about ordering TANs will be answered by
In Kaiserslautern: Central Information Desk, Building 32 (Tel.: 0631/205-3856, e-mail: ub-info-kl(at)rptu.de)
In Landau: Service desk of the University Library in Landau (Tel.: 06341/280-31650, e-mail: ub-ausleihe-ld(at)rptu.de)

The Digital Library (DigiBib) URL:

You can access the DigiBib via the menu bar on our homepage or directly via the following links:

DigiBib for Kaiserslautern

DigiBib for Landau

Login

In Kaiserslautern, you can log in to the DigiBib via Shibboleth with your RPTU account.
In Landau, please use your library card number and the corresponding password to log in.

The pure research function is also available to you without registration. To be able to use all databases and online documents, you must be in the RPTU IP area or connected via VPN.

If you are authorized for another library account, you can also place interlibrary loan requests for this person.

For users in Kaiserslautern who do not have an RPTU account but would still like to order interlibrary loans: Please use one of the following forms, depending on what you would like to order.

Items excluded from the Interlibrary Loan Service:

  • Media in the holdings of the RPTU University Library, even if they are currently on loan 
  • Media in the holdings of other local libraries
  • Works available in bookshops at a low price (up to approx. €15.00)
  • Patent specifications and standards

Items not obtainable through the Interlibrary Loan Service:

  • Literature required for non-scientific purposes
  • Works of particular value
  • entire journal issues and generally also journal volumes
  • loose-leaf editions, encyclopedias, reference works
  • Diploma, master's and admission theses and the like
  • Electronic resources (e-books, often also CD-ROMs etc.)
  • Copies of newspaper articles, copies from “newsstand” journals, contributions from books with more than 10 percent of the volume (§ 60e UrhWissG)

Instruction manuals

Ordering a Book
How do I request a book chapter through Interlibrary Loan
How do I request a journal article through Interlibrary Loan
Free order request (ILL order request with Manual Data Input)

Interlibrary Loans

Kaiserslautern

Tel.: +49 631 205-2367
Tel.: +49 631 205-2190

E-Mail: ub-fernleihe-kl@rptu.de

Interlibrary Loans

Library Landau
Building D

Phone: +49 (0) 6341 280 31613

E-mail: ub-fernleihe-ld@rptu.de