Interloans — National Library of New Zealand

You can borrow items from many of our collections through the inter-library loan scheme. Once you have the item's details, contact your local library to request an interloan.

Types of items you can interloan

Most of our General Collections have items available for interloan. Original items from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections cannot be borrowed, but microfilm copies of many items, and some oral history recordings, are available.

Types of items you can borrow include:

books (including talking books)
CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, cassettes, videos and other audio-visual material
music scores
newspapers and other items on microfilm.

If we cannot lend an item we may be able to supply a copy or part of it, such as a magazine or newspaper article. Some items can only be used in your local library.

More about the General Collections

More about the Turnbull Library collections

Request an item by interloan

Find the item you want on the National Library Catalogue or TAPUHI, and give the details to a librarian in your local library. They will request the interloan for you.

Your local library may be a public library, workplace library or educational institution library, such as a university library.

National Library Catalogue

TAPUHI

Interloan charges

We do not charge for items we lend on interloan. There may be a service charge at your local library.

Subject request service

If you're having no success finding information on a particular subject, use our Subject Request Service. Our research staff will help find the right materials, which you can get through interloan.

You can make a request through your local library, or use the Ask a Librarian form.

Using the Subject Request Service (pdf, 48KB)