I-Share is a shared catalog of all 90+ libraries in the Consortia of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, or CARLI.
Students, faculty and staff of DACC can order physical items (books, DVDs, CDs) from any of the 90+ libraries be sent to DACC for them to use simply by placing requests through the I-Share interface of EasySearch. Books borrowed through the system can be checked out for 4 weeks and renewed up to 3 times. Then simply return them to the DACC Library and we'll send them back to other library.
Because of the rich diversity of libraries in the system (from the University of Illinois' 14 million volumes to special medical and religious libraries to the popular reading collections of the community colleges) most things you might want are readily accessible in this fashion.
To request a book or other item through I-Share:
In EasySearch select the I-Share Libraries Search button or type in your search and select the All I-Share Libraries search scope.
Click on the title of the item you want.
Order the title you want by clicking on the I-Share bar -- it often takes several seconds to process this step, so be patient!
Click on the Send Request button at the bottom of the Request form. (If it would be useful, you can select a different I-Share library as a pick-up location.)
When the item arrives, you will receive an email in your student or staff email notifying you that you can pick it up. If for some reason, the request can't be filled (which will happen if a title is too new, for example), you will receive an email notification to that effect the same day as you place the request.
Most I-Share requests arrive in 3-4 days but some may take longer, depending on the schedule of the lending library.