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Access PA Catalog and ILL System

Access Pennsylvania is the coordinated interlibrary loan consortium of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) and it follows the PA Interlibrary Loan Guidelines (2019) / PA Interlibrary Loan Procedures Manual (2011)

The Access PA Catalog is constantly being updated and as of May 2023, the union catalog is comprised of 7.3M titles and contains nearly 39M holdings in total, from both the union catalog and the z targets. 

Currently, more than 800 public, school, academic, and special collections libraries participate in the Access Pennsylvania ILL program.

 

Access PA Frequently Asked Questions

Where I find out more about Access PA and Interlibrary Loan?

How can my library participate?

If I'm a POWER Library participant, is participation in Access PA ILL required?

  • Depending on your type of library, participation may or may not be required.   For public libraries participation is required; for school libraries, however, participation is entirely optional.

I’m an Access PA ILL staff person, where do I start?

  • We have a section on the For Librarians Hub just for you—Access PA ILL Staff.  Please note, you will need a password to access the site.  If you need the password, please contact support.