Ellis Library Electronic Document Delivery Service

The MU Libraries will retrieve and photocopy periodical articles, book chapters, proceedings, technical reports, government documents and any part of other printed publications held in the MU Libraries. Once copied the material will be available online via ILL@MU. All copying will be done in accordance with copyright laws and guidelines. This service, previously provided by the Ellis Library Copy Service, is now provided by the Interlibrary Borrowing Department in Ellis Library.

Additional information and the forms to use for this service are available at:

https://ill.mul.missouri.edu/

Cost of Service:

  • Active and retired University of Missouri Faculty/Staff, and currently enrolled Students:
    • $5.00 per citation for the first 10 pages, plus $0.10 per page for everything over 10 pages.
  • Non-affiliated. A Non-Affiliated person is one who is not an actively employed faculty or staff person, a currently enrolled student or a retired faculty or staff person at the University of Missouri in Columbia. :
    • $15.00 per citation for the first 10 pages, plus $0.10 per page for everything over 10 pages.
    • Include all billing information with the request. An invoice will be sent to you at the end of the month.
    • First time request use this form and an account will be created for you.
  • Some U.S. government publications, such as those available through the U. S. Department of Energy and National Technical Information Service, will have additional charges to meet those regularly charged by the government agencies and will also include a service charge for our work. Charges will vary depending upon the charges by those agencies. We will provide the costs to patrons before beginning copying to determine that they are acceptable.