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Document Delivery Service Charges
 

BLC Virtual Catalog requests are free to all Tufts-affiliated patrons. The following fee schedule applies to all other document delivery requests.

There is no charge to Tufts-affiliated patrons requesting items owned by another Tufts library. Please indicate in these requests whether you are unwilling to pay for items from non-Tufts libraries.


Articles/Books from Other Libraries

Documents obtained from:
Tufts/Tufts Medical Center Staff
Students*
Associate Members
Alumni
Unaffiliated Companies
Tufts Libraries (Tisch/Ginn/Vet only)
Free
Free
Non-Tufts Libraries
$4
Free
Three business days**
$20
$20
$50
One business day (articles only)
$30
$30
$50


Articles/Books from Hirsh Health Sciences Library

Articles
Tufts/Tufts Medical Center Students, Faculty, & Staff

Alumni
Associate Members
Unaffiliated Companies

Normal processing
$ 4
One business day
$ 20
$30
Books    
1st Class Mail
N/A
$20

Expedited Carrier **

N/A
$30
Audiovisuals    
1ST Class Mail
N/A
$30

Expedited Carrier **

N/A
$30

N.B.: Charges are doubled for requests of greater than 20 pages each.

*For items not available in Tufts Libraries, students are charged $4 per request, once they have ordered more than 20 items within an academic year.

**Books and Audiovisual items sent by expedited shipping carriers, such as FedEx, UPS, etc.: Add either $25 flat fee for shipping or bill to recipients' account. Mail/fax/Ariel at our discretion.

Payment

Payment can be made via appropriate Tufts/Tufts Medical Center account number or by personal (US) check made out to Tufts Hirsh Health Sciences Library and brought in-person or mailed to:

Document Delivery Department
Tufts University Hirsh Health Sciences Library
145 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111