What if I need an item that is not in the catalog?

If you need a item that JCPL doesn’t own, requesting it through Evergreen, Indiana's largest public library consortium, is the fastest way to receive it. Expanding your search in the catalog to include "Evergreen Libraries" will show results and allow holds to be placed on materials from more than one hundred libraries statewide.

If the item you want isn’t available in Evergreen, you may make an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request and staff will attempt to borrow it from another library.

Interlibrary Loans usually take between 3-8 weeks to arrive. You may make up to 3 ILL requests at once.