If the Cheng Library doesn't have the book or article that you need, you can request an InterLibrary Loan.
Interlibrary Loan is the process of one library requesting an item from another library. You may request an InterLibrary Loan for books, media and articles if the item is not available from the Cheng Library.
Articles requested through Interlibrary Loan will be emailed to your WPUNJ email account. Most articles arrive within two days.
If you request a book or media through Interlibrary Loan, please allow two weeks for delivery (most items arrive within one week). You must come to the Library to pick it up and return it.
By phone
Call 973-720-2116
The Reference Desk is staffed until 10PM Sunday-Friday and until 8:00pm on Saturday.
By e-mail
Send your question to the Reference Desk via email - refdesk@wpunj.edu Allow 24 hours for a response.
Schedule a Research Appointment
Contact the library for an appointment with a Reference Librarian: Schedule Research Help
When reviewing articles and books, you might come across a citation for another article that you'd like to use.
To find out if the Library has the article, use the Journal Search tab on the Library homepage, and search for the journal name (not the name of the article).
This will tell you if we have the full-text of this article in another database OR in paper or microform (WPUNJ Print, WPUNJ Film, WPUNJ Fiche).
Check your citation to find out the year that the article was published and compare it to the available options.
This short tutorial will walk you through the above steps:
If the full text of an article is not accessible from the database you are using,
If the title is available in a Library database, follow links to the issue date and article.
If the title is available in WPUNJ Film Holdings, WPUNJ Fiche Holdings, or WPUNJ Print Holdings, follow links to log-in as a WPUNJ user.