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About Find More Illinois

How It Works:

Find More Illinois simplifies resource sharing between participants but does not replace catalog software or LLSAP membership. For more details, view a comparison of FMI and LLSAP functionality.

Find More Illinois Services

For Your Patrons:

  • Search and request items in participating catalogs
  • Place and manage their own requests
  • Access book reviews, tables of contents, and cover art (when available)
  • View real-time status of local holdings
  • Access quick redirects between local OPAC search and FMI

For Your ILL staff:

  • Staff interface for request management
  • Patron authentication against the local integrated library system (ILS)
  • Optional NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol (NCIP) connectivity streamlines requests
  • MARC record uploads into FMI union database
  • Statistical reporting
  • Quality MARC records available to download
  • Training, consulting, technical support, and vendor relations provided by RAILS

Need More Information?

Individual or groups of libraries can contact RAILS Find More Illinois staff to schedule a demo or an informational meeting.