How It Works:
- Anyone can search the holdings
- Patrons and staff of participating libraries can place loan requests
- Items are transported via RAILS delivery service
- Fees are subsidized by RAILS
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.