Getting Started
Eligibility
The services offered through these pages are provided to WVU Morgantown Distance Education students only. A Distance Education student is defined as a student who is currently enrolled in at least one class that uses non-traditional transmission methods (such as two way interactive video, satellite, television and the world wide web) to make its course offerings available OR a course that is offered by WVU Morgantown at a remote location. Additionally, the student must reside outside of a 25 mile radius from Morgantown. If you live or attend classes in the Morgantown area, you are not generally considered a Distance Education student.
Register as a Distance Education user
- To take advantage of these services, you must register with ILLiad.
- Distance Education borrowers use ILLiad for both WVU owned and Interlibrary Loan requests.
- Select Distance Education as your status and DCL for the question "Where would you like to pick up your loans?" Distance Education students, however, do not need to pick up their loans.
- Distance Education services are currently offered only for holdings in the Downtown Library Complex, Evansdale and Health Sciences Library.
Once you have registered with the library as a Distance Education student, you will be issued a WVU Borrowers Card. This card will be used to check books from the WVU Libraries out to you, as you request them. The barcode number on this card also lets you access your account online through MountainLynx.
Fees
Books
A Distance Education student may borrow up to 10 books a year, from either WVU or through Interlibrary Loan, at no cost. The library will pay the cost of mailing a book to the student and a postage paid label will be included for returning the book. The student is responsible for returning materials on time and will be fined for any late items, according to library fine policy.
After 10 books, the user will be responsible for postage.
Articles
Up to 30 articles from journals that are owned by WVU will be provided for free. After 30, the user will be charged $3.00 per article.