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Didn't find it at DPL? Did you know that items can be delivered from other library systems for your use? It's easy! Search our Prospector and WorldCat catalogs to find your item and place a request. You can even track your requests! Need assistance? Ask a staff member or contact the Interlibrary Loan Department at 720-865-1718 or request@denverlibrary.org.
	DPL Catalog Search here first to see if the Denver Public Library owns the item you are looking for — we'll even deliver it to your local branch if it's at another DPL location! If the item is not in our catalog, try the options below in the order they appear on the page for the fastest service.
	Prospector Can't find the item you want at Denver Public Library? Try Prospector next! Prospector is a combined catalog of 23 Colorado and Wyoming libraries and has over 20 million items you can request from and have delivered to your local branch. Check the status of your Prospector requests using My Library Card on our web site.
	WorldCat Search the library catalogs of the world! Use this national and international catalog to find items not available at Denver Public Library or through Prospector and place an Interlibrary Loan request. Take a quick tour of WorldCat.
	Not at DPL? Request It! Can't find it in our catalog? Not on Prospector or WorldCat? Just give us a title, an author, and anything else about the item, and we'll do our best to satisfy your request by purchasing or borrowing it. Log in using your library card number and last name to fill out an online request form.
	How's My Interlibrary Loan Request Doing? Use our Request It! service to track the statuses of your Interlibrary Loan requests. Log in to Request It! using your library card number and last name to check for outstanding or unfilled requests. You can even resubmit requests!