Can my library prevent ILL requests for electronic serials?
WorldCat Resource Sharing can automatically deflect some or all ILL requests for your electronic serials to the next library in the lender string. You can set your deflection preferences in the OCLC Policies Directory. For deflection, an electronic serial is defined by elements in the WorldCat MARC bibliographic record: • Type of Record (Type, Leader/06) is a or t and • Bibliographic Level (BLvl, Leader/07) is s or b and • Material Type (mt:) is url The eSerials Holdings service adds holdings to records which meet this definition of an electronic serial. For more information about deflection, see the WorldCat Resource Sharing options for eSerials section of the Ordering Guide.
