Students taking some or all of their courses away from the main UH campus are enrolled in distance education courses. These courses are taught online, face-to-face, or some hybrid of the two.

This page provides resources for distance education students.

Accessing electronic resources away from campus

Electronic resources, such as databases and journals, are available to all distance education students away from the main UH campus.

You will be asked to login with your CougarNet when trying to access electronic resources from off campus. The authentication screen is available here.

Request a hold

Learn more about requesting a hold.

Interlibrary loan

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is used for

• Article delivery
• Home delivery
• Requesting items not available by UH Libraries

Login to ILLiad to place ILL requests, request renewals, and manage accounts. All UH students, faculty, staff, and alumni are eligible for ILL services.

If you are a first time ILL user, please create an ILLiad account. A CougarNet account and UH email address are required.

When registering as a distance education student:

• Under Status, select the “Distance Ed” option
• Under Delivery Location, select any of the delivery options that end in “(Dist. Ed.)”
• If no delivery location is convenient, please contact us:

  UH Libraries Interlibrary Loan department
  email: ill@uh.edu

  We cannot deliver items outside the U.S.

Once you are registered, use ILLiad to place requests:

1. Log in to ILLiad
2. Under Distance Education on the left-hand menu, select either “DE Loan” (for books) or “DE Article” (for articles).
3. Provide as much information as possible on the request form.
4. Click “Submit Request.”

Receiving physical deliveries

Books and physical items will be delivered to the location you selected on your ILLiad account. You will receive an email notification with delivery information. Return books to the delivery location for shipment back to UH Libraries.

Receiving articles electronically

Most articles will be delivered electronically. You will receive an email notification when an article is ready.

After logging in to ILLiad, select “Web Delivery” on the left-hand menu. A list of articles will be displayed. Articles are delivered in PDF format.

There are times when, due to licensing, copyright, or availability, an electronic copy of an article cannot be supplied. In these instances, a paper copy of the article will be delivered to the delivery location you have selected. You will receive an email notification with delivery information.