Finding Articles--Part 5
Requesting Articles from Other Libraries
Authored by Marianne Nolan and Ken Burhanna
The text only versions provide a linear presentation of the Hands-On flash modules. The Hands-On modules often incorporate images and interactive presentations to help demonstrate and support the text. These images and interactive features are lost in the text only format. Users can supplement their reading of the text versions by going onto the World Wide Web and visiting the web sites and doing the searches that the text indicates. This is most easily done by printing the text version and using it as a guide.
After completing this module you will know:
1. When to Use Interlibrary Loan for Articles
2. How to register for Interlibrary Loan
3. How to request Articles through Interlibrary Loan
Introduction
Sometimes an article important to your research is not available at the University Library.
"Requesting Articles from Other Libraries" will cover your options for obtaining these articles through Interlibrary Loan.
1. Knowing When to Use Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan is a service that borrows materials (books, articles, etc.) from other libraries when the University Library does not have the materials in their collection.
Interlibrary Loan is free to students and faculty, except for rush orders which are $5 per article.
Interlibrary Loan is an option for obtaining journal articles when and if:
-- No copies of the journal article you need are
available (in print or online) at the University
or Law Libraries.
-- You can wait the 7 to 10 days that Interlibrary
Loan requests usually take to fill.
Make Sure that CSU Does Not Have the Journal You Need
You should have completed the following steps to check if the University Library has the journal article you need:
1. Searched by journal title in the SCHOLAR catalog.
2. Searched by journal title in the Alphabetical List of Electronic Journals.
If you did not find the journal you need after steps one and two above, it's time for you to consider Interlibrary Loan. Remember, Interlibrary Loan takes 7 to 10 days at the minimum.
2. Registering for Interlibrary Loan
Interlibrary Loan requires a brief, one-time registration on ILLiad. ILLiad is the electronic system you can use to request an item through Interlibrary Loan. You are also welcome to visit the Interlibrary Loan office on the 1st floor of the University Library in RT 103.
To get started, find a link to Interlibrary Loan on the University Library's home page and click it.
This page provides general information about Interlibrary Loan and ILLiad.
Registered users can go straight to login, but we want to go to instructions for first-time users. Click on the correct link.
The instructions for first time users explain in detail the how and why of registering.
First time users continue to the registration page by clicking the button at the bottom of the information page.
To register, complete the New User Registration form.
Be certain to include up to date and accurate contact information. Interlibrary Loan staff will use this information to contact you.
If you leave a blank empty or make a mistake completing the form, a dancing exclamation point "!" will point out your error.
Once this form has been submitted, your Interlibrary Loan account will be ready to use.
3. Requesting an Article through Interlibrary Loan
Okay, here's an article not available in print or online through the University Library.
Silverman, Helaine. "Groovin' to Ancient Peru: a critical analysis of Disney's
The Emperor's New Groove." Journal of Social Archeology. 2.1(2002):298- 323.
The citation was located on Academic Search Premier. Let's walk through requesting it via Interlibrary Loan.
After logging in, you are taken to a page of options for Interlibrary Loan. To place a request for an article you should select Request a Photocopy.
Please select this option now.
This is the Photocopy Request Form. To request an article, you need to fill this form out as completely as possible.
Please notice that some fields (instructions in red) are required, and you cannot leave them blank.
If you have problems or questions with entering your request, you can call the Interlibrary Loan office at 687-2382.
The field Inclusive Pages requires that you enter not only the starting page number, but the ending page number of your article. For example, an article beginning on page 2 and ending on page 8 would be expressed as 2-8. If you're not sure of what page an article ends on, make sure to indicate this with dash marks or a question mark.
An ISSN (international standard serial number) is an unique numeric identifier of a journal publication.
Including this number will help Interlibrary Loan staff process your request.
Indicate "Yes" if you would accept the article in languages other than English. If you would accept other languages, be sure to list those in the Notes field.
If not, type "No" in the box.
Moving down to the bottom of the request form, you come to a final section asking for information about where you found out about your article. This article was found on Academic Search Premier.
If you don't know this information, you can leave this field blank.
Your request is completed by clicking the submit button. In response you will see a message that says Request Received and a transaction number that verifies that your request was sent to ILL. Again, a dancing exclamation point "!" will indicate if there is anything wrong.
This concludes Requesting Articles from Other Libraries
