REQUESTING ARTICLES
InterLibrary Loan (ILL)
Article Delivery & Turnaround Time
Articles are scanned and delivered electronically
Turnaround is 24 hours or less if the citation is complete and the journal is held by one of the 70 libraries in our consortia, Rapid and GWLA
Incomplete citations require mediation and additional processing by OSU Library staff
A complete citation includes the ISSN
Using InterLibrary Loan
There are a couple of ways to submit an ILL request:
1.Type information into the form on the ILL website: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/
2.Import a complete citation directly from a database to the ILL form.
Preferred for accuracy and speed
Importing Citations
1. Go to the database that cites the article you need: MLA, for example.
2. Do a keyword search (a couple of words from article title and author’s last name should be enough)
Importing Citations (2)
3. Find and click on “360 Link to Full Text”
4. Request
Requesting the Article
Next, logon to ILL
The citation has been imported into the form--all you have to do is make sure it’s complete and submit it.
InterLibrary Loan Request (2)
You’ll get an email with a link to the article when it’s available. Click on the link and download the article.
You can check the status of your article at any time by logging on to ILL (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/)
Questions?
InterLibrary Loan [email protected] 737-4488
Reference Desk [email protected] 737-7293
Subject Librarians http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/staff/college-dept-specialists