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How to obtain article photocopies
Are you having trouble locating a journal article? If you've answered "yes" to the two questions
below, you are eligible to request the article through our
Interlibrary Loan service.
- Did you check the
Online Research Resources database to see if
your article is available in online?
Watch a
video to learn more.
- Did you check the
online catalog to see if the title is
available in print? If it is, you need to get yourself a copy card and
make a photocopy of the article
at the
departmental library where the
journal is located.
Now, if your article is not available online AND the University Library does not have a print
copy (e.g. we don't subscribe to that title, that issue is missing or has been sent to the
bindery), you may use our
Interlibrary Loan service.
>>You may also be interested in
watching a video
on how to make a request through Interlibrary Loan.
- Go to the
Interlibrary Loan page and click
Login to My Account:
- Enter your
NetID and Active Directory password when
prompted.
- After you've successfully logged in, click
Request a Photocopy:
- Fill out all the starred fields on the request form, including any additional information you
think may be helpful in the
Notes field:
- Double-check citation details and click
Submit Request when finished.
Important things to note:
- This service is free for Illinois faculty and students in cases when the University Library
doesn't own a particular journal title (or a needed volume or issue thereof), or if the Illinois
copy is out for binding or missing.
- It can take 7-10 days (but usually less) to obtain photocopies, and you'll receive an email at
your Illinois address when the article is available for you to download as a .pdf file.
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- For copyright reasons, this service should only be used for requesting copies of single
articles, not entire issues or volumes of a journal.
If you have additional questions about article photocopy requests, please
Ask A Librarian
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