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Find an Article Not at Illinois

Quick Help

Login to your ILLIAD account.

Click on "Request a Photocopy" and fill out the form.

You will receive an email when your article is ready to download from ILLIAD.

Are you having trouble locating a journal article? If you answer "yes" to the two questions below, you are eligible to request the article through our Interlibrary Loan service.

  1. Did you check the  Online Journals & Databases to see if your article is available in online? Watch a video to learn more.
  2. Did you check the online catalog to see if the title is available in print? If it is, you have two choices: a) Use one of the many scanners available in the library or b) 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.

Watch a quick video - How to make a request through Interlibrary loan

How to use Interlibrary Loan to request an article

1. Go to the Interlibrary Loan page and click Login to My Account:

Interlibrary Loan page

2. Enter your NetID and Active Directory password when prompted.

3. After you've successfully logged in, click Request a Photocopy:

Requesting a photocopy from ILLIAD screen

4. Fill out all the starred fields on the request form, including any additional information you think may be helpful in the Notes field:

Request form

5. Double-check citation details and click Submit Request when finished.

Important 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 a copy, and you'll receive an email at your Illinois address when the article is available for you to download as a .pdf file. Get Adobe Reader.
  • For copyright reasons, this service should only be used for requesting copies of single articles, not entire issues or volumes of a journal.

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