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INTDEPED 7314 - Inquiry 1

A resource guide to best sources and best search techniques for discovering high quality research in education.

Interlibrary Loan - Requesting articles not owned by the Rod Library

How to request a research article using Interlibrary Loan

Suppose - using the database L'Annee Philologique - you found the article:
    

"The mystery of the Mycenaean labyrinth: the value of Linear B pu2 and related signs" by Anna Judson - publiished in the journal Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici  

 

After checking Google Scholar, Google, and OneSearch you find you can't access an online copy of this article (even though OneSearch claims there IS an open access copy available - this article won't be made freely available until January 1, 2020).

 

So it's time to request this journal article via interlibrary loan.  Here's how:

 

Step 1 - find the interlibrary loan option on the UNI Rod Library website and click on the interlibrary loan option - which will take you to the Interlibrary Loan website.
    

Creating an interlibrary loan account.  First step - finding the interlibrary loan button on the Rod Library website.

 

Step 2 - Click on the "Request a Loan Through Illiad" option on the right-hand side of the Interlibrary Loan website.
     

Creating an interlibrary loan account. Step 2 - Click on the "Request a Loan Through Illiad" option.

 

Step 3 - Log in with your CATID

 

(Step 3.5 - If you haven't registered for Interlibrary Loan - fill out the registration form first.)

 

Step 4 - Click on "Journal Article" under "New Request"

Link in the UNI Rod Library interlibrary loan system for requesting a journal article.

 

 

Step 5 - Now you need to fill out the form.  While you're only required to fill out the name of the journal (Journal Title) and the title of the article (Article Title) - filling out additional information may help speed up the return time.  Click on "Submit Request" at the bottom of the page when you have filled out the form.

Filling out the interlibrary loan request form for a journal article.  Be sure to include both the name of the journal (Journal Title) and the title of the article - though additional information will speed up the return rate.

 

 

Step 6 - You will be notified by email when your article is ready. 

Example of an email notification indicating the receipt of an article via interlibrary loan.  To access the article - log into interlibrary loan and then click on Electronically Received Articles.

 

Step 7 - Though the email will provide a link to the interlibrary loan system you will still need to click on "Electronically Received Articles" found under "View" to read and download this article and all other articles you've received via interlibrary loan over the past. three months.

Choosing the Electronically Received Articles option in your Interlibrary Loan account.