How do I get this article?
Students (and instructors) frequently call me for help finding a specific article they already know about. Often they mean, “How do I find this article online?” whther the article is online or not. Let me give you some stps to follow.
1. Try the Article Locator in the e-journals part of our webpage.
The Article Locator will only look for articles in online journals, so it won’t tell you if we have your article in print.
2. Request the article using Article Delivery
If we have the article you want in our print collection, we’ll scan it for you and deliver it electronically through the Article Deliver/InterLibrary Loan system. If the article you want is not in our collection, we will automatically try to get it for you from another library and deliver it through the system. Register with article delivery now to save time later.
Registering for Article Delivery (video)
Requesting Article Delivery (video)
3. If having the article delivered to you is not efficient enough, see if it is in a library near you.
Look up the name of the journal (not the specific article) in WorldCat.org and find the library nearest you that carries that journal. It’s always a good idea to call the library to make sure they really have what you need before you travel there.
4. You can always Ask a Librarian!
Distance Education students can contact Dan the Librarian through the Get Help page and any University of Iowa student can use out Ask a Librarian pages.
Have you had trouble finding the articles you need or found other strategies for getting what you need from a distance? Tell us about it in the comments.
Dan the Librarian
