Interlibrary Loan

Faculty and staff can request electronic copies of articles from the print journal collections from any Penn State Library location, including your own local campus library.

To request an article, follow these steps:

1. Login to ILLiad
2. On left menu bar go to "Request Items Owned by Penn State Libraries"
3.  Select "Article"

To expedite delivery, include a call number and select the library location of the journal from the drop-down box at "Where does the CAT say the journal is located?" Your article request will be automatically directed to staff at that location. A link to "Search the CAT" is available to verify call number and library location.

Articles will be posted under Electronically Received Articles on the Main Menu screen of your ILLiad account.

ILL Purchase Express purchases books requested through Interlibrary Loan and adds them to the Libraries' permanent collection after the user's loan period.

Book requests meeting established criteria are ordered from a book vendor within 24 hours. Expected delivery of the book from the vendor is within 6 working days. Once the book is received, it is rush-processed and sent to the pickup location identified in your ILLiad profile. An email is sent to you when the book is available for pickup. You will have the book for the standard Penn State Libraries loan period, such as semester loan for faculty, staff and graduate students.

This service is available for current Penn State faculty, staff and students.  You will be notified via email if your book request is a possible purchase and was forwarded to Serials and Acquisitions Services. If the book cannot be received within 6 working days from a vendor, the the book is requested and supplied through Interlibrary Loan.

Direct Article Requesting and Delivery from the British Library

Faculty, staff and graduate students can search and request articles and conference proceedings directly from the British Library without going through interlibrary loan. Set up email alerts from your search terms to keep you current with new research published in your area of interest. Many articles are delivered through the British Library "Secure Electronic Delivery" to your desktop or you can request mail or fax delivery. The article cost will be deducted from your fund allocated by Interlibrary Loan.

Register for Inside Web through the Libraries. Once registered, you will receive an email from Interlibrary Loan staff with your user name and password and some funds for ordering articles. Additional funds can be requested and will be allocated if available. It may take 1-2 working days before you receive an email from Interlibrary Loan with your user name and password. If you have any problems with your Inside account or password, or if you wish to request additional funds on your account, please use the Ask! button on the right hand side of this page. Your request will go directly to Interlibrary Loan staff who will assist you.

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Ingenta ConnectComplete

Faculty, staff and students can search ConnectComplete for fulltext articles or abstracts from academic and research publications.  Many fulltext articles are free.  For articles that have an associated charge, a document delivery service subsidized by the Libraries is available for faculty, staff and students who have an account registered through the Libraries. 

You do not need an Ingenta account to view free fulltext articles.

You may already be registered.  To verify if you are registered, click on the "forgotten my password" link from under the Sign In section and enter your Penn State Access ID (i.e. abc123) in the user name field.  If it says you are not registered, then Register for an Ingenta ConnectComplete account through the Libraries.  Once registered, you will receive an email from Interlibrary Loan staff with your username and password to use with Ingenta. 

Articles: When searching in ConnectComplete, you will see article access options.

Select the Get it! button for free fulltext. 

If the article is not avaliable for fulltext via the Get it! button, you may see an option to purchase.  If you have an account registered through Penn State Libraries, the account will read, Penn State University and the charge will be paid by Penn State Libraries. You can also set up your own account and pay with a credit card.

Alerting Service: You can set up saved searches and receive search or new issue alerts. Once logged into ConnectComplete with your user name and password, select Manage My Ingenta from the left bar and select Search Alerts or New Issue Alerts.

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