If you are in a database and have come across text "Sorry, we do not have this journal." you will want to [If you are not in a database and want to request an article click here.] determine that you are actually looking at a citation for a journal article. Some databases include books, book chapters and dissertations along with articles. If you click on the "Find Full Text" link you will only be searching through our journals, you will not be searching our books or dissertations. If the item you desire and you search for it using this link you will get the message "Sorry, we do not have this journal." even if we have the book. To check if we have a book or dissertation you have to go to the Library Catalog to conduct your search.

How to determine what kind of citation you are looking at:

• Articles usually have specific page numbers and a month and year of publication (May 1999 rather than just 1999).
• Books usually have a place, year, and company of publication.
• Book chapters usually have page numbers in addition to the book publication information.
• Dissertations usually mention Dissertation Abstracts somewhere in the citation, or give the name of a university without mentioning a specific publisher.

If you would like more information about citations please look at our guide on understanding citations.

If you are sure you are looking at an article citation and you can see we don't have the article we can get it for you for free through Interlibrary Loan.

IMPORTANT: Before requesting an article through InterLibrary Loan please be sure of two things:

• You can wait the 3-8 business days (This does not include week-ends) it usually takes for an article to come in. It can take longer during busy times.
• It is not in another language.

To order an article through InterLibrary Loan click on the link "Request article from another library (Interlibrary Loan.")

You will be asked to login. The first time you use your InterLibrary Loan account you will need to fill out a form in order to set up your account.

Next, You should get the following screen. Your article information should automatically be entered into the form for you. We suggest that you look back at the citation you found in the database and verify the information is correct. Occasionally incorrect information is entered here, particularly in regards to dates.

Accessing InterLibrary Loan if your not in a database

We will get any article that we do not carry in our library through InterLibrary Loan. This is free service.

IMPORTANT: Before requesting an article through InterLibrary Loan please be sure of two things:

• You can wait the 3-8 business days (This does not include week-ends) it usually takes for an article to come in. It can take longer during busy times.
• It is not in another language.

To access InterLibrary Loan go to the homepage and click on the InterLibrary Loan or go to InterLibrary Loan.

You will be asked to login. The first time you use your InterLibrary Loan account you will need to fill out a form in order to set up your account.

Next, click on the "Request a Photocopy" link and fill in the required fields. These are indicated by the word: (required) and click "Submit Request."

If you would like more information about citations in order to fill this out please look at our guide on understanding citations.