Book Chapters:
Requesting Book Chapters:
To request a book chapter on Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery, log into the Interlibrary Loan system....
Log-in using your Google username and password.
Once you have logged in, choose "Book Chapter" under the appropriate menu:
Then, fill out the request form. A good rule of thumb is to include at least the information you would need to cite the chapter, if possible (chapter and book author, chapter and book title, date of publication, publisher, and, ideally, page numbers). The more information you include, the more easily and quickly our staff will be able to place your request.
Once your request has been fulfilled, you will receive a notification and link to your Holy Cross email.
Articles:
Requesting Articles via Database:
If you have found an article you would like to request in the article databases and no electronic access is available, you can use the button to request an article on Interlibrary Loan or Document Delivery.
Click the button. When the pop-up box opens, choose
Log-in using your Google username and password.
You should be brought automatically to the Article Request form. The database will fill out most information for you. Check to make sure the information entered is accurate (to help us find your article sooner!). A good rule of thumb is to include at least the information you would need to cite the chapter, if possible (author, article and journal title, volume, issue, and page numbers). The more information you include, the more easily and quickly our staff will be able to place your request.
Once your request has been fulfilled, you will receive a notification and link to your Holy Cross email.
Requesting Other Articles:
If you have found an article you would like to request by means other than the article databases, log into the Interlibrary Loan system....
Log-in using your Google username and password.
Once you have logged in, choose "Article" under the appropriate menu:
Then, fill out the request form. A good rule of thumb is to include at least the information you would need to cite the article (author, article and journal title, volume, issue, and page numbers). The more information you include, the more easily and quickly our staff will be able to place your request.
Once your request has been fulfilled, you will receive a notification and link to your Holy Cross email.
Books:
Some things to keep in mind:
Being able to follow a citation is crucial for research! If you have a citation, you can use those skills to track down the full-text of the article directly using the E-Journals search.
All of the information that you need to track down an article is located in its citation -- like this one below! Note that the | is not part of the citation -- these symbols mark where each component of the citation begins and ends.
Brownson, Elizabeth. |"Colonialism, Nationalism and the Politics of Teaching History in |
Author Title of Article |
Mandate Palestine." | Journal of Palestine Studies | 43, | no. 3 | (2014):| 9-25. | |
Title of Journal Volume Issue Date Pages |
doi:10.1525/jps.2014.43.3.9. |
DOI, stable URL or database |
Instructions for using the E-Journals search to find articles