How To Request

If you are in a library database ...

1. Look first for a PDF or HTML symbol in the library database record.
   
   An HTML or PDF symbol indicates that the full text of the article is available to you immediately. Click on the link to view the full text or open the PDF file.
   
   
2. No symbol?
   
   Click on the Check 360 Link for Full Text icon to see if the article is available in another resource.
   
   
3. 360 Link says holdings not available?
   
   For citations from an EBSCO database, click on the Create ILL Request link. Enter all required data and submit your request to ILL.
   
   For citations from a ProQuest, Gale or Sage database, e-mail the citation to ILL. This will save you the trouble of re-entering all the citation details in the online ILL form.
   
   
4. In a hurry and can't wait for ILL?
   
   Your article might be available full text on the open Web. Use a search engine like Google to search for the article title (as a phrase). Another option is to search for the journal title. The journal's official web page may allow you to search article archives. Navigate to the proper year, volume number, issue number and article title. Click on any links provided.
   
   Search the SWAN Catalog for the journal title from your citation to determine if a nearby library owns the journal in print or electronically. Then visit the Library to obtain the article.
   

If you have a citation from a footnote or reference list ...

1. Search for the article using the Citation Linker (see example) or search for the journal title from the citation using the E-Journal Portal (see help page).
   
   
2. No holdings available according to the Citation Linker or the E-Journal Portal?
   
   Complete the online ILL form to request your article on ILL.

More

1. If your citation states that the article is "IN" a publication, then most likely, it is a book chapter. In this case, you will need to search for the book that contains the chapter.
   
   
2. If the book was published by the APA in the last 5 years, then search for the chapter title in the PsycBOOKS database to determine if full text is available. If the book is not in PsycBOOKS, proceed to the next step.
   
   
3. Search for the book's title in Forest Library Catalog.
   
   
4. Not in the Forest catalog? Expand your search to View All Collections in SWAN, then search MOBIUS.
   
   
5. If the title is available, request the book through SWAN or MOBIUS.
   
   
6. If the title is NOT available, request the chapter by clicking on the ILL request form link in the library database where you found the original citation or e-mail the database citation to the library.
   
   
7. Otherwise, complete the online ILL form.

More

If available through SWAN or MOBIUS ...

• Request through the Library Catalog.

If not available through SWAN or MOBIUS ...

• E-mail the citation to the Library (if you found it in a library database)
• Otherwise, complete the online ILL form.

More

• Complete the online form.

More

Reminder: Dissertations may only be borrowed one at a time. if you plan on requesting more than one, please submit the citations in priority order to ILL. Keep in mind that a dissertation's loan period is usually short and may not be renewable.

1. E-mail the citation to the Library (if you found it in a library database)
2. Otherwise, complete the online ILL form.

More

In most cases, videos are not requestable through SWAN, MOBIUS, Springfield-Greene County Library or WorldCAT. You may be able to view a video onsite at a local library. More