Interlibrary Loan Request for an Article

Use this form to request specific articles from journals, newspapers and other periodicals. If you need help finding a citation for a specific article, contact a staff member in the Reference Department.

How to make an article request

  1. You must fill in all the sections under Personal Information in order for your request to be processed.
  2. Fill in all or as much of the Article Information as you can.
  3. When you are done, click on Send your Article Request to send your request to the Interlibrary Loan department, or, if you wish to start over, click on "Clear the form".
The Interlibrary Loan Department delivers articles as files over the Internet.  It is the patron's responsibility to either save or produce print copies of articles requested. See more information about Electronic Document Delivery.

Warning Concerning Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

Personal Information

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Article Information

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* Journal Title

Volume #
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Date of Publication
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ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), if known
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Source of citation (how did you find out about this article?)

This journal can be found at
Northwestern University Law Library
Galter Health Sciences Library (the Medical Library)
Schaffner Library
another institution. Which one?
I'm not sure where to find this journal.

If this journal issue is normally held in an Evanston campus library (Main, Science & Engineering, Geology, Math, Music, Transportation, Garrett, or Seabury), this article may not be eligible to be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan. If this journal issue should be available in Evanston, why are you placing this request? (If this journal issue is not available in Evanston, you may skip this question.)

The journal issue is missing.
NU's journal subscription begins after the date I need.
NU's journal subscription was cancelled before the date I need.
The pages are missing from the journal issue, or have been otherwise vandalized.
Another reason (please specify):

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