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CU students/ staff/ faculty: Retrieving Articles During Construction

If you are NOT a CU student, faculty or staff please proceed to Public Patrons: Retrieving Articles During Construction.

Please pardon our dust as we work to make Norlin Library a better place to work, study, and be. For more information about the construction project, please visit the Norlin Library Construction page.

During construction a number of Norlin's journals and serials will not be physically accessible to our patrons. However, we are working to maintain as much access as possible to the content of our periodicals collection. You will be able to request copies of specific articles and journals by following the steps below:

Are you ...

• Searching for an article from a citation
• Searching for a journal/ serial via Chinook
• Using 'Find it at CU' from a database
• Waiting for an article (more than 3 business days)

Please Ask US if you have Questions!

Searching for a journal/ serial via Chinook

If you have searched Chinook for a particular journal/ serial, and you encounter the location: 'Request an Electronic Copy' choose one of the following:

• Request a specific article


• Request an entire volume


• Request multiple volumes of one journal/serial

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Request a specific article

1. Click on 'Request Electronic Copy' from the Chinook record. Example:



2. Complete the Article Finder Form with specific citation detail. [More information on deciphering citations]. Example:



3. Select 'Find Article' button.
4. Next, look for the full text in the 'Find it at CU' window. The Find it at CU window, will determine if you can access the article in full text or if you need to request an electronic copy.
5. If available electronically, retrieve by selecting a link to full text.

    

   

   Example:

   


6. If the article you need is not available in full text, choose Interlibrary Loan.



Example:




7. Enter your identikey and password.
8. Check citation detail.
9. Submit request.
10. You will receive an email when the material is available.

If you are having any difficulty with article retrieval, please Ask US.

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Request an entire volume

If you want to request an entire volume, please use Illiad.

1. Login using your identikey user name and password
   NOTE: if you have not used Illiad before you will need to complete the contact details with the initial login.


2. Choose 'Request a Loan'. Example:


3. Enter details for the volume needed


4. Submit Request


5. You may login to Illiad to check on the status of your request any time. Look for:
   

 

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Request multiple volumes of one journal/serial

To request a number of volumes, contact the circulation department. 303-492-7477 (ph)

Waiting for an article (more than 3 business days)

If you have been waiting for an article request more than 3 business days, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department for assistance:

cu-ill@colorado.edu
303-492-1617
Norlin, 1st floor NE