Request articles: Home

1. If we do not have access to a specific article, you should see the phrase "Full Text Finder." In most cases, this will be right under the article.

   Pictured below is an example from our Education Source database:

   

   Pictured below is another example, this one from Proquest's Education Database.

   

2. After clicking that, you should be redirected to a page with the item information, and the heading How to get it. Click on the "My Account" link to login. If you're not already logged in, you'll be prompted to login with your Oswego username & password.

   

3. After you're logged in, the page will reload. Click on the option to Request from another library.

   

4. You should now see a form that contains all the necessary information about the article you're requesting. Scroll down, and click Send Request. We'll e-mail you as soon as your request is available, and you'll be able to download a PDF of the article you requested.

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Before we explain how to request an article you found elsewhere, here are a few ways you can check to see if we already have access to the article:

• Did you find the article in Google Scholar? If so, here are some instructions on how to connect Google Scholar to the library databases. Doing this means you'll see a link to the library databases right in Google Scholar:

  

• If you found the article information somewhere else, here are some instructions on how to Search Our Collections for the article.

If you already know that we don't have access to the article you're looking for, here's how to request it:

1. Go to the library homepage and search for your article title. You will probably get zero results, or an incorrect result like the one pictured below: 

   

2. Click on the toggle next to Search Beyond Penfield Library. Your article should come up:

3. Click on the article title or the phrase "No online access." Then, click Request from another library.

   

4. The form should be filled out with information about the article - review this to make sure it looks correct, then click Submit Request.

   

   That's it! We'll e-mail you as soon as your request is available, and you'll be able to download a PDF of the article you requested.