Journal articles from OSU and non-OSU collections

Article Express provides electronic delivery of journal articles, book chapters, and proceedings papers to OSU faculty, staff, and students. The online Article Express form can be used to request articles from both OSU and non-OSU collections.

Making a Request

Log on to ILLiad (the Interlibrary Services system) on this page and click the Article Express button and fill out a request form. Choose the appropriate article location and provide a complete, accurate citation without abbreviations. Provide an OCLC or ISSN number whenever possible.

OR

Request articles directly from our research databases using the link. A new browser window will open, and you can use the 'Get a copy via Interlibrary Loan' link to log on to ILLiad where our request form will already be filled out for you.

When you have completed providing your request information, click the "Submit Request" button. Please fill out a separate request form for each article that you want. Do not submit several items on one request.

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Delivery and Timeframe

Requests from the OSU Collections are usually filled within 3 business days; however, copies obtained from non-OSU collections may take longer. Users will receive an email message with a URL to ILLiad where they can log into their account and view or print the article. Users can access their articles on our server from any computer with internet access, a browser, and Adobe Acrobat reader.

Rarely, we will need to mail articles to the primary address in a patron's ILLiad account. Please keep your address up-to-date by logging into ILLiad and selecting the "Change User Information" button.

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Limits on Requests

Please be as judicious as possible in submitting requests.

To provide FREE and timely service to all patrons, Article Express requests must be:

• not already available online
• Go to our Online Journals List to see if what you want is online. (If you are off campus, use the Off Campus Sign In.)
• not in an OSU Special Collection: CGA, HIL, TRI, ARV, or RAR (Contact the location directly for service.)
• not a course reserve reading at an OSU library (Please use material at that location.)
• limited to one article per journal issue or one chapter per book and be 40 pages or fewer
• 10 requests or fewer per person per week

Our office may refuse to accept a request if, in our judgment, fulfillment of the request would involve a violation of Copyright law (Title 17, United States Code).

National copyright guidelines limit our office to obtaining only 5 articles per year from each journal not in the OSU Libraries collections. After the fifth article, a copyright fee (as much as $95) must be paid to the journal publisher. Our office will subsidize up to $60 in copyright fees per patron each year. If your requests will involve any co-payment of copyright fees, we will contact you prior to obtaining the articles.

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Interlibrary Services
610 Ackerman Road
Columbus, Ohio 43202-4500

Phone: 614-292-6211
Fax: 614-292-3061
Email: osuill@osu.edu

We do not accept requests in person, by phone, or by email.