There will be times during your research when you find interesting/relevant resources on your topic that are not owned by the Library.
In these cases, you may want to consider requesting the item through Interlibrary Loan. This service is free of charge to students, faculty and staff of the University, and is a quick and easy way to get hard to find books and articles for your research.
If you're not able to wait for Interlibrary Loan, you can use the WorldCat database to see if other, nearby libraries may have the item you're looking for. Check with Lending Services to find out if we have reciprocal borrowing with that library, or contact the library to see if you can simply stop by to make copies.
When reviewing articles and books, or even searching the Internet, you might come across citations for other articles that you'd like to see.
To find out if the Library has the article, use the Journal Search tab on the Library website, and search for the journal name (not the name of the article).
This will tell you whether or not the Library subscribes to the journal, and in what format (paper, microform, or electronically through a different database), and for what years it is available.
If you find that we own the journal you need, compare the year of the article to the options presented, and use the rest of your citation as a guide to locate the full article.
If we don't have an article at all, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan (see below).
If, on the other hand, you see that the article is only available in a WPUNJ format (WPUNJ Print, WPUNJ Microfilm, or WPUNJ Microfiche), complete an Article Request Form to have us digitize it for you!.
*** Before using your credit card to pay for articles online, be sure to contact the Library to see if we can get it for you, for free!
In some databases, you'll find items that are not actually articles, but books or book chapters. When this is the case, use the Books & Media search on our homepage to see if we own the book. If it is not something we own, use an Interlibrary Loan request to get it from another Library!