Delivery of Articles and Books – Free Services
For University of Washington Bothell Students attending courses at
Harborview Medical Center (HMC)
2015
Bothell Campus Library Home Page http://library.uwb.edu/
Key phrases: Document Delivery, Interlibrary Loan, Electronic Delivery, Ordering
Articles/Books, Requesting Articles/Books
Contents of Handout:
A Summary of Ordering Articles via Interlibrary Loan
and Document Delivery Services
Setting up your Interlibrary Loan Account
How to Retrieve your Requested Articles
Filling out the “Request a Scan” form
Requesting items from the UW Libraries Search system
Searching outside of the UW Libraries Collections
Other Interlibrary Loan Services
Illustration of Interlibrary Loan Services
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A Summary of Ordering Articles using the UW Libraries
Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services
Requesting Articles – What does it mean?
If the article is not available online in full text you can request a copy of it through
the UW Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services.
What are the Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services?
Interlibrary loan of books, book chapters, media, and electronic delivery of articles
are all part of Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services.
How can I tell if I need to do this?
If the UW Libraries Search system indicates that there is no “view full text” or
“content available” link available you may request it via our Interlibrary Loan &
Document Delivery system.
Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services web page located online at:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/ill/
 The “Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services -- Policies and Frequently
Asked Questions” page is located online at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/ill/FAQ.html
Most article requests should be available to you within 1 to 3 weekdays.
Optional – view the CINAHL Tutorial web page titled, “Request this Item" Link, located
online at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/nursing/RequestItemLink. This page
illustrates a citation found in the CINAHL database that leads to a link to the UW
Interlibrary Loan services links.
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
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Setting up your Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services
account:
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From the library homepage at http://library.uwb.edu/
Underneath the header “Services” find “Interlibrary Loan” and click on “UWB.”
In the Quick Links box, click on the “Interlibrary Loan” link.
Look for and click on the “Log in > W” button.
Enter in your UW NetID and Password and click on the “Log in” button. If you
have forgotten your UW NetID – try the links on the right to retrieve it.
6. This will bring you to the Welcome to Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery
Services screen where you type in your personal contact information. You’ll
be asked to click on the Submit Information button.
6. This will bring you to the Services and Billing Information screen. This page
provides a brief overview of the services available. You’ll be asked to click on the
Click here to continue link.
Congratulations! You have finished creating your account!
The Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services staff manages your
document delivery orders, shows you the status of your request(s),
provides links to view the articles you requested, and more.
You will be sent an email when your article is delivered to your Interlibrary
Loan & Document Delivery Services account.
Your Interlibrary Loan options are below.
My assumption is that you will be using the “Request a Scan”
option under the New Requests header the most often.
How to retrieve your requested articles directly from
your Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services
Account:
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From the library homepage at http://library.uwb.edu/
Underneath the header “Services” find “Interlibrary Loan”
and click on “UWB.”
In the Quick Links box, click on the “Interlibrary Loan” link.
Look for and click on the “Log in > W” button.
Enter in your UW NetID and Password and click on the
“Log in” button.
This will bring you to the Main Menu screen. Look for the
“View” header.
Click on the “DOWNLOAD your scan” link to retrieve
your articles.
Click on the “All Requests” link to check on the status
of your requests.
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
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Filling out the “Request a Scan” form
There are five required fields to fill out. They include the article title, journal title, year,
language, and the cancel if not filled by date. The more information you provide – the
easier it is for the UW Seattle library staff to fulfill your request.
Title of Journal
here.
Put 7 days here
Click on the “Submit
Request” button when you
are finished.
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
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Requesting items from the UW Libraries Search system
to be delivered to a UW or a Summit Library
UW Libraries Search is linked on the
Campus Library homepage, located
online at http://library.uwb.edu. On the
web page you can see the UW Libraries
Search box.
Books, articles, videos, bound journals and maps located at the UW Seattle and
UW Tacoma campus libraries may be ordered directly from the UW Libraries
Search, located online at http://library.uwb.edu
1. Type in a search into the search box, (search box image above).
Question:
How do you identify if a book is located at the UWB/CC
Campus Library in the shared UW Libraries Search?
Answer:
The word “Bothell” or UWB should be listed in the location.
Example: UW Bothell/CC Library: 3rd Floor Stacks
2. After conducting a search in the system
(by keyword, author, title, etc.), click on
the “Availability and Request
Options” button, then click on the “UW
Libraries users log in for all request
options” link to login with your UW NetID
and password, if you have not already
logged in.
3. Click on the “Request UW Item (about 12 days)” button (faster = requesting from
the UW Libraries),
or the “Request non-UW item (about 3-5 days)”
button for Summit items (slower = to request from
outside of the UW Libraries).
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
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4. You will need to specify a pick up location:
 All UW Bothell Seattle (Harborview) students can pick-up items at the UW
Health Sciences Library, or any UW Library. A map of the HSL is located
online at http://uw.edu/maps/?HST.
 Harborview Medical Center (HMC) Staff and UWMC Staff can request
items to be delivered to your campus mailbox. See the HMC directions online
at http://guides.lib.uw.edu/hsl/hmc, or the UW Libraries web page for UWMC
staff at http://www.lib.washington.edu/services/borrow/dept-delivery
5. Your UW email address will be loaded into your library record unless one has
already been provided. If you prefer to use another email address, you may update
your account by contacting the Bothell Campus Library in person or at (425) 3523452, and asking them to change it.
Searching outside of the UW Libraries Collections
The Summit Libraries are academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest have built a UW
Libraries Search combined catalog, and the results are in the UW Libraries
Search discovery system, online at http://library.uwb.edu/. This catalog includes
colleges, universities, and community colleges throughout the Pacific Northwest. Public
universities from the state of Washington will include CWU, Evergreen, EWU, UW, UWLaw, WSU, and WWU. Some videos are available for request through the Summit
Catalog.
The “Away from your Library - Visiting Patron” page includes the directions for how to
set-up an account at the library of your choice, and is located online at
https://www.orbiscascade.org/away-from-the-library/.
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All UWB Seattle (Harborview) students can pick-up materials at the UW Health
Sciences Library
HMC or UWMC Staff - Have the items sent to your campus mailbox.
Delivery time is 3-7 week days.
Other Interlibrary Loan Services
Delivery to a UW Library or electronic delivery to your desktop
Interlibrary Loan also serves as our Interlibrary Loan service for ordering articles,
books, articles, dissertations, proceedings, microforms, etc. that are not found in
the UW or Summit Libraries.
 These items take more time to be received
 Article delivery time averages five days
 Books, dissertations, and microforms: Delivery time averages two weeks, but
can take longer
After conducting a search in the UW Libraries Search system, click on the title, and
you will be able to view and click on the “Request non-UW item (delivery time
varies)” button as illustrated below.
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
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If the item is not found in UW Libraries Search:
For book and media items click on the “Not finding what you are looking for?” button
and then the WorldCat link in the pop up window.
If the item is found in WorldCat you will have the
option to request it from WorldCat.
For items not found in WorldCat or articles that were not found using UW Libraries
Search, access the Interlibrary Loan page by following the directions on page 2.
You can then initiate a scan request for an article or book chapter, or a physical
item request for entire book or media item.
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
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Accessing the World of Library Holdings as a University of Washington Bothell Student
attending classes at the Harborview Medical Center (HMC) - Free Services
Please Note: Requesting
articles electronically
through the UW
Libraries Interlibrary
Loan Service generally
takes 1-2 week days.
X
You Are Here
…at a Distance
UWB Student at HMC
(If not owned regionally
it can take up to 5
week days.)
Online articles and books,
and Reserve items at HSL
Please ask a UW Bothell Research Librarian if you have any questions. Call us at
(425) 352-3146. More contact options are available online at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
All UWB Seattle
(Harborview) Students can
request to have UW Libraries
materials delivered to the
UW Health Sciences Library
(HSL), or any UW Library.
HMC Staff and UWMC
Staff can have items
delivered to your HMC or
UWMC campus mailboxes.
See the web pages for
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instructions:
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Order through
UW Libraries Search
Request in
UW Libraries Search
UW Bothell, Seattle & Tacoma
(Items not online)
(2-4 day delivery)
For HMC staff at
http://guides.lib.uw.edu/
hsl/hmc
Summit Catalog: Pacific Northwest
College and University Libraries
(3-7 day delivery)
Loans from
Elsewhere
Start search in UW
Libraries Search and request
in WorldCat or ILL Form)
Interlibrary Loan – National and beyond