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How to use Interlibrary Loan Services to request research materials not held in the Library?

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Full-text Not Available? Try ILL.

Sometimes you may not be able to get the full-text of a journal article because the Library does not have a subscription to the journal. In this case, you can request a copy of the article via our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.

Follow the steps to place a request from OneSearch:

When you see no results found after a search in OneSearch, first try to check v Expand Results beyond PolyU Library. This may help you get a record of the article you are looking for.
Click on the article record, and sign in with your NetID and NetPassword. Then click on "InterLibrary Loan".
Click on Logon to ILLiad. The details of this article have been pre-filled automatically. Click Submit Request to place the request. Normally you will receive an email notification to download the copy within a couple of days.

Alternatively, you may also directly submit the request form from this page.