Be alert! As you research, continue to add relevant terms to your search:

• Consider alternative terms, abbreviations, narrower terms, broader terms and related terms.

• Use subject descriptors, database thesauri and article abstracts to identify additional terms and ideas.

• In your review of articles and websites, watch for references to research, reports and studies, which will point you to primary source documents.

opens new windowInterlibrary Loan (ILL)
For questions, email LibILL@oru.edu or call 918-495-6887.

If the library does not own the item you need, we will request it for you through our interlibrary loan service. There is no charge for this service, unless the item is only available from a library that charges a fee. In these (rare) cases, the requester is asked if they want to pay the fee or cancel the request before proceeding with the request.

To Request an ILL:
Some databases include interlibrary loan forms to complete. For example, EBSCOhost databases provide an ILL form when you click the "Request from another library" link in the article record. If no form is available in the database, you may complete the opens new windowInterlibrary Loan Request Form or copy and paste the citation information and email it to LibILL@oru.edu (be sure to include your name, phone number, ORU email address, department and mention that you have completed the Senior paper LIBBI).

• Determine that the ORU Library does not own the item you need BEFORE requesting it through interlibrary loan.
• Set the "need by" date to at least 10 days in the future.
• Some items are available nearby; others may take a week or more to obtain from out-of-state.
• Most journal articles are available from lending libraries in PDF format you will receive a link to download.
• For books, you will receive an email when your item(s) is ready to pick up at the Library Service Desk.
• Submit only one request form for each article . Note: The form is submitted each time the submit button is used,
• After submitting a request, check your ORU email for the confirmation, which includes the citation information.