Interlibrary Loan Information

Requesting from Primo

When searching for articles in HSL's discovery service, Primo, links are on every record to seemlessly request content that is not owned or to request content that is currently inaccessible from the links provided. Using these links results in a better turnaround time for your request, as the links pass along a complete citation and additional metadata to your ILLiad article request form.

To request an article from Interlibrary loan, click the service option Get it from Interlibrary Loan.

After clicking the link, you will be brought to the ILLiad login page, where you will enter your Upstate username and password.

After logging in, you will be brought to an article request form with the citation information already completed (note: if this is your first time using ILLiad, you will first be brought to a registration page. More information about registration can be found in the section Registering for ILLiad)

Sections to check before submitting:

Will you accept the item in a language other than English?: If you will not accept alternate languages, please change this indicator to "no" the default is set to "yes"

Is This Item Being Used Directly for Patient Care? If an article is needed that relates to a current situation with a patient, please let us know by changing this indicator to "yes"

Notes: If there is any pertinent information you think we should know about the request, please add a comment here. If there is supplemental material for the article that you would also like access to, please note that here and we will follow up to give you access to the supplemental files.

Requesting from Databases

When in a database (CINAHL, Embase, PubMed, etc.) record with no full text access, find the "Owned by Upstate?" link in the record to bring the citation into Primo. The steps are then the same as the Requesting from Primo instructions above.

Manual ILLiad Request

If you are requesting an item that you did not find through Primo or Database searching, you can enter the request manually in ILLiad. Log into ILLiad, and select the menu option New Request and then Article as shown below.

The required fields on the article request form have red asterixis next to the fields. Including as much information as possible will help speed processing, particularly if you are able to provide an ISSN (international standard serial number ) for the journal or PMID (PubMed identifier) for the article.

When the request form is completed to the best of your ability, click the Submit Request button at the bottom of the request.

You may request scans of articles owned in the HSL's print collection. Citations can either be requested manually in ILLiad (see Manual Request Instructions above), or they can be requested from Primo. When an article is owned in HSL's print collection, you will see the locations appear in the Physical Items section of the Primo record.

To request a scan of a physical items, you must sign into Primo with the Sign in option underneath the physical item locations as shown above.

Once signed in, you will now have the option to Request a Scan from HSL's Print Collection/Get it from Interlibrary Loan.

After clicking this link, you will be prompted to log into ILLiad and submit the Article Request form as described in the steps about to request an item from Primo. You do not need to make any note or mention that this is to be scanned from our print collection on the form. If the item is not on shelf or otherwise missing, the Interlibrary Loan Department will request the article from other libraries.