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Articles
Complete this form to place a request.
Articles are delivered electronically within 1-4 days.
Articles received electronically are available to the patron 24/7 for 30 days from date of receipt. They can be viewed, printed, pasted into documents, saved to disk or downloaded to a personal computer.
Tip: Use the search box below if you have a DOI or PMID from a citation. This quick lookup tool allows you to quickly determine if the article is available from a library source and place an ILL request if we do not have the item.
Ebooks
It is not possible to receive complete ebooks via interlibrary loan. However, we can fill requests for individual chapters. Consider recommending an ebook purchase if a print copy or electronic supply of an individual chapter through interlibrary loan won’t meet your needs. We cannot acquire single user ebook versions from retailers like amazon, but we will try to locate an institutionally licensed version through a supplier or publisher.
See Interlibrary Loan Policies for more information about use and timelines for interlibrary loan services.
See Request a Purchase to recommend an electronic format for a purchase.
Find an Open Access copy
OneSearch indexes open access content from numerous repositories like the Directory of Open Access Journals. See Finding an article in OneSearch.
Check Google or Google Scholar to see if the article is available for free.
Tip: In Google Scholar, it can be tricky to differentiate between content that is open access and that which requires a library subscription. One solution is to use a browser plugin like LibKey Nomad described below. This tool ensures you are properly authenticated to access content licensed by the library and helpfully locates open access copies of articles.
- LibKey Nomad This link opens in a new window
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Browser extension that connects users on the open web to full text resources provided by the library. Once installed, look for the LibKey Nomad button on websites you visit to immediately get full text options. Works with research platforms like PubMed and Scopus. Can help users launch research from citations in Wikipedia articles. Compatible with all major browsers. Use the link above to download the extension for your browser, choose University of Montana Missoula for the Organization, and start searching. Note: The extension does not require that users register for a product-specific account.
Other online tools can help you find free and legal open access versions, including preprints deposited into repositories by authors.
- EndNote Click Formerly known as Kopernio.
- Open Access Button (OA Button) Browser plugin
- Unpaywall Search their database or install a browser extension.
Contact the author and networking options
Contact the author by email or reach out via social networking sites where researchers share their work. The author’s name, institution, and sometimes their email address typically display on the first page of an article preview.
The library does not condone use of websites where paywalled content is illegally shared. Users are encouraged to use legal means and interlibrary loan services to obtain articles.
Purchase options and DeepDyve
Publisher websites point to purchase options for individual articles in cases where the library has not licensed access. These transactions are available to any individuals to make at their own expense. The library cannot make these purchases on behalf of users. Users are encouraged to place requests through interlibrary loan to get these articles for free.
Certain publisher websites point to article rentals through a service called DeepDyve. They sell monthly and yearly subscriptions to individual users and small organizations for bundled academic publications from participating publishers like Wiley, Oxford, and Springer Nature. A certain portion of DeepDyve's catalog may charge additional rental fees on top of the subscription price.
