Commercial document delivery services

What if I need materials the library doesn't have, and there isn't time to use interlibrary loan? Commercial document delivery services can quickly provide copies of journal articles and other types of materials (usually within 24-48 hours) for a charge, usually applied to your credit card. Please note that charges usually range from $12 - $35 per article, possibly higher. Before using a commercial service, we strongly recommend you check with library staff to make sure the materials you need are not available at Benedictine, or a nearby library with which Benedictine is affiliated, and from which you could obtain the materials at no cost. Interlibrary loan services are free to all Benedictine University students, faculty and staff. If you have questions about Interlibrary Loan services, please call (630) 829-6056 or send e-mail to libill@ben.edu during normal business hours. After normal business hours and on weekends, please contact the Reference Desk at (630) 829-6057 or e-mail libref@ben.edu. Disclaimer: The services listed below are not affiliated with the Benedictine University Library, nor is one service recommended over any others. Information about the services on this page is provided solely as a convenience to our patrons and there are no warranties intended or implied by this listing. The Benedictine University Library is not responsible for assisting patrons with problems encountered in the use of commercial document delivery services. If a fax number is requested by the service, use a fax number to which you have direct access, not the Library's fax number. The Library cannot be responsible for faxes ordered directly by patrons. British Library Document Delivery Center [http://www.bl.uk/services/bsds/dsc/delivery.html] - "Quick, easy access to 100 million items from the world's greatest library." Canadian Institute for Scientific & Technical Information [http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/docdel/docdel_e.html] - "World-class information resource for scientific, technical, medical and agricultural books, journal articles, conference papers and reports." Information Express [http://www.ieonline.com/docdel.html] - "...full-service document delivery to all industries. Our sources and collections include extensive coverage in the areas of science, technology, medicine, business, and management." InfoTrieve [http://www4.infotrieve.com/products_services/document_delivery/default.asp] - "...provides the information you need, when you need it. Specializing in scientific, technical and medical (STM) content, Infotrieve is known as 'the leader in article research and document delivery'.” IngentaConnect [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/]- "...the most comprehensive collection of content online containing more than 16 million articles from 28,500 publications." Instant Information Systems [http://www.docdel.com/] - "provides copies of journal articles, proceedings, book excerpts and abstracts directly from the National Library of Medicines, online databases, and over a dozen other biomedical information centers." ISI Document Solutions [http://www.isinet.com/products/docdelivery/ids] - "provides access to full-text items from virtually any publication within or outside of the ISI® database." New York Public Library Express [http://www.nypl.org/express/doc_serve.html] - "Photocopies of newspaper and journal articles, patents, proceedings, government documents, reports, and book excerpts from one of the world's largest repositories can be immediately supplied. We have links to document suppliers around the world, enabling us to obtain virtually any document." Science Direct offers the option to purchase full text articles via their "Pay per View" service usually at $30.00 per article. (IMPORTANT: before purchasing an article through Science Direct, make sure it is not from one of the journals to which the library subscribes in this database -- you may be able to get it for free.) For more information on Science Direct's "Pay per View" service see their User Guide for Guests (Acrobat .pdf format). Technical Information Services (Purdue Univ.) [http://www.purdue.edu/tis] - "...provides scientific, technical, and management information to clients around the world...lends books to clients in the United States and Canada and provides photocopies worldwide. Documents from the Purdue Libraries are routinely shipped within two working days. Rush service is also available."