Instructions: User's Guide to Depository Requests
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If you are requesting a journal article or a book loan, click the Request from Depository link in the status line of the Depository holding record in Mountainlynx (using the request from Depository link from Mountainlynx will route the request directly to the Depository staff without operator intervention).
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This will open the ILLiad logon logon page (Interlibrary Loan). Logon to your ILLiad account using your MyID username and password. (The first time you log in, you will need to fill out a registration form.) Then, Depository Article/Loan Request Form will be populated with the journal title, call number and Depository location.
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book loans are delivered to the library that provides your Interlibrary Loan needs
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articles are converted to PDF file and sent to our secure server with an e-mail acknowledgement of how to read the full text.
Note: if you request the PDF file option above, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer so that you can read the file we send.
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Click the send button to transmit your electronic request directly to the Depository staff.
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If you have questions about this process, please call the Depository staff at 293-4174.
To check the status of your Journal requests and loans
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Log into ILLiad.
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Click outstanding requests.
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Click on any transaction number for detailed information.
