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Requesting Interlibrary Loans
Slide 1 – Requesting Interlibrary Loans (title slide)
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Slide 2 - Overview
Slide notes In this tutorial, you will learn what RACER is. More importantly, you will learn how to use it to get material from other libraries.
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Slide 3 – Article citation
Slide notes Let's say you need an article but neither Laurier nor its partners (Guelph and Waterloo) have it. How can you get it?
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Slide 4 - RACER
Slide notes You can order it from RACER, a service used by Ontario university libraries to share resources. You can borrow books, articles, and other resources at no charge. It takes about 7 to 10 days for an item to arrive once you have ordered it.
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Slide 5 – Finding RACER
Slide notes How do you order material? Go to our home page at library.wlu.ca and click on "Interlibrary Loans."
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Slide 6 – How to request materials
Slide notes Click on the How to Request Materials link under the heading "From Other Universities."
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Slide 7 – Sign in instructions
Slide notes You will see an image of the sign-in box for RACER. This image shows you what to type in each box.
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Slide 8 – Click on RACER
Slide notes Click on the link to RACER just above the image.
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Slide 9 - Barcode
Slide notes In the login box, type the barcode from your library card.
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Slide 10 – last name
Slide notes Next, type your last name in lower case for your password.
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Slide 11 – Wilfrid Laurier
Slide notes Pick "Wilfrid Laurier" from the dropdown menu.
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Slide 12 - Submit
Slide notes And then click "submit."
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Slide 13 – Blank Request Form
Slide notes Although you can search for your item, it is not necessary to do so. The best way to order material is to click on the link called "Blank Request form."
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Slide 14 – Choose format
Slide notes Notice the drop-down menu beside "Format." But if you wanted a book or other type of resource, you would choose that format. It automatically opens on "Article Printed" which is what you want in this case.
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Slide 15 – Fields displayed depend on format
Slide notes Then the fields below would automatically change.
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Slide 16 – Fill in required fields
Slide notes The fields highlighted in red are the ones you need to fill in.
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Slide 17 – Article title, journal title, etc
Slide notes So for this article, type in the title of the journal and the other publication details.
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Slide 18 – Date needed
Slide notes You can change the date for "item not needed after" if you want.
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Slide 19 – Pickup location
Slide notes Make sure the pickup location is correct and click "submit."
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Slide 20 – Copyright agreement form
Slide notes When you order a photocopy of an article, a copyright acceptance screen pops up. Click sumbit once you have read it.
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Slide 21 - Notification
Slide notes The library will notify you by email once your item arrives.
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Slide 22 – Questions?
Slide notes If you have any questions, just ask us at library.wlu.ca/askus.
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