Getting Full Text Articles Using Pub Med and

Getting Full Text Articles Using Pub. Med and CINAHL http: //libraries. slu. edu/ssmsearch 1

In order to get full text articles, you will need to request them through ILLiad, a document delivery service provided by the SLU Medical Center Library (MCL). The following slides will show you how to register for an ILLiad account and how to request your articles from inside Pub. Med, using the FIND IT @ SLU button. 2

Create an ILLiad Account Use the ILLiad link under the Request Articles section 3

Click the First-Time Users link to register for an account 4

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Fill in red star fields Use the number 777772017 as the SLU 9 -digit ID number. Use your SSM email address for E -mail Address Use SSM User for Status Use Saint Louis University Hospital for Department Submit the form 6

Go to the SSM Library Services page to click on the Pub. Med or CINAHL links to start your search. The following slides will show you how to order articles using the FIND IT @ SLU button in Pub. Med. 7

Click on the Title to display the citation in abstract format 8

Click the FIND IT @ SLU button to order the article 9

You may see a page that looks like this… Click (MCL) link to order article through ILLiad. Click on the Request via Interlibrary Loan (MCL) link to order the article through ILLiad. 10

Or you may be taken to a page that looks like this one… IGNORE THIS Click MCL link at RIGHT to order article through ILLiad Click on the Request via Interlibrary Loan (MCL) link to order the article through ILLiad. + 11

Or you could see this page… 12

Clicking Request via Interlibrary Loan (MCL) brings you to the ILLiad logon page. Logon with your ILLiad username and password 13

The form will be populated with your citation data. Check that all * fields have data in them. If not, fill the box with NA (not available), so the form works properly. Click the Submit Request button at the bottom of the page to complete your request. ------------In 24 -48 hours you will get an email (in your SSM email account) notifying you that your article is available to download. Follow the link in the email to your ILLiad logon page, logon and click on the Electronically Received Articles link under View to access your PDF copy of the article. 14

The article will remain in your ILLiad account for 30 days and then will be removed. 15

You will follow the same procedure to request articles in the CINAHL database using the FIND IT@ SLU button. Questions or need help? Please send an email to mclref@slu. edu or call 314. 977. 8800 and ask to speak to a Reference Librarian 16