Faculty - Vancouver: Articles on Your Syllabi

1. Search from the search box on Library Homepage. 

2. Click Articles in the top banner. Type the title of the article. If the article contains many common words, consider using quotation marks around the title for the most relevant results.

3. Find how to access the article.

• "Available Online": indicates it's online. Click that button & see remaining steps.
  • Then choose how to access it online.

• "No Online Access": We do not have access to this article.
  • Click through to submit an ILLiad request to access the article.

• "Check holdings": indicates it's available in print at the library.

If you don't have a specific article in mind, you can search our databases. For help navigating our databases, use the links below, or schedule an appointment with the Librarian, for one-on-one reference guidance.

NOTE: Due to copyright restrictions, we cannot request the same article from interlibrary loan multiple times, even for different patrons. Therefore, it is essential to check if Adler Library has the article in full text, and to follow the steps in the box to the left, if not. Otherwise, your students will not be able to complete assigned readings.

If you do need to request an article through ILLiad for your class, use the link below to learn more about using ILLiad.

This includes:

• Books and articles received through interlibrary loan
• Personal copies of materials owned by Adler staff or faculty that are not also owned by Adler University Library
• Print books owned by Adler University Library that will be scanned and used online for a course

Copyright Clearance Center's RightFind Academic:

Adler University has an Annual Academic License with Copyright Clearance Center's RightFind that provides us with usage rights for some books and periodicals. 

• Search RightFind Academic to determine usage rights for materials we don't own or for print books at Adler. This includes articles received through interlibrary loan.
• RightFind Academic may also cover the creation of PDFs of website articles for some publications.
• To search for a title use the search box at RightFind Academic. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to login with your Adler username and password.

You can search for publications in several different ways:

1. Enter the Publication Title or Standard Number (ISBN/ISSN) of the publication you wish to use.
2. Search for keywords to surface results related to your topic of choice.
3. Use the advanced search functionality to peruse titles by author, publisher, and more.

When you search for a title, Annual Copyright License coverage is shown to the right of the search results:

1.
This means the type of use selected is covered under our Annual Copyright License.
Example:

Clicking on View more uses will open a page with further explanation about those types of uses.
 

2.
This means the type of use selected includes special terms from the copyright holder.  To view the special terms associated with the publication, simply click the "TERMS" link.
Example:

3.
This means the type of use selected is not covered under our Annual Copyright License.