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Library Resources & Services for Online Courses: Materials Access Options

Legacy Library Off-Campus Material Access Options

This chart outlines how to access all of the materials available to off-campus students.

I want to... Obtain a book through interlibrary loan (ILL)1 Get a full-text article from a Legacy Library research database Request an article through ILL by directly going to the ILL article request form2 Request an article through ILL  via a research database2
Steps (short version)
  1. Go to Legacy Library home page
  2. Click on the 'Interlibrary Loan Form' link in box labeled 'Services and Forms'
  3. Enter full Marietta College email address and password in the text boxes provided
  4. Mouse over 'Request' at the top of the screen and click on 'Book Request'.
  1. Go to Legacy Library home page
  2. Click on the 'Research Databases' link in box labeled 'Locate Resources'
  3. Choose a database from the alphabetic list.
  4. When you click on the database link, you will be asked for your name and barcode number on the back of your Marietta College ID.
  5. Search the database you selected.  
  1. Go to Legacy Library home page
  2. Click on the 'Interlibrary Loan Form' link in box labeled 'Services and Forms'
  3. Enter full Marietta College email address and password in the text boxes provided
  4. Mouse over 'Request' at the top of the screen and click on 'Article Request'.
  5. Fill out the article request form and click the submit button.

Method 2: Make a request through a research database

  1.  
  1. Go to Legacy Library home page
  2. Click on the 'Research Databases' link in box labeled 'Locate Resources'
  3. Choose a database from the alphabetic list.
  4. When you click on the database link, you will be asked for your name and barcode number on the back of your Marietta College ID.
  5. Search the database you selected from the alphabetic list.  
  6. Click the 'Interlibrary Loan' button included in a search result that interests you.
  7. Log into the ILL request form once it appears on the screen.
  8. The article request form is displayed with all article information already filled in.
  9. Click on 'Submit'
Cost Request and delivery to you are free.  You are responsible for cost of returning the book to us.  Please use USPS rather than UPS or FedEx to return items.   Free Free Free
ID Needed Your FULL Marietta College email address and password Name and barcode number on the back of your Marietta College ID Your FULL Marietta College email address and password Your FULL Marietta College email address and password

Notes

1 If the book you need is physically available at Legacy Library, please use the interlibrary loan form to request it.  We will then pull it from our shelves and send it to you. If you find a book using the OhioLINK Library Catalog, request the item through interlibrary loan.  Please do not request it through OhioLINK.  

2 Request articles through ILL if they are not available in full-text online.  If an article you find online from home is only accessible through a paywall, please do not assume you that is how you must obtain it.  Instead, please submit it as an interlibrary loan request.  More times than not, we can get the paywalled article for you at no charge.