Ordering Articles While Using PubMed
You can order documents while searching PubMed using a service called Loansome Doc. You may only use Loansome Doc to order articles
that ARE NOT available in the Health Sciences Library library.
To Register
To register for Loansome
Doc, call the Health Sciences Library at (816) 235-1878 to let us know you will
be using this method for requesting interlibrary loans and to get the Library's unique identification number, called a LIBID. You will need the LIBID to register to use
Loansome Doc. At this time, there is no charge to UMKC
affiliates for this service. To register go to:
- Go to Loansome Doc website ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/loansomedoc/loansome_home.html)
- Choose the
"Registration" link that appears on the left-hand side of the screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to
complete the registration. Make sure that the address you enter is your campus
mail address so we will be able to mail your requests to your campus mailbox. Please indicate your
UMKC status (faculty, student, staff, etc.) in the second address line.
- Under "Authorize ordering
library to obtain articles from other libraries if ordering library is unable
to fill the request." Please check "yes", otherwise, if we don’t have the
article at the UMKC Health Sciences library, you won’t get it. You will also be
asked to enter a UserID and password; you determine these.
- Be sure to make a
note of the UserID and password you choose.
After you register
- Run your search using PubMed.
- Review the search results; select the articles you
want to order by clicking on the small box to the left of the citation.
- Check the MERLIN library catalog to ensure that we DO NOT own the journal.
(We can only fill interlibrary loans for articles we DO NOT have in the
library. If we have the article you need in our library, you will need to
come to the library and copy it yourself.) PubMed lists journal titles in
abbreviations. To search the MERLIN catalog with an abbreviation, you will
need to choose to search by "Exact Title" rather than a "Journal,
Magazine or Newspaper." (If you have questions, please call us at the
library 816-235-1880.)
- Click the Order button (in PubMed).
- Enter your UserID and password when requested.
- Check Order
Documents and click Go to
process your request.
- Review your citations before ordering.
- Choose
"Yes" by "Authorize" when
prompted "Authorize ordering library to obtain articles from other libraries if
ordering library is unable to fill the request."
- If all is correct, click on the Send Order button at the bottom of the
page.
Please note that the library will not process requests for articles that are available in our
library unless you subscribe to the "Faculty Photocopying Service." For more information on this service, please call
the Health Sciences Library at (816) 235-1880 and ask for Linda Fox.
Where are my articles?
Check Loansome Doc for a status report. You may request a Status Report any time
following twenty-four hours after an order is sent.
- Go to the Loansome Doc Website: http://docline.gov/loansome/login.cfm
- Choose Status of Orders from the dropdown menu under the login boxes.
- Enter your UserID and password and click on the Go button.
The Status Report consists of an order number, an abbreviated
title, and one of five possible status notations:
- Order Not Yet Read by Library
- Filled (date)
- Not Filled (date)
- In Process – Order Received by Your Library
- In Process – Order Forwarded to Other Library
Please call the UMKC Health Sciences Library at (816) 235-1878 for more
information or for help with registering or using Loansome Doc.
