Distance Library Services

Journal Article Photocopy Service

The staff of Hilton M. Briggs Library are pleased to provide an article photocopy service for the SDSU extended-campus community, i.e., certain individuals who are affiliated with SDSU, but do not reside in (or make weekly trips to) the Brookings area. The service supplies photocopies of journal articles and other materials owned by Briggs Library and those available on loan from other libraries, within certain limitations, for educational or professional purposes.

Who May Use This Service: The following SDSU affiliated individuals are eligible for this article photocopy service, provided they do not reside in (or make weekly trips to) the Brookings area:

• All current SDSU faculty, staff and currently enrolled students.
• All former SDSU faculty who hold emeritus status at SDSU.
• South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service staff
• South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station staff
• Nurse preceptors currently working with SDSU nursing students.

Submitting a Distance Library Services Materials Request: Create a user account for ILLiad interlibrary loan and document delivery service.  Use the link below:

• ILLIad Request form
  • To create your ILLiad account or to make a request, click the Library Request Forms link on the library's home page: http://lib.sdstate.edu.  Click here to create an account or to submit a request now.

Cost: Article photocopies are usually provided free of charge (up to 100 items per semester, including books, journal articles or other materials). Interlibrary loan fees may be applied to obtain an item from certain out-of-state libraries or other sources.

A limit of 100 items per semester will be provided free of charge. Any requests above the limit of 100 in a single semester will be processed at a cost of $1.00 per item. For this purpose, the year is divided into three semesters, the fall semester, spring semester and summer semester. The semesters begin on the first day of classes and end on the day before classes begin for the following semester.

Delivery: Photocopies are e-mailed or delivered via the web to your ILLiad account whenever possible. If a document cannot be scanned, it will be mailed to the address you provide in your ILLiad registration.

Time: Most requests are processed within three working days after we receive them. Numerous requests submitted by one person will be processed as time permits, so more than three days may be required for processing. The requester will be notified if a request cannot be filled before your specified "Not Wanted After Date".  All attempts to supply the material will stop after the "Not Wanted After Date".  Short due dates will not speed processing time and will sometimes result in failure to obtain materials.

LIMITATIONS: Photocopies of materials available at a public library located near the requester will not be provided via this service.

Service requests will not be processed for individuals with overdue library materials, unpaid library fines or unpaid library service fees.

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