HIST/URB 971: Seminar on the History of American Urban Problems

Use Get-it to find full-text articles

Requesting articles through Interlibrary loan

1. Sign into your Interlibrary Loan Account using your ePanther ID and password.

2. Once logged into your account, select a request form from the menu in the upper left. Choose "Article or Other Copy" to request articles and book chapters

3A. If you know the DOI number of an article: Paste the full DOI into the top box in the Interlibrary loan article request form, and then click “Resolve DOI." This will auto-fill the form with the details for the item you’re requesting. 

3B. If you do not know the DOI number: Copy and paste or manually enter it from the item's citation into the appropriate ILLiad request form. Fill out all the required fields (marked with a red asterisks). To be sure your request is filled efficiently and accurately:

• Fill in as many optional fields you can. Details like author, vol, and issue number, ISSN number make it easier to fulfill your request.
• In the "notes" or "Where did you find this item cited" field, include the URL for the site or source where you found the article. This can be a publisher webpage, a bibliography, or even another article that cites the item you're trying to find.

4. Click on "Submit Request" at the bottom of the form. You will get an email notifying you when your interlibrary loan request is ready for download. In general, interlibrary loan requests take between 2-3 days for articles.

Is it a Book Review or an Article?

Writing reviews of books for scholarly journals is a common for historians to get published. Unfortunately, databases and search tools don't accurately label or filter these results. You'll need to review a source's length and cited sources to be sure you're looking at a full length article.

Use Citations to Find More Sources

This video demonstrate how to use foot notes and reference lists to find additional sources related to your topic.

Using the "cited by" feature in Google Scholar

Although Google scholar isn't a good search tool for finding scholarly history sources, it does allow you to find sources that cite the same books, articles, and primary sources as you. This video demonstrates how to Use the "Cited By" feature to find additional sources.