How to request an article form another library?

1) Go to PubMed or one of our other databases

Always open PubMed via our website, only then you will see the red Get it! button at each article.

2) Found the article? Click 'Get it!'

Have you found an article? Click on the Get it! button to see if it is in our collection. If that is the case, you will normally go straight to the pdf of the article.

• Can't find the article in PubMed? Then complete this form. We wil check if we can request the article for you.

3) Click ‘Request from another library’

However, if the article is not available, you will enter the SmartCat screen. There you can click on the "Request from another library" button to request the article from another library.

4) Sign in with your:

• UMCG account
• or student account
  (If you have a UMCG account in addition to your student account, it is best to log in with the UMCG account)

5) Check the request form

• Please make sure to select 'Copy' for requesting an article or chapter
• Are you requesting for the first time? Please enter the number of your UMCG card (backside) in the Barcode field
• Select 'Organization': UMCG Staff (if you work at the UMCG or the medical faculty).
  Only select University of Groningen if you are a student.
  
  .... and click Submit Request

Do you want to request for it urgently? Please do not hesitate to contact us

How to request a book from another library?

1) First find the book in our catalogue SmartCat

(select as a filter: Held by Libraries WorldWide)

2) Found the book?
Click 'Request from another library' button

Please note that this button only appears when the book is not available at the CMB or UB.

• Can't find the book in SmartCat? Then complete this form. We wil check if we can request the book for you.

3) Sign in with your:

• UMCG account
• or student account
  (If you have a UMCG account in addition to your student account, it is always best to log in with the UMCG account)

4) Check the request form

• Please make sure to select 'Loan' for requesting a book and 'Copy' for a chapter
  
• Are you requesting for the first time? Please enter the number of your UMCG card (backside) in the Barcode field
  

• Indicate whether you would like to collect your book from the CMB or the University Library

• Select 'Organization': UMCG Staff (if you work at the UMCG or the medical faculty).
  Only select University of Groningen if you are a student.
  
  .... and click Submit Request

Do you want to request for it urgently? Please do not hesitate to contact us

Then you can fill out the empty request form below. We will check if we can request the publication for you.

Articles are usually delivered within a few days, but sometimes it takes longer depending on where it needs to come from and how quickly that library delivers.

Do you need it quickly? Then contact us , we will request it for you urgently.

Yes you can!

Yes there are. You can find every conceivable way here: 'How to get the PDF'

E-mail the number on your UMCG pass (on the backside) and what you need to: cmb umcg.nl

Activate the Get it! link in Google Scholar via:

• Google Scholars menu
• Settings
• Library Links
• Select: University of Groningen Library – Get It!

Then you will see a Get it! link next to each article in the results list