UMCG-staff and students can place a request for a book or an article via the button: Request from another library.

How does it work exactly?

Request articles

Request books

Rates

Frequently Asked Questions (such as: urgent requests)

Articles:

1.   Go to PubMed (or one of our other databases)
If you open PubMed via the website of the Central Medical Library www.rug.nl/cmb , you will see the red Get it! button under each article.

Can't find the article in PubMed?

2.   Click 'Get it!'
Did you find an article? Click the Get it! button to check if the full-text is included in our collection.

3.   Click ‘ Request from another library’
If the article is not available, click the button ‘Request from another library’ to request the article from another library.

4.  Sign in
Please sign in in with:

• your UMCG account (UMCG e-mail address and corresponding password). Click 'Log-in voor UMCG'
• your student account (student number and password). Click Log-in for UG
  

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
  
  .... and click Submit Request

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

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Books:

1.   Find the book in our catalogue SmartCat

2.   Click on 'Request from another library'
Please note that this button only appears when the book is not available at the CMB or UB.

3.  Sign in
Please sign in with:

• your UMCG account (UMCG e-mail address and corresponding password). Click 'Log-in voor UMCG'
• your student account (student number and password). Click Log-in for UG

4. Check the request form....

• Please make sure to select 'Loan' for requesting a book
• 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, the UB City Centre or the UB Zernike.
• Select 'Organization': UMCG Staff
  
  .... and click Submit Request

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

Rates

The new procedure will be evaluated in mid-2019.

Frequently asked questions

PubMed

• I can't find the article
  Sometimes an article can't be found in PubMed. Then you can fill out this form. We will check if we can request the publication for you.

Urgent request

• How can I submit an urgent request?
  Articles are usually delivered within a few days. Do you need it faster? Then contact us, we will request the article urgently.

Google Scholar

• I am using Google Scholar and want to check whether a certain article is included in our collection
  Activate Get it!. Go to Google Scholars menu > Settings > Library Links, and select: University of Groningen Library – Get It!

Other uestions?

Contact us via email cmb@umcg.nl or by phone at 361 6200.