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This service is available ONLY to DBU's Distance Learning community of students, faculty, and staff who live outside of a 10 mile radius from the DBU main campus. 

  • Make sure DBU owns the article you wish to request.  Check the catalog.
  • Make sure that you don't already have access to the article you want. Search the databases.
  • Use ONE FORM per item.
  • Requests are unlimited, but please prioritize. Multiple requests may take longer.
  • Articles will be scanned and copies sent via email.  Make sure you provide your correct email address on the form.

If DBU does NOT own the item you want, use the ILL Article Request Form. 

Copyright Restrictrions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.  Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction.  One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or other reproduction is not to be "used for any purposes other than private study, scholarship, or research."  If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.  This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. 

Distance Ed Article Request Form