 In a study last year conducted by Ohio University Librarians, a majority of grad students reported not using a source because they couldn't get the full text. We want to make sure you know all about the different ways to get hard to find items so this doesn't happen to you. Does this look familiar? Probably so. But it doesn't have to keep you from getting the source you need. Inner Library Loan is a service the library offers to get you the full text even when we don't have it in a database. Let's go to My Accounts, Inner Library Loan, and fill out the request form for the article you need. The library will get a PDF from another university and send it to you electronically. You can also do this with conference papers, dissertations, and other hard to find items. What about when the library has the article or book chapter you need in print, but you're not able to come in or you don't want to? You can request them the same way you do with Inner Library Loan requests. The library's Document Express service will scan the items in our collection and send them to you electronically. Okay, but what if you're having trouble figuring out if the library owns an article in the first place? Google Scholar is a good tool when you know what you're looking for but you don't know if the library has it. If you're on campus, Google Scholar will automatically link to the library's full text of an article if we have it. If you're off campus, it won't give you that full text automatically, but you can set it up so it does using the Google Scholar library link's feature. And finally, the best tool for getting your hands on hard to find items? Your Subject Librarian. The OU library has a librarian for every department and major and they are always happy to help you locate a source. Need help with getting a hard to find item or any other research questions? We're here for you.