• Submit a request through our article request form.
• Library staff submits the request to our lending consortium for the needed item.
• The lending library provides us with one digital copy of the requested item which JPS Medical Library staff passes along to you.

• Articles
• Theses and dissertations
• Book chapters (with limitations)

Unfortunately, we’re unable to process requests for physical books through our current ILL system. If a physical book is needed and not available in the library's electronic collection, please consider partnering with your local public library for additional options. Public libraries are often able to fill requests for little to no charge. Visit the Fort Worth Public Library website for more information.

The purpose of interlibrary loan is to share materials intended for personal use, private study, scholarship, or research. Articles requested through interlibrary loan are not intended for group distribution. If a user makes a request and later uses a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

• Receipt of items requested through interlibrary loan vary based on the lending library. This can take anywhere from 1-3 business days to fill.
• Expedited services are available for urgent patient care requests. Please contact the library at MedicalLibrary@jpshealth.org so we can work to meet your deadline.
• Requests submitted on a weekend, holiday, or in December may be delayed. JPS Medical Library staff are employed by UNT Health Science Center and follow the UNTHSC holiday schedule.
• Incomplete citations or citations requiring copyright permission may result in longer turnaround time.

An article request is a service providing a scanned copy of an article or book chapter held in the JPS Medical Library electronic collection.

• Submit a request through our article request form.
• Turnaround time is usually 1-3 business days.
• Library staff will provide one electronic copy of the requested item.

• We strive to fill article requests within 24 hours, but requests may take 1-3 business days.
• Expedited services are available for urgent patient care requests. Please contact the library at MedicalLibrary@jpshealth.org so we can work to meet your deadline.
• Requests submitted on a weekend, holiday, or in December may be delayed. JPS Medical Library staff are employed by UNT Health Science Center and follow the UNTHSC holiday schedule.
• Incomplete citations or citations requiring copyright permission may result in longer turnaround time.

Copyright guidelines for interlibrary loan limit libraries to “borrowing” five items from any single journal title per calendar year. Beyond that, publisher permission is required. However, this applies only to articles published in the past five years. Under Fair Use Guidelines, a library may copy only one article per issue in response to a request. If your request would cause these limits to be exceeded, library staff will notify you of the item's availability status and the amount of any royalty fee that will be required to obtain it.

NOTE: JPS Medical Library staff does not fill copy requests for multiple copies of items, including those needed for presentations, education sessions, or coursework.

JPS Medical Library staff provides only one electronic copy of items requested through interlibrary loan or article requests. Library staff does not provide multiple copies of requested items. This limitation applies to copies needed for use as handouts during presentations, education sessions, or coursework, etc.

As employees of UNT Health Science Center, JPS Medical Library staff will comply with all copyright laws and vendor contract agreements that may limit the use of articles available in the JPS Medical Library collection as well as those items requested through interlibrary loan. Please contact the library at MedicalLibrary@jpshealth.org with questions related to photocopying and distribution of copyrighted works.

PHOTOCOPY WARNING

NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States 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 reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose 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.

The institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.