Tutorial: Requesting a scanned copy of a book chapter
Channel: CSB/SJU Libraries
Date: 2021-11-12

What if you need a chapter of a printed book, but you are not able to come in yourself to get it?   Don’t panic. You can actually use our Interlibrary loan service to request a scanned copy of a book chapter.  This works for both residential and distance students since the articles are delivered electronically. 

First, go to the library website: https://www.csbsju.edu/libraries - you can find this from the main campus website by clicking the three bars and using the “Tools” link. 

In the search box type the title of the book and last name of the author.  For example, if you want the chapter “Called to follow: vocation in the Catholic tradition” by Kathleen Cahalan which appears in the book “Calling in today's world: voices from eight faith perspectives”, you might type “Calling in today’s world Cahalan” 

When you find the correct book, click the title 

Scroll down and look in the Contents to verify the chapter title, “Called to follow: vocation in the Catholic tradition”.  You might want to copy this so you can paste it into the request form. 

Next, scroll down and click: Other libraries Worldwide 

An option appears to “Request Item through Interlibrary Loan” – click this option 

If you’re asked to Log in, fill your student ID and password  

The default for a book request is a loan, but we’re going to change that to a copy. 

We will also paste in the title of the chapter which we copied from the table of contents.   

 If you wish to request multiple chapters, please fill out a request for each chapter you want to read. 

Submit request 

At this point, the copy request will be put in queue to be requested by the library’s “Access Services” team.  Look for an email with details for the document delivery – it usually is available within a few days, in most cases 

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