Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a means of requesting resources not available at the Davenport Library or via our database list, from libraries outside of our system. 

If you are unable to find the article in our databases go to our ILL form and make your request

Here are a few things you need to know before you submit the form:

• Materials are coming from another library, please allow up to ten days for an item to arrive.

• The library cannot guarantee whether a loan will be filled or not.

• We do not request current text books.

• Fill out each of the boxes with complete information to ensure a timely receipt of the materials you need.

A peer reviewed article is one that has been reviewed by other experts or scholars in the field who judge the article for quality and new contributions to the discipline. Peer reviewed articles may also be called scholarly or refereed. The best place to start your search is in a library database.

Strategy #1: Limit your search to only peer reviewed articles

• Look for a checkbox, either on the search screen or the results page that limits the search to scholarly, peer reviewed articles only.
• Search in a database that only contains scholarly or peer reviewed articles.

Strategy #2: Find out more about the journal your article was published in

• If you are in a database, check to see whether you can click on the journal title for more information about the journal.
• Search Google with the title of the journal to look for an editorial policy page or a page for authors to find out if the journal uses a peer review process.