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How to Get What Isn't Here
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There are several reasons you may not find something in the libraries at
Wesleyan:
Wesleyan Library owns the item but it is checked out
Since we can get an available book from Trinity or Conn College within a
couple of days, check the CTW Combined Catalog to see if either has a copy
that has not been checked out and place a CTW Book Request
for it. If there is not a copy available at Trinity or Conn, you can recall
a book that someone else has checked out:
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 In the Wesleyan Library Catalog,
find the record for the item you want.
- Select the "Request" option at the top of the screen.
- Log in with your Wes ID number and last name.
- "Recall" is the default
option, so click "OK."
- Enter your Wes ID number again and click to "Submit Request."
Whoever currently has the book will be notified that it must be returned
within one week. When the book is here, you will get an email stating that
it is available at the Olin Library circulation desk (if you want to pick up
the book at another library on campus, you can select a different library
before you click to "Submit Request"). |
Wesleyan Library owns the item but it is not on the shelf where it is
supposed to be
| The book may have been recently returned or used elsewhere
in the library and not yet reshelved. Books waiting to be reshelved are
placed on the shelves along the south wall in the center core stacks, either
on floor 1 or on the floor where that call number range is found. If it is a recently published book, it may be on the New Book shelves on
the first floor in the west corridor (the Clark Hall side of the building)
by the Interlibrary Loan office. Look in those locations first.
If you do not find the book in the reshelving areas or the New Book
shelves:
 In the Wesleyan Library Catalog,
find the record for the item you want. - Select the "Request" option at the top of the screen.
- Log in with your Wes ID number and last name.
- In the drop down menu of options, select the option for "Item Located
in Storage or Missing" and click "OK."
- In the "Comment" field, state that the book was not on the shelf and
request to be notified if it is found.
- Enter your Wes ID number again and click to "Submit Request."
If and when the book is located, you will get an email stating that it is
available at the Olin Library circulation desk.
Since there is no guarantee we will be able to find a missing book, also
check the CTW Combined Catalog to see if Trinity or Conn College has a copy
of the book. If either does, place a CTW Book Request for
their copy, and we will get their copy for you if we cannot find our own. |
It is a book (video, sound recording, CD-ROM,
etc.) at Trinity or Conn
College but not Wesleyan (or, Wesleyan's copy is currently checked out or
missing)
 In the CTW Combined Catalog, find the full record for the item you
want to have sent to you.- Select the "Request" option at the top of the screen
- Log in with your Wes ID number and last name.
- "CTW Book Request" is the default
option, so click "OK."
- Enter your Wes ID number again and click to "Submit Request."
When the book is here (it should arrive within a couple of days), you
will get an email stating that it is available at the Olin Library
circulation desk (if you want to pick up the book at another library on
campus, you can select a different library before you click to "Submit
Request"). |
It is a book (video,
sound recording, CD-ROM, etc.) not in any CTW library
It is a journal article not at Wesleyan (including articles at Trinity or
Conn)
For books (videos, CDs, etc) that are not in the libraries at Wesleyan,
Trinity, or Conn College or for articles that are not at Wesleyan (even if they
are at Trinity or Conn), you can make an interlibrary loan request for the item
and the library will try to obtain a copy from somewhere else. To make an
interlibrary loan request, you need an account in ILLiad,
the library's interlibrary loan service system. If
you have not already set up an ILLiad account, follow the instructions on the
ILLiad page for setting up an account. If you have an account, log into ILLiad
and select to make a "book" or "photocopy" (for journal
articles, essays in books, etc) request, and fill out the forms with as many
details as you have.
  
What's Out
There - Topic
- Background
Info - Searching
- Books
- Call
Numbers
Journals
- Multimedia
- Primary
- If It Isn't
Here - Internet
- Evaluating
- Citing
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