LoanSome Doc
Loansome Doc is a service provided by the National Library of Medicine which enables users to order documents found in PubMed.
After registering for Loansome Doc, a user can order articles from a list of citations retrieved from PubMed by sending requests for the full-text documents to their preferred "ordering library." Preston Medical Library gladly serves as the ordering library for faculty and staff at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, the UT Medical Center, as well as any other area physicians or health-care providers.
Registering for LoanSome Doc
If you have any questions about the registration process, please don't hesitate to contact the Preston Medical Library Interlibrary Loan Department at (865) 305-6557, or refer to the National Library of Medicine's Loansome Doc Fact Sheet.
The first step in the registration process is to fill out our online form, providing Preston Medical Library with your contact information and electronic signature. Your signature on this form indicates your agreement to abide by Preston Medical Library's terms of service. This includes paying any applicable fees, abiding by copyright restrictions, and agreeing not to share your access information with any other users.
Once you have pre-registered with Preston Medical Library, you will receive an email from the library which will provide you with our libid and access code. After you have received this information, use this link to register your Loansome Doc account with the National Library of Medicine.
Using LoanSome Doc
If you search PubMed from this designated link you can determine whether or not Preston Medical Library owns a journal in print or electronic format by using this button
which will appear as part of the "abstract" view.
You can also find out if we own a particular journal prior to sending a LoanSome Doc request by searching the UT Libraries Catalog or calling the Preston Medical Library reference desk at (865) 305-9525.
Once you have found an article or articles which you would like to order, use the check boxes in the PubMed results list to select the desired articles. After checking the boxes, use the drop-down menu which says
"send to," and select "order."
Fees
If Preston Medical Library does not own the article that you have requested, we can order it via Interlibrary Loan. The fee for interlibrary loan service is $11 per article.
The cost for a copy of an article which is owned by Preston Medical Library is $5 per article.
Last revision date: July 21, 2008
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The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Preston Medical Library & Learning Resource Center
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
UT Medical Center
1924 Alcoa Highway
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6999
(865) 305-9525
Fax: (865) 305-9527
library@utmck.edu