Inter-Library Loan allows library users to borrow items that Aurora University does not have from other libraries. This makes millions of articles, books, and other materials available to you upon request.
Accessing Articles Using DOI and PMID at Phillips Library
At Phillips Library, we strive to provide seamless access to scholarly resources for our students and faculty. To facilitate this, we support the use of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and PubMed Identifiers (PMIDs) for locating articles.
What are DOI and PMID?
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): A DOI is a unique alphanumeric string assigned to a digital object, such as a journal article, providing a permanent link to its location on the internet. Most scholarly articles include a DOI, which can be used to directly access the content.
PMID (PubMed Identifier): A PMID is a unique number assigned to each entry in PubMed, a database of biomedical literature. Similar to a DOI, a PMID can be used to quickly locate a specific article within the PubMed database.
Using DOIs and PMIDs to Access Articles
To access articles using a DOI or PMID:
Enter the DOI or PMID of the article you wish to access.
If Phillips Library has access to the article through our subscriptions or if it's available via open access, LibKey PMID/ DOI finder will provide a direct link to the full text or PDF.
If the Article is Not Available
If the article is not accessible through our subscriptions:
You can request the article through our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service.
Aurora University belongs to a consortium of over 90 academic libraries in Illinois called I-Share. In addition, we have access to the Tipasa interlibrary loan system which connects us to hundreds of libraries across the country.
Books owned by other I-Share libraries can be seamlessly borrowed from within Spartan Search or your I-Share account. Articles and other books can be requested with Tipasa from within Spartan Search or directly through your Tipasa account.
All current AU students, faculty, and staff can access their accounts here:
How can you request items? Follow these tutorials to request an item you find in our system.
You can also request articles directly through your Tipasa account.
Find more library tutorials here.
Interlibrary loan services (ILL) are available to current students, faculty, staff and emeritus faculty. Phillips Library ILL services are governed by:
Patrons will be notified if a specific request contains copyright restrictions that may prevent it from being obtained through ILL or if a request exceeds fair-use. Along with these notifications, Phillip Library can obtain the article on a patron's behalf but the patron must respond to proceed with the request. If Phillips Library does not get a response, the request is marked as cancelled.
Exceptions to this rule are extended to faculty and doctoral students only. Please consult with your library liaison for more details on how to obtain articles.