Document Suppliers

Here are a number of links to fee-based document delivery suppliers that you can use to order copies of articles. Most have their own internal collections, but are also able to get documents from outside their own collections for you.

Their websites may allow you to place orders online, or will give you instructions for ordering by telephone, fax, or mail. A few of these suppliers require you to register for an account. All of them accept major credit cards, and some allow you to pay by check or money order.

You are responsible for all charges of any documents you order. Expect to pay between $5 to $50 or more per article, depending on how fast you need the item, the method of delivery, and the amount of the copyright royalty. Most of these suppliers allow you to specify your preferred delivery method, whether PDF download, fax, 1st class mail, or courier.

We encourage you to check the holdings of your local library first or to use our ILLiad interlibrary loan service if you aren't in a rush to get an article, especially if you are concerned about the cost per article.

BLDSC: British Library Document Supply Centre
Multidisciplinary. Draws from a collection of over 236,000 journal titles in many subjects and languages, over 314,000 worldwide conference proceedings, over 540,000 British doctoral theses, UK government documents and European community material.

CAS Document Detective Service
Chemical information. Draws from a collection of over 8000 serial titles, patents from 26 countries, conference proceedings, technical reports, edited monographs, and publications of the American Chemical Society.

CISTI: Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
Physical and life sciences, engineering, technology, and medicine. Has a collection of over 50,000 journals in most languages, worldwide conference proceedings and papers, monographs, and over 1 million technical reports and translations. Has an online catalog.

Document Center, Inc.
Standards and standards information. Has over 500,000 standards warehoused at their headquarters. Collection includes all U. S. military and federal level specifications and standards, all ASTM, SAE, IEEE, EIA, AIIM, API, ISO, IEC, ANSI copyright, AIA, DIN English editions, ASHRAE and NEMA standards.

InfoNOW (University of Minnesota)
Multidisciplinary. Provides douments from the vast resources of the University of Minnesota Libraries and supplemental resources from around the world to those outside the academic community as part of their public service mission. (Note: only use this fee-based service if you are in a real rush. UST Libraries ILLiad Interlibrary Loan is a free alternative if you can wait a few days.)

Ingenta
Multidisciplinary. Has searchable database with citations from over 17,000 English language journals. Draws on collections of participating university and public libraries in U.S., with a few also in Europe and Australia. Formerly known as "UNCOVER".

Linda Hall Library
Science, engineering, and technology. Draws on a collection including over 40,000 scientific journals, 300,000 research monographs, conference proceedings, engineering standards, and patent specifications and trademarks.

The Research Investment, Inc.
Provides articles, books, reports, studies, conference proceedings, patents, company literature, standards, specifications, and regulations - any document of any kind in any language printed anywhere in the world - also provide translations in any language

SIRCExpress
Sports information. Provides articles indexed in the SPORTDiscus database. Also theses and dissertations, books, conference proceedings and research papers.

Theological Research Exchange Network
Theological theses and conference proceedings. A library of over 7,800 theological thesis/dissertation titles representing research from as many as 70 different institutions. TREN also makes available conference papers presented at annual meetings of several academic societies.

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Patents. Has a searchable bibliographic database of U.S. patents issued since 1976. Also has a searchable AIDS Patent Database with full text and images of AIDS-related patents.