Distance Education Students

Get journal articles and books

Journal articles

• Use Databases to find articles by topic.
  • PubMed, CINAHL and Scopus are our most frequently used databases.
  • Use the FindIT@MU buttons in databases to link to journal articles.
• Check the Journal Article Finder to find a specific journal article.
• You can order articles that the library owns in print and does not own at all via Interlibrary Loan (ILL@MU) at no charge.

Books

• E-books are available for you to use.  
• Ordering books
  • Book chapters can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan/ILL@MU.  This is much faster than ordering an entire print book
  • Ordering books from the MOBIUS catalog  
    • Pick Up Anywhere
      • Pick Up Anywhere allows you to order books from the MOBIUS catalog and have them delivered to a MOBIUS library of your choice (MOBIUS Libraries by City, A-Z MOBIUS list, map of MOBIUS libraries) where you can check them out.
      • Pick Up Anywhere instructions
    • Mailing books to your home
      • You can have books mailed to you if you live 30 miles or more from a MOBIUS library.
      • You are responsible for the cost of mailing the books back via UPS.
      • Instructions for getting books mailed to your home
  • If a book is not available via the MOBIUS catalog (see above), you can order it through Interlibrary Loan/ILL@MU from a library outside the system.
    • Note that books ordered through Interlibrary Loan can be delivered to your home address, but you must pay the postage for mailing the book back to the library. 
    • Books ordered through Interlibrary Loan have shorter loan periods, so you will only be able to keep the book for a week or two.
    • Books ordered through Interlibrary Loan cannot be picked up in libraries in Missouri using the Pick Up Anywhere option.
    • Textbooks may not be ordered through Interlibrary Loan.
    • Please indicate your mailing address in the Notes field of the Interlibrary Loan request form if you would like the book to be mailed to your home address.
    • Remember that ordering book chapters is much easier and efficient through Interlibrary Loan.  You can order up to 3 chapters from one book.

Access to online resources

• Consult our Access from Off Campus page for detailed information about authenticating and online access to library resources.
• You will need your pawprint and password to log in from off campus.