Request an Article to be Scanned and Emailed

You can request journal articles located on the shelves of the Health Sciences Library or other UH System libraries (besides Hamilton or Sinclair) to be scanned and emailed to you. You should receive a requested article within two business days. To request books from the Health Sciences Library, please see instructions on Hold or Transfer a Book Web page.

  1. Using your Web browser go to the Health Sciences Library Web site: http://www.hawaii.edu/hslib/
  2. Click on the "Voyager Library Catalog" link on the left side bar.
    3. Voyager Library Catalog link
  3. Search for the journal using "Basic Search" by typing in the full journal name (omitting any initial articles, such as "the") in the search box. Then click "Search".
  4. If the item is not available at a UH library (you get no retrievals), you may request the item via the interlibrary loan form at: https://illiad.manoa.hawaii.edu/login. You can also link to the interlibrary loan form from within journal databases (such as PubMed) by clicking on the Find It button and clicking on the "ILL – UHM Users Only" link on the resulting page.
  5. If the item is owned by a UH System library, the journal information will appear with library locations underneath. Check the location of the journal. Remember that you may request articles to be scanned that are NOT available at Hamilton or Sinclair Libraries. If the article you want is at Hamilton or Sinclair Libraries, you will have to photocopy it yourself.
    6. Get this item link
  6. Click on "Get this item" in the right hand blue box.
  7. Login either with your UH username and password or by your UH Number and last name.
  8. Click on "UH Manoa IntraSystem Article Request".
    9. UH Manoa IntraSystem Article Request link
  9. Fill in the fields with the article citation information. All fields are required except for the Comment field.
    10. Screenshot of web form
  10. If you logged in with your UH number, you will have to re-enter it on this screen again.
  11. Click on "Submit Request". The system will confirm that your request has been submitted. You should receive the article by email within two business days.