On July 1, 2019, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) retired the Loansome Doc system. The system was closed due to a continued decrease in use that peaked in 2002.
UT Southwestern alumni and local healthcare professionals must register as “Unaffiliated” clients with the UTSW Library’s Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service to request articles. For further information, please see First Time User Registration for Interlibrary Loan.
Registered users who previously used Loansome Doc from within PubMed to request articles from UT Southwestern Library can continue to do so in the future by directly using their UTSW ILLiAD account to request articles. Please refer to the following video tutorial for a step by step guidance: How To Order Articles from UTSW Library.
PubMed remains the key source for indexed, peer-reviewed literature. Copies of many articles are available for free, and others are available for purchase. (See “How to Get the Journal Article for more information.”)
In addition to PubMed, the following resources offer access to journal articles:
- PubMed Central (more than 5.1 million articles available.)
- NLM Free Biomedical Literature Resources
- Google Scholar
- Publishers’ websites
- Online free article services and collaborations
- Commercial article rental or purchasing services (see MyNCBI Document Delivery preferences)
Please contact UTSW Interlibrary Loan unit with any questions at 214-648-2001 or LibILL@utsouthwestern.edu