When ProQuest replaced EbscoHost earlier this year as the full-text periodical database available to libraries and the general public in the state, the Reference and Information Services Section evaluated Article Express and decided to try a new method of supporting full-text articles not available on ProQuest.

The State Library has placed deposit accounts with various document delivery providers including Carl's Uncover, Infotrieve, and Northern Light. Libraries may request copies of articles that are cited in ProQuest but for which the full-text of the article is not provided. Requests can be made by sending a copy of the citation in ProQuest to the State Library via e-mail. There may be instances when the resources available to the State Library are not able to fill the requested article. In those instances, locations of libraries that own the periodical will be provided. Because of the different vendors that will be used, it will not be possible to guarantee same day delivery, as was the case in the past. In most cases, the maximum time will be five (5) business days.

Instructions on how to use this new version of Article Express will be sent to libraries this fall via an attachment to an e-mail message. If your library PC is unable to open the attachment a copy of the instructions for Article Express will be sent on request to your library via van or mail.

Please note that the October 1999 publication Article Express Instructions and Periodical List is no longer completely correct. This list contains periodicals supported by General Reference Gold to which the State Library no longer subscribes.