Overview

Loansome Doc is a document ordering feature that allows users to request articles found using PubMed from a library which participates in DOCLINE. The library receives the request electronically through DOCLINE. Loansome Doc allows the receiving library to either fill the request from its own collection, if possible, or put the request directly into DOCLINE to be filled as an interlibrary loan.

Loansome Doc can save both library staff and library users time and effort by reducing the need for in-person visits, repetition of information, and paperwork.

Each DOCLINE participant may elect to offer Loansome Doc service. Each library sets its own policies as to the nature of the service it offers, including which user groups may use the service and under what conditions.