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The Document Delivery Service (DDS)
provides you with materials needed for research or study and not
held at AUB Libraries. Items are obtained through various suppliers
overseas, Canada, UK, American Universities, etc.. If after searching
LIBCAT - the online library catalog, and Journal Finder, you discover
that the University does not own the material, then you may use
the Document Delivery Service.
The DDS department is located at the entrance level of Jafet Library,
room #223. Staff can be contacted Monday – Friday 8:00am.
– 5:00pm., by:
telephone: (01) 350000 Ext: 2628,
fax: (01) 744703, or
email at dds@aub.edu.lb
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Faculty:
- Faculty members may request Document Delivery Services (DDS),
free of charge.
- Members of the Faculty of Health Sciences may request DDS
of non medical nature against a fee.
- Members of the Faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences (medical
nature articles) should apply through the Saab Medical Library.
Students:
Ph.D. and Graduate students may request Document Delivery Services
(DDS), free of charge, according to the following quota:
- 15 items/year for Ph.D. students
- 10 items/year for Graduate students
Graduates of the Faculty of Health Sciences may request articles
of non medical nature only.
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The time varies depending on what
you are requesting and from whom. The average time required is
between 24-48 hours to two weeks, according to the supplier selected
and the delivery method. Materials which are difficult to locate
or which are incompletely or inaccurately cited might require
more time, in that case, we will advise you.
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All DDS requests must be submitted
online through the Journal articles request form (accessed through
the "Faculty Services" or "Student Services").
All fields should be filled in. If you have specific time constraints,
please note them in the appropriate place on the request form.
Please note that we do not accept requests by phone. |
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request, users should check the online library catalog - LIBCAT,
and the Journal Finder. Both databases are accessible from the University
Libraries homepage. Accurate and complete publication information
will enable the Document Delivery staff to process your requests
in the shortest possible time. |
| Journal articles, chapters or selections
from books, papers from conference proceedings.. |
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We do not accept requests for materials
available through LIBCAT (online catalog), or any other material
available in the Library (through Journal Finder or databases).
We do not provide PHOTOCOPY services if articles are available
in the Library. In the latter case, we inform the user of the
availability and location of the material requested. |
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All articles received electronically,
by the DDS staff, will be sent directly to the requestor’s
desktop. This will reduce turn-around time for the delivery of
articles as well as negate for requesters to come to the Library
in person to collect the articles. The speed and convenience offered
by the electronic Document Delivery Service is facilitated by
the use of the software Ariel (a document transmission system
over the Internet).
DDS will notify you via your e-mail when the article is received,
so please check your e-mail regularly. Most articles will be delivered
in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view the article, please
install Adobe Acrobat software on your PC.
For articles received by standard mail and by fax, they will
be sent to the requestor by campus mail. |
| Questions regarding the
status of your requests should be directed to the Document Delivery
Services, Jafet Library, by email at: dds@aub.edu.lb,
telephone (01 350000 Ext: 2628), or in person |
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