Document Supply: Home

Requests can be submitted via the Library Search

The document supply service will:

• copy items within our own collections (within copyright limits) for your personal use
• scan items to produce high quality searchable pdfs, including accessibility requests
• supply direct to you via Library Search or the University SafeSend service (for accessible copies only)

 The Digital Scholarship Team has the equipment and expertise to produce work of the highest quality.

If your request exceeds the Copyright limits, please consider our postal loans service.

Before applying: 

• Use Library Search to establish that we don't already have the item that you require (more information on how to search our system is available on our help page)
• If you need a thesis, please search our ePrints Soton (for theses from the University of Southampton), the British Library’s EThOS service (UK theses), Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global (international theses) or Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) before submitting your request.
• to see if what you need is available online: many books and journals are now available in electronic format. The resources section of the Library website provides guidance on electronic resources.

Who can use this service?

• All staff and students of the University of Southampton

• University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) staff

• NOC staff

Sorry, this service is not available to other library borrowers such as our 'external' borrowers, e.g. members of the public, SCONUL Access members.

How to use the service?

1. Search the item you are looking for into Library Search 
2. Click on the item you would like to access and select Click and Collect on the right of the screen.  
3. Log into Library Search 
4. Complete the Request details sections of the form (please in the the box include the citation and the pages or the chapter/s you would like to receive digitally or specify you need an accessible copy in the white box), then click Submit Request.
5. You will be notified when the item is available in your account 

We aim to fulfill requests within two working days. 

Copyright limits apply: one article per journal or 10% from a book - whichever is greater.

Hartley Library

• email: collsupp@soton.ac.uk