The BSU Interlibrary
Loan Department can deliver articles directly to you electronically
via two methods: MEDD delivery courtesy of MINITEX, and BSU Library's
own electronic delivery service. Correct e-mail addresses are essential
to this service, so please verify your e-mail address as you complete
your request form. Also, if you have a junk mail filter for your e-mail
account, please examine the values currently set to determine whether
incoming mail will be deliverable to you. You must allow mail from these
two e-mail senders: medd@othello.minitex.umn.edu and interlibraryloan@bemidjistate.edu.
The article itself will not be delivered via e-mail (it will be accessed
via a website to which you will be directed), but the e-mail notification
with directions for accessing, as well as your PIN number, will be e-mailed
to you. It is important that this mail is deliverable to you, as it
is the key to your access.
Retrieving Material from
the Internet
MEDD Delivery
When an item is
delivered via MINITEX's MEDD service, you will receive an e-mail from
medd@othello.minitex.umn.edu,
with the subject line "'Your Interlibrary Loan Material" and the following
message:
Your
requested material [#0000000] is available for pickup at:
http://medd.minitex.umn.edu. Login with the following information:
E-mail = (your e-mail address), PIN = (a number that will be given in
this message). Your material will be available on the website for 5
viewings or 7 days after email notification, whichever comes first.
You will need
Adobe Acrobat (version 4.0 or newer) installed on your computer, in
order to access your documents. There is a link at the pickup site,
http://medd.minitex.umn.edu,
for downloading and installing the free Adobe Acrobat reader, should
you need it. Once you have Acrobat installed, enter your e-mail address
and PIN number in the boxes provided and click on "Log In." You will
then be given a list of items available for you to view/print/save,
as well as help for various versions of Adobe Acrobat, should you have
difficulty in displaying your document. To retrieve your document, click
on the VIEW button in the Document column (the VIEW button will include
an identifying number for your request), and your document will be displayed
in PDF format. Each document will first display a copyright warning
statement, then a copy of your request for the item, and finally the
material itself. Again, as in the e-mail message, you are forewarned
that the system will remove your document after it has either been viewed
five times or 7 days have passed since you were notified, whichever
comes first, so either view, print, or save accordingly to retain your
material.
BSU Library
Electronic Delivery
When an item is
delivered to you courtesy of BSU Library's electronic delivery service,
you will receive an e-mail from "BSU Interlibrary Loan" (interlibraryloan@bemidjistate.edu)
with the subject line "BSU Interlibrary Loan has sent you a file,"
and the following message:
BSU Interlibrary
Loan has forwarded the following link so you can download a file.
To download the file either click on the link below, or copy and paste
the link into your browser.
File Name: [name
of file]
Click here to
download: [hyperlink]
Please download
this file before [date]. File links expire after 14 days or 5 download
attempts.
The e-mail you
receive includes a direct link to your article; no PIN is required.
Click on the link provided in the e-mail message and you will be transferred
to a web page listing files available for download. Click on "Download,"
and your article will open in Adobe Acrobat. If your article does not
open, you may need to install Adobe Acrobat (version 4.0 or newer) on
your computer to access your document. Use the following link to download
the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Click
here to download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat
