In the following examples below you will see several types of citations. They are labeled as to what their various parts are, where they should be placed on an ILL request form, and the appropriate form that should be used.

*If you notice a citation with the phrase 'Full Text', please don't bring this request to ILL - this means the article is available online and can be accessed whenever needed*

There should be enough variations here to provide you with clues to read most any citation, including most print citations. However, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask a reference librarian or the ILL office. Before you complete your form(s) it is better to clarify the details with us than to have inadequate information delay your request.

The source of this citation: Ebsco Host.
In the case of this particluar example, most of the parts of the citation are obvious. 
Comparing this citation with an ILL request form, you will note that there is no author given for the article and no ISSN number is given. Since the article is only 1/2 a page long, the beginning page is also the ending page.
But note that this is a FULL TEXT article; it is available online therefore you do not need to place a request with us.

The source of this citation: WorldCat.
This could be submitted as a book request directly from this database. The most essential information on this citation needed to complete a request form are: AUTHOR, TITLE, YEAR OF PUBLICATION & ISBN. The accession number means nothing at all in terms of completing a request. If you need a specific edition, please specify that on the request form. 
*ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number and each book published has its own unique number. You won't always have access to this number but it does help us if you do.

The source of this citation: Article First (First Search).
The parts of this citation are fairly well labeled and all are essential to completing a request form. Note that no ending page number is given but because the symbol 'pp' is used, we know it is more than one page. Therefore in the page space on the request form you may note it exactly as given or you may enter it as 8-eoa (end of article).
*ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number and is very helpful to us. It will always be in the format of 4 numbers - 4 numbers (xxxx-xxxx) even if it sometimes is labeled something slightly different than ISSN.

The source of this citation: PubMed (Medline). 
The full title title of the journal is Clinical Journal of Pain but has been abbreviated to Clin J Pain . Sometimes the abbreviations leave out many words and these citations are impossible to decipher. This is when an ISSN becomes very valuable for placing your request. To find an ISSN for a PubMed citation, check the citation you are interested in and then at the top of that very screen, ask it to display the MEDLINE citation version. Partway down the MEDLINE version of that citation you should see a category label of IS with a number following it in the proper format 0749-8047. That is the ISSN that you need for that citation. In the citation above, June 2000 is the date; it's Volume 16 and the issue is the number 2 supplement. The pages are [S33-S40]. In this case it is important to put the S down with the page numbers. It is an added reminder that they are from the supplement.

Example 2:
Amadio PC. Vitamin C reduced the incidence of reflex sympathetic dystrophy after wrist fracture. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2000 Jun; 82 (6) 873.

This is another PubMed citation. 
In this database the titles are usually long. In this case we do accept abbreviated article titles as long as we have a good portion of it. Again note the abbreviated title (J Bone Joint Surg Am).
Date of publication is June 2000; volume 82, issue number 6. 
This time they only list one page. We can't tell if it's a one page article or the first page of the article. To ensure that we receive the the entire article, we would always request the entire thing. You could always note that on the request form by asking for (873 -) or (873-eoa) or 873- whole article.

The source of this abbreviated citation: PsychInfo. 
What is important here for completing a request is the document type: chapter in this case. Since it is part of a book, this means you'll need to complete a Book Request Form. Although you may need just one chapter, it's much more practical for us to get the book. To complete the request form for this item, focus on the information in the Book Source section of this citation; it is unique to the book and is not associated with the chapter; except for the pages of the chapter in parentheses. Also note that ISBN and year of publication are present. Abstracts can also give you the language the item is published in. An abstract or title may be in English but may be the only part of the book or journal that is in English. This book citation tells you it is in English.

Citation source: MLA Bibliography (Silver Platter Database). 
PUBLICATION TYPE is journal-article, therefore you will be completing a Journal Request Form. The title of the journal is listed in the entry labeled SOURCE, along with the rest of the citation; date - Summer 1992, volume 12, issue 2, and pages 18-31. In this case, the ISSN is fully labeled as is the language of the journal. 

Source of this abbreviated citation: ERIC
ERIC is one database where the ACCESSION NUMBER is important to an interlibrary loan request. The letters ED (for ERIC DOCUMENT) preceed this number which tell us it is an ERIC DOCUMENT NUMBER. Scribner Library has a collection of Eric documents on CD as well as on microfiche. Any reference librarian is able to assist you in locating these collections. You should determine whether we own what you need before you request it via ILL. When you do request Eric documents through ILL, the request should be placed as a book request. When requesting an Eric document be aware that it will arrive as microfiche and must be used in the library. There are microfiche readers in the library where you may print paper copies. Other information that is of note in a citation like this is the DOCUMENT TYPE, LANGUAGE, and PAGINATION. In this case you would be reading a thesis practicum paper in English that is 70 pages long.

Example 2:
ACCESSION NUMBER: EJ348401
CLEARINGHOUSE NUMBER: TM511638
PERSONAL AUTHOR: Gresham,-Frank-M; and-others
TITLE: Teacher-Rated Social Skills of Mainstreamed Mildly Handicapped and Nonhandicapped and Nonhandicapped Children.
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1987
SOURCE: (JOURNAL CITATION) School-Psychology-Review; v16n1 p78-88 Spr 1987
DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal-Articles (080); Reports-Research (143)
LANGUAGE: English

This is the second type of citation to be found in the ERIC database. 
ACCESSION NUMBER is very important to an interlibrary loan request. EJ indicates that this is an ERIC JOURNAL. These are usually difficult to locate. This item requires the use of a Journal Request Form. Next to SOURCE is where you would find the journal title and the citation; in this case it is: School Psychology Review, Spring 1987, volume 16, issue number 1, pages 78-88. The DOCUMENT TYPE verifies that this is a journal article and LANGUAGE tells you it is available in English.