Through the Carolina BLU Article Delivery Service you can request scanned, electronic copies of articles held in print in the UNC Libraries. You will be notified via email when the article(s) is availble through your Interlibrary Loan / Campus Delivery account. The article(s) will be accessible online for 30 days and can be downloaded for your personal use. If the article is available electronically, you'll be sent a direct link to the article.

All UNC Chapel Hill faculty members, currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate students, and staff can use the campus delivery service, however service options may vary depending on your affiliation.

Look for this button in the UNC Catalog.

Look for this button in the Search TRLN (combined Central, Duke, State, UNC) Catalog.

You can also submit a request directly using this article request form.

Currently, you can only request articles from journals in UNC-CH Libraries' print collections (excluding special collections and other selected non-circulating items).

Currently it is not possible to request scanned copies of books, book chapters, or materials that are on reserve, in Reference, or Special Collections. If you have any questions, please contact us before placing your request.

Currently, there is no limit to the number of articles that you can request; however, due to copyright issues, the number of articles that may be requested from any one journal issue may be restricted.

The article will be posted to your account for 30 days in pdf format for you to download. After 30 days, the article will be deleted and you will no longer have access to it unless you have downloaded it to your personal computer or storage area.

Delivery times will vary depending on the volume of requests the service receives. It could take 2-3 days for you to receive the article. If you put in more than 5 requests in one day, it may take longer for you to receive all your articles.

If you log in to your interlibrary loan/campus delivery account, you will see what requests you have and where they are in the process.

If an article is assigned for a class or by a professor, please check Reserves (electronic & print) and/or your class Blackboard site/webpage before requesting the article through Carolina BLU. You may search for articles on Reserve.

Currently, students, faculty, and staff affiliated with Academic Affairs and the Law School (What's my affiliation) do not incur a cost for this service. If you are affiliated with Health Affairs, you will request your article through the Health Science Library, which does charge a small fee for interlibrary loan and article delivery requests. The price will vary depending on the type of material requested and whether it is a campus delivery request or an interlibrary loan request, click here for a price list and more information. There is no charge for campus book delivery.

You can contact us whenever you have a question and we'd be happy to help you.