The vast amount of resources found on the internet makes the search for information easy and accessible to anyone with the ability to connect. School children can accomplish the majority of research for school papers without leaving their home. Barroom quibbles can quickly be put to an end by verifying information on one’s phone. Researchers, librarians and other information professionals, however, may need to dig much deeper than these basic internet resources allow, and thus have databases and library collections to fulfill this need.

When an info pro is unable to obtain the document they need, whether due to time constraints, an overload of requests or the simple inability to locate it, a document delivery service may be called upon to aid in the search. Research Solutions is such a service. The following points will present some benefits of using our document delivery service.

More timely than interlibrary loan:

When a book or journal is held at a library other than the one that you frequently use, the desired publication may be lent to your library through what’s known as interlibrary loan, or ILL. While ILL is useful for increasing access for a library’s patrons, oftentimes a week will pass before the publication is received. While this time frame may be acceptable for some, others may need the information they require much sooner. In this instance, Research Solutions’ service could be called upon to retrieve the documents within 24- or 48-hours. In addition to a much faster turnaround, the documents will be delivered to the email address provided to Research Solutions, bypassing the need to pick up your requested publication at the library.

Not limited to a single subject:

It’s safe to say that a large percentage of the document requests Research Solutions receives are for scientific, technical or medical journal articles. The far-reaching network of library collections that we access allows us to fill more than ninety percent of those requests. However, this network also allows us to retrieve documents that other services may have trouble locating, including conference proceedings, newspaper and magazine articles, Physician’s Desk Reference and dictionary terms, and many others.

Pay-per-use:

Since there is no subscription associated with Research Solutions’ service, you can use us as often and only when you need us. Some of our clients request hundreds of documents per month, while others just a few per year. Orders can be placed through our online order form or can be sent to orders@researchsolutions.com, allowing you to choose the method that works best for you. You’ll never see an invoice for a document that we’re unable to deliver to you.

We’ll do the legwork:

All we require to retrieve a document is a citation. It doesn’t have to be complete. Send us as much of the citation information that you have, and we’ll fill in the blanks. We do not add any fees for submitting an incomplete or faulty citation. There’s  no need to do any preliminary searching for the document. We’ll look through our vast network of library collections to find out where the publication is held, and send our on-site retriever to copy the document you need.

Clean copies:

We clean all documents after we receive the copy from our on-site retriever. Our trained delivery team ensures that the text and images are completely readable and ready for the client. Once deemed suitable, the document is converted to a PDF and delivered.

Copyright compliant:

You can rest assured that each document you receive from Research Solutions will be compliant with current copyright law. We make sure that everything we deliver has been cleared through the Copyright Clearance Center, and simply add this fee to our service change with no markup.

As you can see, Research Solutions offers a comprehensive document delivery service capable of handling a wide variety of needs. Whether you’re short on time, overloaded with requests or just need help, Research Solutions your best bet. Please contact us to learn more about how we can help you.