English 031 (Omeiza)

Get it at UC connects you from a source citation to the resource.

You will be taken to UC Library Search where you can navigate to the full-text of the source OR initiate a request for the source through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

The Get it at UC button will appear in many library databases. Use it to more easily locate or request the resources you need!

To find and request books, use UC Library Search, the UC-wide catalog. If a book is not held at UC Merced, you can request it using InterLibrary Loan (ILL).

To use ILL: 

• Find the search record for the book
• Click on the Check Availability link and look for the section "Get It"
• Follow the prompts to make a request using the form provided. 

Mini-Activity:

In table groups, use UC Library Search to find one of the following books. 

• America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans, by Henry Louis Gates
• 12 Million Black Voices, by Richard Wright
• Class Pictures, by Dawoud Bey
• Lorna Simpson, by Lorna Simpson, et al
• Pitch Blackness, by Hank Willis Thomas, René De Guzman, and Robin D.G. Kelley
• Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity, by Maurice O. Wallace and Shawn Michelle Smith

Questions:

• Do we have the book at UC Merced?
• Were you able to see how you would request the book (or were you able to make the request, if you wanted to)?

Discover how to use the Get It at UC button to access the full-text of articles or books whether immediately or through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).