Scan and Deliver: How to request a scan of a book chapter or journal article

Side profile of an open laptop with a book on top of it with the pages splayedIf you need to consult a book chapter or journal article, from collections held in the Social Science Library (or other Bodleian Libraries), use the Scan & Deliver service.

Scan & Deliver is an electronic document delivery service which enables you to obtain scans of book chapters or journal articles from the Bodleian Libraries’ print collections.

It comprises of two separate request routes:

  • OffsiteScan for items in off-site storage/closed stack
  • LibraryScan for items on the open shelves of libraries
  • OffsiteScan is available to both University and Bodleian Reader card holders.
  • LibraryScan is available to current members of the University with a SSO only

One request for a scan can be made per day via SOLO.

For full details of how to place a request, see here.

You can also view our short training video that demonstrates how to use the service.

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