Home - Article Galaxy Scholar (AGS) - express document delivery

The Article Galaxy Scholar service allows Fondren Library to supplement existing journal subscriptions and Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services, with the potential for reduced spending while meeting the immediate research needs of faculty and students. It is unmediated ILL for selected journal titles to which we do not currently subscribe or for which we have incomplete holdings. Articles will be delivered in real time via email, generally in less than 15 minutes.

Fondren Library pays anywhere from $18 to $59 per request in order to obtain journal articles this quickly. If your need is not immediate please make use of the usual ILL process (which delivers articles in one to three days on average). This ILL link is included along with the one for AGS.

Instructors, If you need a journal article for course reserves please visit the Course Reserves guide.

Finding the AGS Request Link in Library Resources & Other Platforms

OneSearch: The first step is to sign into your library account, so that you can view the AGS links (upper right-hand corner of the page):

Enter the article title in the search box (we recommend that you enclose the title in quotation marks) and click "Search". It is important to always select the "Multiple Resources" option.

After search results have been returned you will need to check the "Expand My Results" box located on the left-hand side so that articles with no full-text are shown.

Click on the online access link as illustrated below:

The AGS link will be located in the "How to get it" section. The usual ILL link is also listed and is the preferred choice if you are not in a hurry for the article.

NOTE: If you are searching for articles outside of Fondren Library resources (e.g. via the journal's website), simply copy/paste the article title into OneSearch, making sure to follow the same recommended strategies described above.

THIS OPTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE

BrowZine: You will find a link to BrowZine on the library's home page, underneath the OneSearch Box.

Enter the journal title in the search box and results will appear on the right-hand side:

Select the correct volume/issue number, find your article title in the resulting table of contents and click on the title. Follow the prompts to get access to the full-text of the article.

Clicking on this link will take you to the AGS link in Primo (the library catalog), but you must be logged into your library account to access it.

THIS OPTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE

Fondren Library-subscribed database: Click on the "Rice Full Text" button located underneath the article title, as in this example from Scopus.

THIS OPTION IS NOT YET AVAILABLE

Click on the “View It” link in Google Scholar. You will be brought to the library catalog and the AGS option link. Patrons must be signed into the library catalog to view the AGS link.