Ingenta Article Delivery Service at SDSU

For SDSU Faculty, Staff or Graduate Students:

Ingenta's searchable database of over 8,000,000 articles dating back to 1988 and table of contents information for approximately 26,000 journals.
Free delivery to your fax machine of full-text articles from many of the journals (although some publishers don't allow document delivery from their journals). Most articles are faxed within 24 - 48 hours. Don't have a fax? You might look into one of the free commercial online fax services such as eFax.com's free trial or jConnect Free.
The Library pays for articles costing under $50 that are not held in the library's collection.
The Library will pay for up to 30 articles per month.
Option of personal credit card payment for non-subsidized articles (those costing over $50 or available in the Library).
If an article needed for your SDSU research isn't available via Ingenta's Article Delivery service (and not held by the library), it can always be ordered free of charge via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

For SDSU Undergraduate Students or other SDSU Library patrons:

Ingenta's searchable database of over 8,000,000 articles and table of contents information for approximately 26,000 journals dating back to 1988.
Option of having articles delivered at your own expense (payment by personal credit card).
As always, SDSU students may order any article needed for their SDSU research (and not held in the library's collection) free of charge via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Begin Using the Service

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SDSU Faculty, Staff or Graduate Students:

First time Ingenta users should enter their SDSU ID number in the FIRST-TIME Users box. You will be asked to choose a password and provide brief information necessary to deliver articles (your fax number and email address, etc.) We recommend that you continue to use your SDSU ID number as your Ingenta User ID to ensure library payment for your articles.
You will only need to enter credit card information if you decide to order an article costing more than $50 or one that is owned by the Library. However, unless you need Ingenta's faster delivery time, you may order any article not held by the library free of charge via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
You may edit your profile at any time by clicking the "Manage Profile" button on the left-hand side of Ingenta search screens.
Problems logging in? Contact Ingenta by phone or email.

SDSU Undergraduate Students or other SDSU Library patrons:

There's no need to register in order to search the Ingenta article database. You only need to register with Ingenta if you intend to order articles (for which you would need to pay with a personal credit card).
Never provide credit card information unless you intend to pay for an article yourself.
If you find an article you need for your SDSU research, SDSU students may place orders for free via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Problems logging in or placing an order? Contact Ingenta:

Ingenta Help Desk
Phone: (800) 296-2221
Email: ushelp@ingenta.com

Other questions? Contact SDSU's Interlibrary Loan office:

Interlibrary Loan
San Diego State University
Phone: (619) 594-6730
Email: illreq@library.sdsu.edu