ECU VDX has been upgraded.

Please look at the revised VDX User Guide and update your bookmark for the VDX service.

NOTE: All interlibrary loan items for on-campus staff and students are to be collected from the ECU Library Loans desk and will be issued on the ECU Loans system so that we can track them and issue recall / overdue notices more efficiently.

For general queries please contact Document Delivery:docdel@ecu.edu.au or phone (08) 6304 3584, 6304 3731 or 6304 3790. Penalties will apply for late returns. Remote staff and students (onshore) will have their interlibrary loan items posted to them. Copies are delivered to the online VDX document store.

The Document Delivery Service enables ECU staff, graduate, higher degree, honours and remote external students to place requests for loans or articles from other libraries and document supply services. This service is free of charge and is designed to support University teaching, learning and research. It operates according to our document delivery policies.

1. Academic and General Staff with University related research needs.
2. Graduate, Honours and Higher Degree students
3. Remote and External Students
4. Offshore students

ECU VDX (Virtual Document eXchange)
Document Delivery Services are managed using our online service ECU VDX. This system allows category 1-4 patrons (listed above) to submit requests online, track requests and have articles delivered online to the desk top in PDF format.

To use ECU VDX successfully:

1. Connect to VDX, sign in (User ID=staff/student number; Password=date of birth DDMMYYYY).
2. Search & Request, enter search terms, click SEARCH
3. Click Get it! on desired title.
4. For copies enter details for article or chapter in fields under Part Details.
5. Click REQUEST & accept Copyright prompt (for articles & chapters) - please allow screen to refresh fully to avoid duplicate requests!
6. Note ILL request number for tracking purposes.
7. If you have problems obtaining all the information necessary to place your request, try Google Scholar. This is a search engine that indexes the content of scholarly material published on the internet and in electronic books and journals.

Otherwise, please refer to the VDX User Guide.

Note:

• Patrons with overdue inter-library loans may be banned from further use of VDX.
• Loans are not available to offshore patrons.

Connect to VDX |  VDX User Guide |