Whats the Bindery and why does the Library send its journals there? If a journal is at the Bindery, can I get the article I need from it through Interlibrary Loan?
McFarlin keeps back issues (more than a year old) of some magazines and journals in a paper format (as opposed to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic formats). To protect them from damage and to facilitate shelving, the library has these items bound in hard covers. If the library catalog record for the issue of the journal you need indicates that the item is at the “Bindery”, that simply means that the library has sent it out to be bound by a professional binding company. That issue (usually an entire volume) is thus not available at McFarlin unless the library happens to also have back issues available in another format. You may put in an Interlibrary Loan request for an article from a journal that is at the Bindery. Unless the journal is due back within the next few days, Interlibrary Loan will process your request and try to obtain a copy of the article from another library. Please contact Interlibrary Loan at 918-631-3485 or 918-631-3061 for more information.
