text: how to get a journal article photocopied and sent to me.? i need to get an old journal article (1922) for my research.  this is not a journal that every university library will have (architect and engineer, published in san francisco).  is there some service that will retrieve this article for me?  for a moderate price?  i am not a current university student, so i cannot use 'interlibrary loan' (well at least i don't think i can). yes, that's a good idea.  even though you aren't a student, interlibrary loan might be available to you since you are a member of the community.  alternately, you might contact the library that holds the journal and see if they will allow you to pay for that service.