To expand our Library resources, we are pleased to provide the Document of Delivery Service to MPI full-time academic and administrative staff. The Document Delivery Service will obtain copies of articles from the Library of Chinese Academy Sciences or the National Central Library of Taiwan.

Library of Chinese Academy Sciences
National Central Library of Taiwan

Document Delivery Service is a free service available to all MPI full-time academic and administrative staff. If the article you need for your academic research is unavailable in the Library, the Document Delivery Service will try to acquire it for you from the Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences or the National Central Library of Taiwan.

Eligible users must fill in a "Document Delivery Service Request Form", which is available at the Library's Reference Desk and downloadable on the library web site. You may submit the requests at the Library's Reference Desk, e-mail it to ill@ipm.edu.mo, or fax it to 28-702076.

Please check the Library holdings first to see if the Library has the items BEFORE submitting your requests. For that purpose, you may do the following:

• Search the Library Online Catalog
• Search our Online Databases / E-Journals

Make sure all the information you fill into the request form is correct and complete, so that we can expedite your requests.

Library Catalog | E-Resources | Download Forms

The average time required to obtain materials from domestic sources is 3 to 5 working days. Requests that must be filled internationally usually take a considerably longer time.

Articles are scanned as PDF files and delivered to the requester as email add a attachments. A PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the documents. If you want a specific item delivered by an alternative method, please note to your request.

The copyright law of Macau SAR (Decree Law 43/99/M of 16th August, 1999) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. All the copies of articles acquired from the Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences or the National Central Library of Taiwan are not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If a user is found using this MPI Library Document Delivery Service beyond fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

The Copyright Law of Macau SAR (Portuguese)