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Research and document supply services

Searching for research articles?

Whether it’s for CPD, a job interview or personal research we can help you locate research articles on a wide range of topics from across our databases and match abstracts and references to the full text.

Looking for sources on a specific topic?

We can help you make the most of access to our collections by searching for you across books, electronic resources, reports and standards to help you understand a range of engineering subjects.

Are you interested in engineering history?

Our collections hold a wealth of knowledge on the history of the IET and engineering more broadly. We can search for you across our historical books, journals, and reports to discover more.

Want to improve your research skills?

We offer one-to-one assistance, in person or remotely, helping you to make the most of our digital and print collections and enhance your own research skills and understanding of catalogues and databases.

Document supply services

IET members can request copies of items not accessible from home to be delivered as PDFs via email. Copying is permitted within ‘fair dealing’ and not all collection items may be suitable for copying.

Non-members can request items from our print collections for £10 per copy with an additional charge of £10 if the copy is for commercial use.

For copies or loans from outside our collections members can request Inter-Library Loans from the British Library. The cost is £15 per fulfilled request.

We can also provide scanned copies of selected older editions of Model Forms of Contract and The Wiring Regulations. Please contact us for further information.