Interlibrary loan is a service that lets you obtain materials not available at Herrick Library. Requests are submitted through our interlibrary loan system, ILLiad.
Students in Off-Campus Programs may use ILLiad to request the following:
After receiving your request, we will scan the item or, if we don't own it, request an electronic copy from another library. When the item is available, you will receive an email notice with instructions for how to log into ILLiad and access the item.
Items available in Herrick Library take an average of two business days (not including the weekend). Articles obtained from other libraries take an average of four days.
The first time you use ILLiad, you must reigster. Login in here with your Alfred University username and password to start the registration process. On the form, where it asks for your Status, please indicate that you are a student in an Off-Campus Program.
Note that in most cases you can link directly from a citation in a library database to the interlibrary loan form, without having to retype the citation information.