When Alfred University Libraries don't have access to a resource -- for example a book we don't own or an article we don't have a subscription for -- we can usually get it from another library.
There are two services through which these loans are coordinated:
SUNY Resource Sharing: Libraries throughout the SUNY system loan books to students, faculty, and staff, no matter which SUNY institution is their home campus.
ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan): This is a worldwide network of libraries that loan books, articles, and other materials.
For users, items found through Primo (the library search interface) are requested the same way. Requests can also be manually entered in the ILLiad interface.