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You need to be familiar with the manner in which your library obtains materials (typically books and journal articles) that it neither owns nor to which it has direct access. As was discussed, these materials can be obtained through some kind of interlibrary loan system. Many libraries offer an interlibrary loan Web interface called ILLiad to request books and journal articles. You typically need to set up your own ILL (interlibrary loan) account (check with your librarian).

WorldCat: Worldwide catalog listing books, monographs, videos, and sound recordings; useful for determining what institution owns a resource in order to retrieve it.

WorldCat (World Catalog) is another useful resource to obtain materials not available in your library. As the name “world” suggests, this database is worldwide; it includes books, monographs, videos, and sound recordings. Most library systems have a link to WorldCat as one of their databases. A book entry in WorldCat will tell you whether your library owns the item, what institutions in your state own it (including public libraries), and who owns the item beyond your state.