For a given periodical title within a given year, the library is allowed, under the guidelines, to obtain an institutional total of 5 photocopies of articles published within the past 5 years from the current year. Ask you to wait for a new calendar year when we begin our count of 5 over again. The only practical way to get a copy of a journal article quickly is to get a copy from another library and pay a royalty fee to the copyright owner, usually the publisher of the journal. Most often, we make these payments through the Copyright Clearance Center. For journals not registered with the Copyright Clearance Center, we try to obtain a copy through commercial document providers or we try to identify the publisher and write for permission.
Commercial suppliers have their own arrangements for paying royalties to the appropriate parties.