diff --git a/lib/requestability_resolver.js b/lib/requestability_resolver.js
index 0b192d6..d4582fd 100644
--- a/lib/requestability_resolver.js
+++ b/lib/requestability_resolver.js
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ const DeliveryLocationsResolver = require('./delivery-locations-resolver')
 const { isItemNyplOwned } = require('./ownership_determination')
 const { isInRecap } = require('./util')
 const logger = require('./logger')
+
 class RequestabilityResolver {
   static fixItemRequestability (elasticSearchResponse) {
     elasticSearchResponse.hits.hits
       .forEach((hit) => {
+        const parentBibHasFindingAid = !!hit._source.supplementaryContent?.find((el) => el.label === 'Finding aid')
         hit._source.items = hit._source.items.map((item) => {
           if (item.electronicLocator) return item
           let deliveryInfo
@@ -28,7 +30,8 @@ class RequestabilityResolver {
           item.eddRequestable = !!deliveryInfo.eddRequestable
           item.physRequestable = !!(deliveryInfo.deliveryLocation &&
             deliveryInfo.deliveryLocation.length)
-          item.specRequestable = !!item.aeonUrl
+
+          item.specRequestable = this.buildSpecRequestable(item, parentBibHasFindingAid)
           // items without barcodes should not be requestable
           const hasBarcode = (item.identifier || []).some((identifier) => /^(urn|bf):[bB]arcode:\w+/.test(identifier))
           if (isItemNyplOwned(item) && !hasBarcode) {
@@ -42,6 +45,13 @@ class RequestabilityResolver {
       })
     return elasticSearchResponse
   }
+
+  static buildSpecRequestable (item, parentBibHasFindingAid) {
+    const holdingLocation = DeliveryLocationsResolver.extractLocationCode(item)
+    const nyplCoreLocation = DeliveryLocationsResolver.nyplCoreLocation(holdingLocation)
+    const isSpecialCollectionsOnlyAccessType = !!nyplCoreLocation?.collectionAccessType
+    return !!item.aeonUrl || parentBibHasFindingAid || isSpecialCollectionsOnlyAccessType
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = RequestabilityResolver