ACCESSING JOURNAL ARTICLES
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DOH employee
New York State Department of Health (DOH) employees can obtain copies of articles at the
Dickerman Library, located in the Wadsworth Center of the New York State DOH. An article
may be available as a PDF that can be saved in electronic form or it can be xeroxed.
New York State DOH employees can also access journals from the databases of the New York
State Library on Madison Avenue in Albany. Dickerman Library staff can check if a particular
journal is available at the NYS Library.
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NYS employee (non- DOH)
New York State employees not employed at the DOH can access journals from the databases of
the New York State Library on Madison Avenue in Albany. You must first obtain a ‘P Card’ for
this purpose.
The other option is to contact your local public library and obtain an article of interest by
requesting an inter-library loan from the New York State Library. There is no cost for making
this request.
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Other New York State resident
New York State residents can obtain journals from the databases of the New York State Library
on Madison Avenue in Albany. You must first obtain an ‘R’ card.
The other option is to contact your local public library and obtain an article of interest by
requesting an inter-library loan from the New York State Library. There is no cost for making
this request.
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Physician
New York State licensed physicians can access journals from the databases of the New York
State Library on Madison Avenue in Albany. You must first obtain a ‘P Card’ for this purpose.
The other option is to contact your local public library and obtain an article of interest by
requesting an inter-library loan from the New York State Library. There is no cost for making
this request.
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Attorney
New York State attorneys can access journals from the databases of the New York State Library
on Madison Avenue in Albany. You must first obtain a ‘P Card’ for this purpose. The other
option is to contact your local public library.