Individuals with information requests should contact the Reference Department at (212) 822-7315 for assistance.
The Subscriber Services program provides your organization with immediate access to the Academy library’s research, clinical, biomedical and historical collections, one of the largest medical collections in the country. Subscriber Services information specialists will respond to your research queries or supply you with a needed document.
Services
Document
Delivery
Your document needs can be quickly filled
using the Academy's outstanding biomedical and public health resources
of over 800,000 volumes and 1,000 current serial titles. To supplement
these collections, Subscriber Services staff cooperates with an
international network of research centers and document suppliers,
enabling us to provide you with virtually any medical document.
Whether you need a medical research journal article, medical illustration,
conference proceeding, an excerpt from a book or any other type
of document, we can get it to you.
Research
Services
Subscriber Services has the resources
and staff expertise to assist you in finding the medical information
you need. If you need the most recent medical research related to
a specific disease, or require epidemiology statistics, clinical
trial protocols, or current ICD-9 codes, we can assist you. A phone
call, fax or e-mail to NYAM Subscriber Services puts you in touch
with the latest medical and public health information available
via electronic systems. This information includes the National Library
of Medicine’s family of computer databases, the internet and
World Wide Web, scholarly medical science texts and journals and
history of medicine books and illustrations. Quick information or
in-depth research will be provided.
Electronic
Resources and Services
Direct searching of the National Library
of Medicine’s MEDLARS computer databases, the premier biomedical
and chemical resource, is available. Other online services include
information retrieval from DIALOG computer databases and educational
programs such as customized Internet training sessions.
NYAM Subscriber Services information specialists work closely with clients to serve their information needs quickly, cost-efficiently and confidentially.
Please phone (212)822-7324 or fax (212)423-0266 or corpserv@nyam.org to learn how we can be of assistance to you and your organization.
Subscriber
Service Rates
A non-refundable annual fee of $1400 or $1800 for double subscribers, for profit organizations or $600 (not-for-profit) is required to open an account. *Clients who join during the year will pay an annual fee prorated at $120 per month($50 for not-for-profits). *Billing is on a monthly basis. Please call (212) 822-7324 for further information.
Documents
- Document Service= $14.00 base charge fo delivery via u.s. mail, fedx or messenger(+$4.00 fax/email)
- Facsimile/Email transmission: $4.00
- U.S. Mail *1st class: No charge
- Federal Express: Charged to client's FEDEX account
The Academy guarantees the delivery of ten articles
per day (20 per day for double subscribers) and will attempt to
provide more depending on workload. Special arrangements will be
made for delivery of larger document orders.
Fees subject to change.
Turn-around times for subscriber requests are for items available in The New York Academy of Medicine Library. For items that are not in The Academy Library, the turn-around time may be longer. The Document Delivery staff will let you know the status of your order the price and time involved for the interlibrary loan request.
Non-Academy items are regular document price plus costs incurred by The Academy as a result of obtaining material from another institution. Canceled orders may incur a fee if processing was done prior to cancellation. Incorrect or incomplete citations will be subjected to a verification/search fee based on time. Materials from the Special Collections, or materials considered to be too fragile for regular photocopying are not included in the above. (Call for pricing.)
Research
Research costs are $75.00
per hour (minimum of $40 for 1/2 hour), plus any additional costs
(online charges, long distance telephone calls, documents, extensive
reference intake interviews). Research services include online searching,
world wide web searching, examinations of books, journal articles,
paper indices for pertinent data, illustrations, etc.
Book Loans
Subscribers may borrow ten
books at any one time (20, for double subscribers) for a period
of one month. No Reference materials or journal may be borrowed.
Delivery
To Become
a Subscriber
If you are interested in becoming a
corporate subscriber, the registration form is available in HTML
and WORD formats.
Please print out a copy of the form and send it along with payment
to:
The New York Academy of Medicine
Library
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029-5293
ATTN: Corporate Services