Patrons can request materials from the closed stacks via the Library's Online Catalog, OR if an item in not in the Online Catalog, via call slip. Members of the Access Services staff will retrieve any requested item and bring it to a patron's seat in the Main Reading Room.
Patrons may request up to 10 items per day from the closed stacks area.
There is an average wait of 20 minutes to receive items.
Requests must be made on-site or by telephone via a reference librarian at (212)822-7300. Requested materials will only be held at the information desk for 24 hours. Photocopies may not be requested in advance via telephone.
Retrieval is available:
Monday – FridayThe following portions of the Library's Collections are available for public browsing and retrieval:
9:00am – 4:30pm
Current PeriodicalsDocument Delivery
Recent, unbound issues of journals are located in the Current Periodicals Room.Reading Room
A selected list of about 130 bound issues of journals from 1977 to the present are available for browsing and retrieval in the Main Reading Room.Reference Collection
A reference collection of current medical textbooks, directories and statistical sources is available for browsing and retrieval in the Reference Lobby of the Academy Library.
