ADA Library: Services & Fees

Services Available   Affiliate Members Fees  ADA Members Fees  Nonmembers Fees

• Journal Articles
• Book Loans
• Reference
• Archives
• MEDLINE/Web Help
• Interlibrary Loans
• On-Site Use
• Tours
• Contacting the Library

Services Available

ADA members, affiliate members, health professionals, and libraries have access to the collection and staff resources of the ADA Library. Please note that fees may apply. Prepayment can be made by credit card or check.

Patients, please refer to Your Oral Health.

Notice: Please see our page on copyright compliance before submitting any request to the Library.

Journal Articles	Articles are available from over 600 journal titles received by the Library, subject to copyright restrictions. Delivery by email, mail or fax. Articles available in black & white only. ADA members, please provide as much information as possible using our journal request form (PDF file/40k ), or through Loansome Doc. Three articles or less may be requested by phone. Large orders will be accepted; 20 articles will be sent per week.
	Electronic Document Delivery (PDF)	Members can receive journal articles electronically. Requested articles are scanned into PDF format. Members receive an e-mail link to the article that remains accessible for up to five downloads or two weeks. Quality comparable to photocopy, better than fax. Color copies not available.
	Loansome Doc (Members only)	Dental journal articles can be searched and ordered in one MEDLINE/PubMed session using Loansome Doc.
Book Loans (Members only)	Books from our extensive collection are available for four-week loans. We collect English-language books on clinical, research, and practice management topics. Use our online catalog or call us for assistance.
	New Book List	A list of new books added to the collection can be e-mailed quarterly to any member on request .
Reference	Members may take advantage of the expertise of our library staff to answer any clinical or practice management question.
	Brief Reference Assistance	Many simple reference questions can be answered in one phone call, at no charge. (Definitions, terminology, fact checking, verification of a journal citation, etc.)
	Reference Packages (Members only)	Reference librarians can create a package of recent dental journal articles specific to a member’s information needs on any clinical, research, or practice management topic. Usually 6-8 articles, depending on the subject. (Phone requests only.)
	Historical and Biographical Reference	Our archivist can answer questions on the history of dentistry and of the ADA using our extensive historical resources.
Archives	The Library houses the ADA Archives containing the historical records and publications of the Association.
MEDLINE/Web Help	Library staff can assist members by phone in using various online resources. We can help you to navigate ADA.org, execute an effective search strategy in MEDLINE/PubMed, or identify other useful health information web sites.
Interlibrary Loans	Journal articles and books may be requested by other health science libraries using DOCLINE or OCLC. Requests from non-health science libraries accepted on case-by-case basis. DOCLINE libraries please pay for ILLS through the Electronic Funds Transfer System (EFTS) of the National Networks of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM).
On-Site Use	The Library may be used by anyone with appropriate information needs during normal business hours. We encourage on-site use by ADA and ASDA members.
Tours	Local and visiting ADA and ASDA members, nonmember dentists, dental society staff, and other librarians are invited to visit the library for a brief tour. Tours of other parts of the Headquarters building are also available to members. You can take always take a Virtual Tour of the ADA Library: Broadband/2.3MB Dial up/613k

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