How to Obtain Copies
of Documents Indexed in the PILOTS Database
Many PILOTS users ask how they can obtain copies of journal articles, book chapters, and other materials that they have located using the database, as the National Center for PTSD is not able to supply these materials. These suggestions should help you to obtain what you need.
- The PILOTS record itself provides a hypertext link to the full text of the document it describes in some cases. If the document was written by a National Center staff member, and is thus in the public domain, the link will be to our own website, where the full text of National Center publications is posted. Otherwise, links are made to publishers' websites, where access to the full text will be determined by publishers' policies.
- Library Subscriptions: Many libraries have supplemented their collections with subscriptions to online services that provide access to books and journals in electronic form. Your librarian will be able to tell you what resources your library can make available to you. In some cases, library subscriptions provide users with direct access to individual articles or entire publications via their publishers' websites.
- Regional Medical Library System: If you have got access to a medical library, ask the librarian to get copies from the regional medical library system. (All VA medical libraries, and most American hospital libraries, are part of this system.) Many public and academic libraries belong to networks that make the resources of large libraries available to the clients of smaller ones. In some cases materials can be provided free of charge; otherwise, you may have to pay a small fee for each article you request. (If your request does not come under the "fair use" provision of the copyright laws, there may also be a royalty fee payable to the publisher that your library will have to collect.) Your local librarian will know the fastest and cheapest ways to get what you need.
- Information Brokers and Document Delivery Services: There are several organizations and companies that specialize in providing rapid copies of publications. Information brokers offer a complete range of services, from searching databases to providing copies. Document delivery services offer copies of materials from their own resources and often from other library collections. If your needs require it, and you are willing to pay the extra costs involved, you can receive copies by courier or fax.
- Publisher: An increasing number of publishers are offering individuals electronic access to their books and journals, either by subscription or on a pay-as-you-go basis. Other publishers provide electronic access free of charge. As this is a rapidly changing environment, we cannot provide details here. However, librarians make it their business to keep up with developments in this area, and should be able to provide the most up-to-date information.
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