Handling the results: online ordering
2004 version 2
24 May 2004
Online ordering
Articles we hold in the library are available at our standard prices. Go here for more information on our standard prices.
We will scan the article from our stock and send you an email with the file as an attachment in PDF format. Go here for more information about electronic copies. We can supply items not in our own stock, but at a greater cost, in print form.
How to order if you already know the article details
1. Log on if you have not done so already, select Library and Medline then our article order page, select the appropriate categories and fill in the form. Have your credit card details ready as via this method we do require payment in advance. Go directly to our article order page.
2. If you have more than one article to request using the 'one by one' option, you only need to fill in your personal details once per session. Do not click the 'back' button in a session, as for security reasons the credit card details are not retained.
3. If you use Word, or a reference manager programme, we have created some templates suitable for bulk requests. Read more about this here.
4. Log off.
How to order via MEDLINE Plus
References in MEDLINE Plus which indicate 'Held at BMA Library' are available at our standard prices. You will be given the option to ask us to go ahead and order those items we do not hold, or not, as you prefer.
1. After you have found and selected (ticked) each article you require, return to the , scroll down to the Citation Manager box and select the
button. The Document Ordering page will then appear.
2. Enter your personal details in the form provided. It is very important that your membership number and email address are correct. If you click in the box next to Save Profile Permanently at the bottom of this page, you will not have to type your details again (unless they change and you wish to).
3. Select to go to the next page where you will be asked how you wish the items to be delivered and what you would like to do about items we do not hold in stock. If you move down the page, the system then lists the items for which you originally searched. Simply deselect any that you don't wish us to supply.
4. When satisfied, select the button.
5. Please read the Copyright Declaration information and then select the button.
6. Another screen will appear to confirm that the requests you selected have been ordered. Return to the Main Search screen.
7. You will be invoiced at the end of the month.
Any questions? Please contact the MEDLINE Plus help desk:
tel: 020 7383 6582
email: info.medline@bma.org.uk
web: http://www.bma.org.uk/medline