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I was able to best explain my role and advantages of the Visiting Scholars program in this post:

"The University of Pittsburgh continues to allow me access to their databases and subscription-based content. I have not been assigned specific women's health articles but was told that they are very happy that I've been able to create and improve content related to these topics. I also create and cite content in other medical articles. I also own medical textbooks that I purchased myself to help source content that I add and references to content that already exists. In this article, I've used the D'amico reference to support the section on vaginal health and pelvic exams. I bought that book as required for my nursing classes. I have purchased other medical textbooks (8+) for the class. The University of Pittsburgh does not have digital access to most of the textbooks that I have been using, well none really, so it is good that I have these books to use. If I have a book for a source, I use it. I also go to the library to use books there and have been able to use the Pitt medical school library (which is open to the public). I have access to subscription-based content and sources through the nursing school which is not part of the University of Pittsburgh. I have access to subscription-based content through our county library system. If I search the databases through the University of Pittsburgh Library System to find a journal article or a specialized text that I don't own, I will cite it to support content that I add. At this point in the process, I don't go into other search engines to determine whether or not other editors have access to the same journal articles. If I know about the source existing 'free' somewhere else, then I add the url to the free source. I have also posted to the project Medicine talk page and offered to obtain subscription-based content for other editors. For medical topics, I don't use unpublished materials or research papers. I have used unpublished sources for historical articles (dissertations). I used to add a tag to citations to indicate that they were behind a paywall, but was asked by other editors to stop doing that. I stopped. I am always happy to see that a source that I accessed through the University of Pittsburgh is also available without charge from another source. I don't rely on sources behind the paywall but use them when appropriate. I've made a handful of errors regarding the use of primary sources and then the opposite-deleting sources that are not primary sources by mistake (these instances are on my talk page). Thanks for asking. I've never been asked to explain the access I have through the three libraries that I use so I hope it helps." see
Barbara Page

Barbara (WVS) (talk · contribs) (also edits as Bfpage) has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh since 2015. Barbara contributes to a wide range of topics, often inspired by the University of Pittsburgh's collections on historical topics. In March 2017, Barbara celebrated her 10-year anniversary as a Wikipedian.

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