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New York

State Profile | State and Special Libraries | Resource Libraries | MLA Chapters | Statistical Data
State Health-Related Departments | Consumer Health Resources | Special Populations

State Profile

New York is located on the east coast of the United States, with its state capital located in Albany. New York has 62 counties, 62 cities, 553 villages, and 932 towns spread over 54,471 square miles. New York is a world capital with the headquarters of the United Nations located in New York City. According to the 2010 Census, New York has a population of 19,378,102 residents. New York residents are predominantly Caucasian (65.7), with a significant African-American population (15.9%). Hispanics make up 17.6% of the population and Asians make up 7.3% of the population.

State and Special Libraries

• New York Library Association (NYLA)
• New York State Library
• Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library (NYPL)
• Talking Book and Braille Library (New York State Library)

Resource Libraries

• Albany Medical College (Albany, NY)
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY)
• Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine (Hempstead, NY)
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York, NY)
• New York Academy of Medicine (New York, NY)
• New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY)
• New York University Medical Center (New York, NY)
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, NY)
• Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, Long Island, NY)
• SUNY at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY)
• SUNY Upstate Medical University (Syracuse, NY)
• University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, NY)
• Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY)

• NN/LM Member Libraries in New York

MLA Chapters

• New York - New Jersey Chapter / Medical Library Association
• Upstate New York and Ontario Chapter (UNYOC) / Medical Library Association

Statistical Data

• Faststats (CDC)

• State & County Quick Facts

• State Health Facts (Kaiser Familty Foundation)

• Vital Statistics Annual Reports

State Health-Related Departments

• Department of Health (NYSDOH)
• Center for Consumer Health Care Information
• County Health Departments
• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• New York State Office of Emergency Management
• New York State Public Health Association
• Public Health Association of New York City

Consumer Health Resources

• CLIC-on-Health
  A project to provide access to information and websites that provide reliable, up-to-date, unbiased healthcare information. CLIC-on-Health is a collaboration of hospital, public and school libraries in the Rochester, New York region.
• Find a Library (MedlinePlus)
  Libraries in New Jersey with consumer health collections open to the public
• New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)
  Access to health information, especially valuable for Spanish language consumer health materials. También en Español!

Special Populations

• Minority Health
• Population Groups (MedlinePlus)

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