Folders: One account from another?

I've two accounts on my machine, one with 'reference documents' and a second 'normal' account I use day to day.
If I'm working on another machine I can access my 'reference' account by logging in with afp, and supplying my username and password.
So far so good.
If I'm working on +my own+ machine I can't find a way to access the folders containing my documents from my 'normal' login. I can fast-user-switch between the accounts, but it's a bit inconvenient.
Is there a way I can open (or mount) a folder from one local account in another local account by supplying my login credentials?

The two situations are different: Logging into an account—using that account's name and password—puts the whole account at your disposal simultaneously with the account you're logging in from. Logging into the same 'target' account from another account on the same machine effectively closes the original account. But short of a spli-screen, it's hard to imagine Apple doing it any other way.
The only recourse would seem to be to defeat some of the target's designed-in security by adjusting ownership and permissions of the desired files to allow the other account[s?] access. The more files, the more complex the adjustment. Perhaps it might be worth reconsidering the original division of functional distinctions: reference and normal into separate accounts. Partitions or separate drives might work better.
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