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General Research

Information resources that support NIST staff research needs. Browse the Library's Online Catalog and list of E-Journals; search science and engineering Databases; gather information on Patents and Standards, or use reference tools such as dictionaries and thesauri. 

Online Catalog

Contains a listing of all resources in the NIST Research Library. Users can browse for books, journals, NBS/NIST reports, proceedings, NIST colloquia, oral histories, photographs, videos, reference materials and Web sites.

E-Journals

A listing of over 500 searchable full-text scientific journals available at the user's desktop. Titles are selected via keyword search, or subject or alphabetic listing.

Patents

Access to patent databases, International Patent Offices, information on preparing a patent application and working with the Patent Office.

Museum

The NIST Virtual Museum, online at http://museum.nist.gov, features historically themed virtual exhibits, an online historical photo gallery, and news about the NIST museum physically located in Gaithersburg.

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Information for NIST employees, including the NIST phone directory, links to computer support, services, online forms and much more.

 

Databases

A collection engineering and physical science databases that enable users to search for journal articles, conference proceedings and technical data.

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Standards

Standards documents, NIST standard sources, standards organizations, standards laboratories, and standards publications and reference tables.

Reference Shelf

Quick reference tools, including an acronyms and abbreviation finder, almanacs, biographical information, dictionaries and thesauri, encyclopedias, federal government information, measurements tools, the Nobel Prize Archive, and more.

Alerting Services

Current awareness tools in technology and biology and health care fields.

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