Borrowing
NASA Headquarters Library Patrons can
borrow books, videos, and tapes from the library (see
Become A Patron). Library patrons
can request books by calling the library (202-358-0168),
visiting the library, or sending an email.
At your request we will pull books from the shelves
and have them ready for you at the front desk.
Most books and foreign language audiocassettes
circulate for 30 days. Audiovisual materials, except
for the foreign language tapes, circulate for 14 days.
Headquarters employees can have a maximum
of 30 items charged at any time.
Contractors and NASA employees on detail at Headquarters
can have a maximum of 15 items charged at any time.
Books at other NASA Center libraries or
found in bookstores, WorldCat, other libraries, or any
other source can be borrowed through interlibrary
loan.
Researchers who are not NASA Headquarters
Library patrons can borrow books found in our library
through their local library's interlibrary
loan department.
Buying
The Headquarters Library does not buy
personal copies of books for NASA Headquarters employees.
These should be sought through office managers. The
only exception are NASA documents published as books
(see Documents). However, we
strongly encourage purchase suggestions for the library.
If you request a book that is purchased, you will be
notified when it arrives and it will be held for you.
Also, please consider using interlibrary
loan as a more economical way to obtain the books
you need.
NASA produced books can be found in the
NASA Aeronautics
and Space Database, the NASA
Technical Report Server and on the History
Office and NASA
Headquarters Information Center websites. They can
be purchased from the NASA
Headquarters Information Center, the NASA
Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program,
and the Government
Printing Office.
Articles
Many articles are available in the library's
print and online journal collection and in the library's
databases.
Registered library
patrons can request magazine, journal, or newspaper
articles, preprints, and conference papers by calling
the library (202-358-0168), visiting the library, or
sending an email.
You can submit the request as part of a search request
or as a list of titles. Library staff will obtain the
articles using online databases, the web, the library's
print collection, interlibrary
loan, and document vendors. Please indicate when
you need the articles and the format you prefer (print
or electronic).
Researchers who are not NASA Headquarters
Library patrons are welcome to visit the library and
photocopy any articles in the collection.
Documents
Many documents are available in the library's
print collection, microfiche collection, and online
through NASA
GALAXIE and the registered version of the NASA
Aeronautics and Space Database.
Registered library
patrons can request NASA publications and other documents,
standards, and dissertations by calling the library
(202-358-0168), visiting the library, or sending an
email. You
can submit the request as part of a search request or
as a list of titles. Library staff will obtain the documents
using online databases, the web, the library's print
collection, interlibrary
loan, and document vendors. Please indicate when
you need the documents and the format you prefer (print
or electronic).
Researchers who are not NASA Headquarters Library patrons
are welcome to visit the library and photocopy documents
in the collection. If you wish to purchase NASA documents,
contact the NASA
Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program.
Interlibrary
Loan
The Headquarters Library borrows materials
from other libraries for registered
library patrons. Books, documents, articles, conference
papers, videos, books-on-tape, books-on-cd, even microfilm
and microfiche can be obtained through interlibrary
loan. Registered patrons can
submit interlibrary loan requests by calling the library
(202-358-0168), visiting the library, sending an email,
or submitting a NHQ
Form 213. Please indicate when you need the materials
and the format you prefer.
Normal turn around time is 1-2 weeks but
we can sometimes rush materials in a day or less. Patrons
will be called or emailed when their materials arrive.
Borrowing periods and due dates are set by the lending
library. Please contact the Headquarters Library before
the due date to renew your materials.
The NASA Headquarters Library also loans
materials in its collection to other libraries in the
United States. This is the one method whereby researchers
who are not patrons can borrow materials. Please contact
your local library's interlibrary loan department to
submit a request for materials found in our collection.
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