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Library

	How Do I...?
	Find Library Materials e-Journals Print Journals NOAA Library Catalog University of Miami Library Catalog  Inter-library Loan Requests (for materials not available at SEFSC) Borrow Renew Access Online Gateways Catalog of U.S. Government Publications CSA Illumina Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Abstracts Web of Science/Journal Citation Reports (JCR) National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Find Other Library Resources National Hurricane/ Tropical Prediction Center Library NMFS Panama City, FL Lab Library NMFS Pascagoula, MS Lab Library NOAA Miami Regional Library Contact the Librarian Maria Bello Maria.Bello@noaa.gov 305-361-4229 Visit the Library 75 Virginia Beach Dr. Miami, FL 33149 Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The main Southeast Fisheries Science Center Library is located in Miami, FL. We also have field libraries located in Panama City, FL and Pascagoula, MS.

Our resources include:

• 6,000 books
• 140 journals
• numerous CD-ROMs

The library provides:

• information services
• literature searches
• inter-library loans
• computer-based information retrieval of citations, abstracts, full text
• databases, such as CSA Illumina for Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Abstracts

The Miami Science Center Library Collection includes publications on the following topics:

• Marine fisheries
• Marine biology
• Endangered species
• Cooperative gamefish and billfish tagging programs
• Fisheries stock assessments
• Ecology: tropical systems
• Fisheries economics
• Protected resources and biodiversity

Mission of the Library

The NOAA SEFSC Library is a Federal Library. According to the Federal Library and Information Center Committee Library of Congress, the mission of federal libraries and information centers is to contribute to the public good in the following areas:

Information Management

• Identifying, selecting, acquiring, analyzing, organizing, preserving and delivering authoritative information content, regardless of physical format
• Providing efficient, timely access to information wherever it resides
• Optimizing effective use of information resources through expert assistance to end-users
• Sharing information resources electronically through national and international networks
• Managing the transition to new formats and media

Public Access

• Providing leadership in development of policies and procedures that advance dissemination of government information
• Serving US citizens on behalf of their agencies
• Serving the information needs of other government agencies--local, state and federal
• Promoting open, democratic access to information
• Comprising the federal node in the "national digital library"

Agency Mission

• Advocating development, maintenance and use of high quality information resources, systems and services to support agency mission
• Improving cost-effectiveness and reducing redundancy by consolidating information resources
• Serving as the agency's institutional memory, providing continuity and archiving of program information, ensuring access for future generations
• Partnering within and outside the agency for coordinated, targeted information delivery
• Nurturing and developing a competent, service-oriented, diverse staff who are committed to the agency mission and are current with the rapidly changing information environment.