NIH authors will be introduced to the major issues surrounding the topic of publication ethics. A foundation of best practices for professional writing will help authors identify and avoid career-damaging mistakes.

We redesigned the website to improve your access to the Library’s information resources and services. The April 3 launch is only the first stage of our ongoing website work. In the coming year, we will continue to develop and update the site’s content and features based on input from you.

Are you intrigued by Virtual Reality (VR)? Have you wondered if VR is a technology that could help you with your research? Come to the NIH Library to learn more about the possibilities VR offers for research, collaboration, and education.

It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the NIH Library and share a few exciting developments.

The NIH Big Read will feature a series of book discussions and an author presentation about  “The Gene: An Intimate History” (2016) by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer” (2010). The NIH Big Read will conclude with an event featuring the author, Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, on April 17, in Masur Auditorium (Building 10), 2:00–3:00 p.m.

The first VR demo session will be held March 7 and features an introduction to the Library’s new HTC Vive system, followed by a demo of Chimera, a program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data.

We are excited to announce a preview of the new NIH Library website. We have been redesigning the website as part of our ongoing work to improve your access to the Library’s information resources and services.

Learn more about what you can do to keep your data happy and healthy during Love Your Data Week 2017, an international campaign to encourage better research data management. 

To help NIH authors check that all of a manuscript’s sources are cited, the NIH Library offers Plagiarism Checking Service.

The NIH Library is pleased to offer a new thirteen-part series of classes in 3D design and modeling using SOLIDWORKS. A computer-aided design and engineering software package, SOLIDWORKS facilitates 3D modeling design, analysis, and product data management.