The NIH Library is a leading biomedical research library dedicated to supporting the National Institutes of Health and select U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies. We provide access to a premier collection of resources to help you with your biomedical information and research needs:
- Journals – online access to over 20,000 current and historical journals (most with complete archives), with over 9,700 articles downloaded each day
- Books – online access to over 150,000 scholarly eBooks, with over 623,000 eBook chapter downloads each year; core physical collection of 2,600 books also available
- Reference Databases – over 50 searchable reference sources including PubMed@NIH, Web of Science, Scopus, and UpToDate
Collection Size
As of January 1, 2026, NIH staff have access to:
- Over 20,000 eJournals
- Over 150,000 eBooks
- 2,600 print books
- Over 50 reference databases
- Over 10,000 educational videos
Collection Usage
The NIH Library provided an estimated 4,193,497 journal article and eBook chapter downloads in FY2025. That translates to:
- Over 9,700 journal articles downloaded per day
- Over 51,000 eBook chapters downloaded per month
- Over 470 articles/book chapters downloaded per hour