National Library Week (April 19-25) is the perfect time to celebrate NIH Librarians and take advantage of the expertise they bring to advancing your research.
Library and Information Sciences
Discover the Impact of Your Research with the NIH Library
Discover how your research is shaping science via analysis of your publications.
Discover the Regulatory and Clinical Impact of Your Research
See how your research is influencing policy and clinical practice.
AI in Action at NIH: Symposium and Workshops
Discover ways AI can support NIH research and work through this morning symposium and afternoon workshops.
AI, VR, 3D and More: Three Days of Innovation at the NIH Library
Come to the NIH Library September 15-17 for three action-packed days during the NIH Research Festival 2026!
Audition CC
Audition is a toolset that includes multitrack, waveform, and spectral display for creating, mixing, editing, and restoring audio content. This audio workstation is designed to accelerate video production workflows and audio finishing.
Bibliometric Services
As part of our Research Analytics services, the NIH
Bibliometrics Classes and Services
Bibliometrics classes and services to help intramural researchers track and demonstrate the impact of their work.
Build Your Evidence Synthesis Skills with the NIH Library
Build your evidence synthesis skills through expert-led classes or a personalized consultation.
ClinicalKey: Get Evidence-Based Clinical Information at the Point of Care
Get point-of-care answers and full-text clinical content together on one platform >> ClinicalKey.
Data Sources and Tools
In week 3, we provide an overview of the data sources and analytical tools available for performing bibliometric analysis.
Course Materials
None.
Data Sources and Tools
Grant and funding information sources
NIH RePORTER: (Freely available) Grant information, associated publications, and associated patents (if available) for grants funded by NIH.
Publication data sources
PubMed: (Freely available) Extensive database of publications about or related to biomedicine. Especially useful for biomedical topic searching and for identifying publications funded by NIH Institutes and Centers.
Document Delivery
The NIH Library provides access to a premier collection of scholarly resources to support research at NIH and HHS, including thousands of journals and books in print and electronic format. The NIH Library’s Document Delivery service helps get items not held by the NIH Library through the free ILLiad online request system.
Document Delivery
The Library has an extensive collection of research materials, searchable via the online catalog. Start with the main search box on the NIH Library website.
Events
The NIH Library presents events of interest to the NIH research community.
Evidence Synthesis Classes and Services
The NIH Library’s Evidence Synthesis Service: expert-led classes and personalized, one-to-one consultations.
Exploring the Cochrane Library: Systematic Reviews, Clinical Trials, and More
This 75-minute online training will provide information about Cochrane Library, a collection of databases with high-quality systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials and clinical answers. The training will cover the key features of the search platform, the variety of resources and how to search them.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Finding Relevant Results in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science
This one-hour online session is intended to provide an overview, an in-depth description and comparison of three databases available to NIH researchers: Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus. The instructors
HHS Digital Library
The NIH Library provides the HHS Digital Library to give HHS staff at participating agencies access to thousands of research resources, expert librarians, and training — all in one place.
To access the HHS Digital Library, staff must log in with an HHS PIV card.
Participating Agencies
ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ASPR, HRSA, IHS, IOS, PSC/FOH, and SAMHSA, as well as the following OS offices: ASPE, OASH, OCR, OGA, OGC, OIG, and OMHA.
How can I renew books I've checked out?
NIH Library books can be renewed for an additional four weeks, if there are no holds for the books. Checked out books may be renewed three times before the material must be returned to the NIH Library Information Desk. Renew NIH Library books online or call the Information Desk 301-496-1080. In the event you are forwarded to voicemail please leave your first and last names, telephone number, and the personal identifier number from the back of your NIH ID badge. The books will be renewed. If there are any problems, you will be notified.
Visit the Online Catalog. Use the "NIH Staff Sign in" link in the top right to log in to your account. Then click on your name to use the "MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT" link to view your items to renew.
Introduction to EndNote Desktop
This one-hour online training will cover importing records into EndNote Desktop, creating, managing, and sharing EndNote libraries, and inserting formatted citations into a Word document using the “Cite While You Write” feature.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Learn More About Bibliometrics
Here is a brief list of training resources to learn more about bibliometrics tools, data sources, and limitations:
Library Email News Signup
Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the Library's Email News
Register for the NIH Library news via email to receive messages about Library services and products that may benefit you in your research or clinical care, including new databases and journals, advanced research services, events, and a wide variety of online training classes.
Literature Search
Comprehensive searches conducted by NIH Librarians, including specialty databases.
Managing Data in Excel
This one-hour online training will provide detailed information and demonstrations on how to manage data in Excel.
By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:
Filter data by text, numbers, and date
Sort data alphabetically and by color
Remove duplicates
NIH Library Collection (Journals, Books, Databases)
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: