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The NOAA Library provides reference services to all NOAA employees throughout the nation. 

For general questions please email us at library.reference@noaa.gov

Our team will respond to your request within 24 hours Monday-Friday EST. 

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The NOAA Library serves employees across all line offices and throughout the nation. The table below provides an overview of our service teams. If you have a question about a specific service, please reach out to the corresponding team.

 

Service Team & Email Services We Provide

Reference Services 
library.reference@noaa.gov

  • Assist in locating materials by citation or topic
  • Provide information about available resources
  • Consult on research tools and resources
  • Connect you with other library services

Access Services

oar.ncl.systems@noaa.gov

  • Assists users with technical & access issues (report an issue)
  • Maintains NOAA library systems
  • Enhance resource access & integration

Outreach & Seminars

library.seminars@noaa.gov

  • Assistance in setting up a seminar
  • Event questions and follow-up details
  • Suggestions for seminars or training
  • Questions on library resource training

Institutional Repository

noaa.repository@noaa.gov 

  • Submitting to the IR
  • 508 Compliance Issues
  • Publishing questions - APCs, copyright, licensing, etc.

Research Services

library.research@noaa.gov

  • In-depth & systematic literature review projects
  • Full-text literature libraries
  • Citation management consultations
  • Annotated bibliographies
  • Evidence Synthesis consultations 
  • Topic modeling & machine-learning screening

Bibliometrics & Research Evaluation

library.bibliometrics@noaa.gov

  • Individual Research Impact Reports
  • Lab and Program review support
  • Publication lists and raw data
  • Analyses and visualizations for reports and presentations