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Where DOI Employees Get Their Information
The Interior Library provides a full range of professional reference and research services, available to Interior employees in both the Washington, DC, area and nationwide. The collections include Departmental publications, as well as related books, journals, electronic databases and other resources that support the mission of the Department, its agencies, and bureaus.
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The Library's own collections include some 178,000 current and historical publications.
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**Phone:**   (202) 208-5815
**Fax:**       (202) 208-6773
Questions and Comments FormA staff member is available Monday through Friday (except federal holidays) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Upcoming Programs
Park Ranger Speaker Series
The Springfield Armory National Historic SiteTuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
For 174 years, the Springfield (MA) Armory was the epicenter of United States small arms research, development, and production until its closure in 1968. Employees worked to provide our military with the best infantry weapons necessary to safeguard the nation and its interests. The Springfield Armory National Historic Site commemorates the critical role of the nation’s first armory by preserving and interpreting the world's largest historic military small arms collection, along with historic archives, buildings and landscape.
*Please note: This program is only being offered as a simultaneous online webinar. Please contact the Library to obtain webinar information for this program.*
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Introduction to Readex’s African American Newspapers DatabaseWednesday, April 24, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET
Readex’s *African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1827-1998* online database provides access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection (available to Interior Department staff through the Interior Library website) includes digitized copies of historically significant newspapers from more than 35 states.
*Please note: This program is only being offered as a simultaneous online webinar. Please contact the Library to obtain webinar information for this program.*
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*These databases are available to all departmental employees at their desktops. Employees who are teleworking may access them through the Department's VPN. Others must contact a Reference Librarian for assistance.*
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African American Historical Newspapers (Readex)
American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971
Black Studies in Video Collection
EBSCO Online
Gale Directory Library
Gale In Context: Environmental Studies *(formerly GREENR)*
Gale Virtual Reference Library
*International Journal of Wilderness*
JSTOR
Science Direct
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000Law and Public Policy
Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law Digital Library
Hein Online
Indian Claims Insights
ProQuest Congressional Collections
ProQuest Legislative Insight, Part B (1789-1960)
U.S. Congressional Serial SetThe Interior Library Reference Staff maintains access to the Lexis Advance, Westlaw and PACER online databases. Departmental employees can visit the Interior Library or contact the Library by phone at (202) 208-5815 or via the Library's Questions and Comments form if they would like a reference librarian to conduct a work-related search in any of these databases.
Find Electronic Books and Journals By Title
To help you determine whether and where a needed electronic book or journal is available online, we provide a complete, searchable alphabetical list of titles. If you're not sure where to find a publication online, try this list first.
The list combines the full-text journals and other materials in all the database services to which the Library has access.
Also included are some single subscriptions as well as selected open access books and journals. Most entries include coverage dates, and all entries have links directly to the requested title.
Please direct your questions on database searching strategies to a Reference Librarian.
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