NRL operates as the Navys fullspectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies. The NRL Ruth H. Hooker Research Library offers a full range of traditional and digital library resources to enhance and support the research programs of the Naval Research Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research. Traditional library resources include an extensive technical report, book, and journal collection dating back to the 1800s, housed within a physical facility configured for study and research, staffed with subject specialists and information professionals.

Telephone: 202-767-3200
Website: http://www.nrl.navy.mil/content.php?P=LIBRARY