The NASA Headquarters Library book collection includes many biographies of astronauts, directories of notable scientists and engineers, reference books with biographical information, and databases for finding biographies and contact information. Registered Library patrons can request a search for biographical or contact information by asking a librarian.

Bibliographies

• Astronaut Biographies 2007
• Women in Science and Technology 2006

Databases & Websites

Biographical and other Personnel Information - HASA History Office resource listing biographies of NASA administrators, assistant administrators, center directors, and other prominent individuals in the fields of aeronautics and spaceflight.

Dialog - Offers more than 450 databases on ALL subjects. Covers magazines, newspapers, newsletters, Dun & Bradstreet reports, organization information, statistics, scientific journals, biographies, patents, directories, international publications, and market research. Registered library patrons can request a search. Limited to NASA HQ employees.

Federal Workers Lookup - Database of all civil servants (no contractors) in federal agencies across the U.S. Gives location, occupation, agency, grade, and amount of cash bonuses. Offered by the Washington Post. Compiled from OPM 2002 Personnel Data File.

FirstSearch - Encompasses 38 databases on a wide variety of topics from education and life sciences to public affairs and technology. Includes Wordcat, a combined book catalog of other 30,000 libraries. The article databases often have full-text. To see which database indexes a journal, look up the journal title. Limited to NASA HQ employees.

NASA GALAXIE - NASA GALAXIE is our library catalog. It includes the collections of most NASA Center libraries. The catalog indexes books, journals, atlases, conferences, books-on-tape, video recordings, software, images, and print and electronic documents. It can only be accessed from a NASA computer. Limited to NASA employees.

NASA HQ Directory - The personnel directory for NASA Headquarters. Access is limited to NASA computers.

NASA Office of Human Capital Management - Also called NASA People, this site offers HR contacts and stats about NASA's civil service workforce.

NASA Personnel Directory - Also called the X.500, a NASA- wide personnel directory.