General Publications

NRL's Technical Information Services Branch supports the Laboratory through its editing and publishing services, and photographic and digital imaging services. General publications about NRL and its capabilities are produced by an award-winning group of editors and designers who have been recognized numerous times by the Society of Technical Communicatons and the National Association of Government Communicators. Research publications may be accessed through NRL's Ruth H. Hooker Library .

The NRL Fact Book is a reference source for organizational, personnel and funding information about NRL that is updated every two years.

The NRL Review, published annually, is a "snapshot" of the Laboratory, highlighting featured research in selected fields and recognizing NRL personnel for major achievements.

NRL's Major Facilities book includes descriptions of NRL facilities. It is organized by directorate and division.

75th Anniversary Publications

A set of special publications commemorating NRL's 75th Anniversary. Much of this information appears elsewhere on the NRL website, but full pdf copies the documents are available:

75th Anniversary Awards for Innovation

Highlights of the 75th Anniversary

The Little Book of Big Achievements

Special Interest Publications

The Clementine Collection - an early sampling of the 1.8 million images acquired by the Clementine spacecraft. The mosaics and data were the first of many in the ongoing analysis and processing of images. The Collection was published in 1994. You may also view other processed images and Clementine data sets from the Image Library.

The Plasma Formulary - a scientific manual originally developed at NRL by physicist Dave Book roughly 20 years ago, this is an often requested collection of formulas and physical parameters relevant to plasma physics. It is published as a small booklet, but is currently available online in Postscript and TeX.