NATL INST. OF STAND & TECH R.I.C. N/ST Pi^Sl/CATlONS United States Department of Commerce Technology Administration Nisr National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST Special Publication 895 Databases Available in the Research Information Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Diane Cunningham JSL QC 100 .U57 NO. 895 ii 1995 The National Institute of Standards and Technology was established in 1988 by Congress to "assist industry in the development of technology . needed to improve product quality, to modernize manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability . and to facilitate rapid commercialization ... of products based on new scientific discoveries." NIST, originally founded as the National Bureau of Standards in 1901, works to strengthen U.S. industry's competitiveness; advance science and engineering; and improve public health, safety, and the environment. One of the agency's basic functions is to develop, maintain, and retain custody of the national standards of measurement, and provide the means and methods for comparing standards used in science, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, industry, and education with the standards adopted or recognized by the Federal Government. As an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST conducts basic and applied research in the physical sciences and engineering, and develops measurement techniques, test methods, standards, and related services. The Institute does generic and precompetitive work on new and advanced technologies. NIST's research facilities are located at Gaithersburg, MD 20899, and at Boulder, CO 80303. Major technical operating units and their principal activities are listed below. 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CO 80303. ^Some elements at Boulder, CO 80303. NIST Special Publication 895 Databases Available in the Research Information Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Diane Cunningham Office of Information Services National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 December 1995 Supersedes NIST Special Publication 869 (September 1994) U.S. Department of Commerce Ronald H. Brown, Secretary I^hnology Administration Mary L. Good, Under Secretary for Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology Arati Prabhakar, Director National Institute of Standards U.S. Government Printing Office For sale by the Superintendent and Technology Washington: 1995 of Documents Special Publication 895 U.S. Government Printing Office Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Washington, DC 20402-9325 Spec. Publ. 895 Supersedes NIST Spec. Publ. 869 145 pages (Dec. 1995) CODEN: NSPUE2 FOREWORD The mission of the Office of Information Services (OIS) is "to create and implement a coordinated, cohesive NIST-wide plan of action which supports NIST's mission by identifying, collecting, organizing, and disseminating knowledge from all appropriate sources and types to as broad an audience as possible and desirable." In fulfilling this mission, the OIS Research Information Center (RIC) collects and supports information resources regardless of the form in which they appear or the source from which they emanate. Recognizing that the RIC cannot collect all knowledge, it seeks to augment its collections by identifying and providing access to a broad variety of biblkjgraphic and full-text databases. Access is provided through subscription to vendor services, such as Knight-Ridder Information, Incorporated, or by the acquisition of databases on CD-ROM. The RIC supports access through the ser- vices of information consultants (research librarians) specially trained to assist the NIST technical staff in formulating and carrying out searches, thereby facilitating effective and efficient use of the databases. In addition, the OIS has initiated a NIST Virtual Library Program (NVL) providing NIST-wide online access from the staffs desktop computer to a variety of information resources and services, regardless of the form or the source of the information. Through special licensing agreements, the NVL is providing access from the desktop to a selection of these remote or CD-ROM databases, which, in some cases, facilitate or provide online desktop access to the full text of the desired information. For example. Computer Select is a database providing access to the abstracts or full text of articles from a selection of journals covering computer technology, the industry, and consumer news. This is available for use in the RIC, and is accessible on the desktop by networking the CD-ROM on the NVL. Through an agreement with the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), the NVL provides access to bibliographic citations to articles, and in some cases to the full text of articles, in over 9,000 journals included through the Article First service. The capability of online ordering of the journal articles is also provided. This publicatbn lists databases by acronyms and full titles. Citations also include dates covered, brief descriptions, kinds of information each contains, producers, the titles of corresponding hard copy, and vendors. (Databases in the LEXIS/NEXIS service are too numerous to mention individually in this report.) An asterisk (*) in the vendor's column denotes availability of the CD-ROM format of the database in the Research Information Center. A list of vendors with addresses and telephone numbers precedes the list. The General Subject Index is arranged alphabetically by subject categories, and the Cross Reference Index lists variant forms of the names of the databases in the left column with cross references to the name of the database used in this publication on the right. A list of Full Text Databases is also included. Following the main database list, is a separate list of databases available on CD-ROM. If you are interested in a literature search, call 301/975-3052 or see an Information Specialist in the Research Information Center. For additions or changes that have occurred since the publication of this report, please contact an Information Consultant. This publication supersedes and revises NIST SP 869, which is dated September 1994. I wish to thank Karen Wick for her able assistance and diligence in preparing this publication. Diane Cunningham Reference Librarian iii I CONTENTS Page Foreword iii Vendors/Database Inquiries vii List of Databases 1 Databases on CD-ROM 100 General Subject Index 1 02 Cross Reference Index 1 29 Full Text Databases 1 36 V VENDORS/DATABASE INQUIRIES A — AWARDS DATABASE AP — AUTOMATED PATENT SYSTEM B — OVID ONLINE c — BFRBBS D — DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER DO — DOW JONES AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED DS — DATA-STAR F FIREDOC G — GIDEP I — CHEMICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED L — KNIGHT-RIDDER INFORMATION, INCORPORATED M— MEAD DATA CENTRAL MA — MAID N — NEWSNET NLM— NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE O — OCLC OHS — OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES P — PUBLIC INQUIRIES PI — PINET S — ORBIT SI — SIRSI CORPORATION STN — SCIENTmC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION NETWORK A—AWARDS DATABASE D—Defense Technical Information Center Sami Klein Defense RDT & E OnLine System (DROLS) Research Information Center Bldg. No. 5, Cameron Station National Institute of Standards and Technology Alexandria, Virginia 22304-6145 Bldg. 101 Room E124 (800) 841-9553 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (703) 274-7709 (301) 975-2790 DO—Dow Jones and Company, Incorporated AP—AUTOMATED PATENT SYSTEM 200 Liberty St. Patent and Trademark Office New York, New York 10281 U.S. Department of Commerce (212) 416-2000 Crystal Park