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| Sponsoring Agency: |
U.S. Department of Commerce
Springfield, VA |
| Description of Services: |
The National Technical
Information Service (NTIS) Bibliographic Data Base is a
self-supporting agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce
and is the largest single source for public access to
federally produced information. NTIS is the federal
agency charged with collecting and distributing federal
scientific, technical, and engineering information. The
NTIS collection covers current technologies, business and
management studies, foreign and domestic trade,
environment and energy, health, social sciences, general
statistics, and hundreds of other areas. When government
agencies and their contractors forward reports and other
items to NTIS, these items are entered into the NTIS
computerized bibliographic data base and become part of
the NTIS archive. |
| Data: |
The NTIS bibliographic data
base contains data about federally generated
machine-readable data files and software, U.S. government
inventions available for licensing, reports on new
technologies developed by federal agencies, federally
generated translations, and reports prepared by non-U.S.
government agencies. An increasing proportion of the data
base consists of unpublished material originating outside
the United States. Most NTIS records include an abstract. |
| Access: |
The NTIS data base is
available to the public through a number of commercial
vendors including:
CISTI (613-993-1210/in Canada)
DIALOG (800-334-2564)
ORBIT (800-456-7248, 703-442-0900/in Virginia)
STN International (800-848-6533)
Some of these systems also allow ordering printed
copies of documents from the NTIS collection. NTIS also
allows ordering of documents from the sales desk (800-553-6847).
The data base is also available on CD-ROMs from a
number of vendors.
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| Hardware/Software: |
The hardware and software
required to access NTIS online depend upon the individual
system used, but generally include a computer, modem, and
communications software for dial-in access and a computer
and CD-ROM drive for a CD-ROM version. |
| Contact: |
National Technical
Information Service U.S. Department of Commerce
Springfield, VA 22161
800-553-6847 |
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