&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Information Resources
Management
(3404)
June/July 1995
EPA220-N-95-022
The Catalyst
Information for Environmental Action
An Information Service for EPA HQ Staff from the Headquarters Library
ENVIRONMENT ABSTRACTS CD-ROM ORIENTATION
JULY 25TH 9:30 a.m,
Come to the EPA Headquarters Library for an orientation on the most popular
CD-ROM in our collection, Environment Abstracts. Learn how to identify citations to articles
in your area of interest. Abstracts of articles on issues ranging from global warming to
nuclear fusion are included. The Environment Abstracts CD-ROM is a source for finding
articles indexed in Environment Abstracts, Energy Information Abstracts and1 Acid Rain
Abstracts. Reserve a spot by calling 260-5921 or send an email to LIBRARY-HQ. *
Listservers
The Headquarters Library is in the process of establishing listservers for the
distribution of its current awareness services: Internet Newsbrief, Enviro-Newsbrief,
Superfund Newsbrief and the Clean Water Act/Safe Drinking Act Reauthorization Update.
The Iistserver format will improve the presentation and delivery of these services as well
as provide an archive of previous issues for our subscribers.
Current subscribers of these services will need to submit a subscription to the
listserv to ensure continued, uninterrrupted receipt of the services. To subscribe, send a
message to listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov (AII-ln-1 users will need to append
"@IN" to the end of this address) with the message: where listname is the name of the list you wish to subscribe to (i.e. internetnb-l)
and firstname lastname is your first name and last name (i.e. Jonda Byrd).
Internet Newsbrief and Enviro-Newsbrief are the first to move to the new listserv
format. The listeerv name for Internet Newsbrief is internetnb-l and the name for Enviro-
Newsbrief is ENVIRONB-L. Look for subscription information on the other Newsbriefs in
future issues of The Catalyst. *
More access to the Library
for EPA staff
In our continuing effort to find ways to make Library resources more available to
EPA staff, in addition to answering the phone between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., we invite
any EPA employee who would like to use the Library's resources outside of the 10:00 to
2:00 hours when the doors are open to call and make an appointment. We are answering
260-5921 throughout the 9:00 - 5:00 time period. *
EPA Headquarters Library (3404) WSM2904 202-260-5922
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CD-ROMs are everywhere!
Research at your Desk
We are pleased to announce that, if you're connected to the Agency's LAN
backbone, we have extended desktop CD-ROM database searching capabilities to every
DC-area EPA office. It is now possible for LAN-connected computer users at Waterside
Mall, Fairchild, Judiciary Square, Rosslyn, all Crystal City locations, and all other EPA
Headquarters units in the Washington metropolitan area to Search through many of our
most popular databases from the comfort of their offices.
Initially, the following databases are available:
SNA Environment Library: All federal environmental regulations
most state and territorial environmental regulations
current Federal Register notices
National Technical Information Service (NTIS): Abstracts of federal documents
distributed by NTIS
EPADOC: Full text of many general interest EPA documents, principally from
OARMandNDPD
Environmental Factor. Public data release versions of RCRIS and CERCLIS
FAR/FIRMR: Full text of General Service Administration's Federal Acquisition
Regulation and Federal Information Resources Management Regulation
Medline: Abstracts and citations of articles from leading medical research journals
Toxline: Abstracts and citations of articles from leading toxicology journals
Computer Select: Abstracts, citations, and selected full-text articles from leading
computer journals
We expect to also have available in the near future:
Environmental Abstracts: Abstracts and citations of articles from a
comprehensive collection of environmental research and policy journals
PAIS: Abstracts and citations of articles from leading publjc policy/public affairs and
general interest journals
TOMES: Environmental health and safety data on chemical substances
Note: these databases are subject to change. We welcome your suggestions
and comments; please call the Headquarters Library between the hours of 9 -5pm at
(202)260-5922.
How to Connect ; ( :
First, your computer must be connected to the VABS, the Agency's LAN backbone. Just
use the following login command:
LOGIN DCHQLIB02/CDROMUSR
If you successfully login, you will immediately see the opening menu of database choices.
You may need to consult with your LAN administrator or other computer support person if
you're having difficulty with logging in. Or, call the Library's satellite support person, Christian
MacDonald (contractor), at 260-9346. *J*
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Selected recent additions to the Headquarters Library collection:
EPA publications:
Reinventing EPA -Steps Toward a Stronger Federal Quality Management: Strategies for
Workforce. September 1994, Involving Employees. U.S. General Accounting
EPA/220/R-94/003 'Office,-April 1995. MGMTGA 1.13:GAO-95-79
Office of Administration and Resources
Management:
Providing Information to Decision Makers to
Protect Human Health and the Environment,
Information Resources Management Strategic
Plan. April 1995,
EPA/220/B-95/002
Office of Air Quality and Standards:
Guidance Document for The Halogenated
Solvent Cleaner NESHAP. April 1995,
EPA/453/R-94/-081
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance:
Catalogue of Federal Agency Environmental
Compliance/Management Documents. June
1994. EPA/300/B-94/011
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics:
1993 Toxics Release Inventory, Public Data
Release. March 1995, EPA/745/R-95/010
Office of Research and Development:
Ground Water Sampling - a Workshop
Summary, Dallas, Texas, November 30-
December2, 1993. January 1995,
EPA/600/R-95/205
Office of Water:
Development Document for Proposed Effluent
Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Point Source
Category. February 1995, EPA/821/R-95/019
Report of EPA Efforts to Replace Freon for the
Determination of Oil and Grease and Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Phase II. April 1995,
EPA/820/R-95/003
Other organizations:
Bridge to a Sustainable Future, National
Environmental Technology Strategy. National
Science and Technology Council, Interagency
Environmental Technologies Office, April 1995.
GE170.B75
Getting the Job Done, the Use of Intramural
and Extramural Resources at the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency. National
Academy of Public Administration, 1994.
JK469.N38
Risk Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis of
Environmental Regulations, by Linda-Jo
Schiero. The Library of Congress,
Congressional Research Service, Environment
and Natural Resources Policy Division,
December 2,1994. KF3775.A9 R57
Setting Priorities, Getting Results, A New
Direction for EPA, Summary Report. National
Academy of Public Administration, 1994.
HD58.8.S48
Transition to the Future: a Model IRM Program
forthe 21st Century. U. S. General Services
Administration Information Resoures
Management Service, KMM-94-1-1, October
1994. T58.64.T79
Wetland Regulation in the Real World, by
Virginia S. Albrechtand Bernard N. Goode.
Washington, D.C., Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.,
February 1994. KF5624.A4 *
FINDING EPA PUBLICATIONS
and other environmental information.
\ The EPA's online library system (OLS) is the
beslt source for Identifying EPA publications. - "'
Although there is no one list or database of all the
EPA documents, OLS, because it is consists of the
combined holdings of all the EPA libraries, fs clearly
the best single source. In addition, many other types
of environmental information are included as welt,
even the Internet locations of some recent items.
To explain the use of this valuable resource,
Library staff provides a workshop on OLS every
other month on the third Tuesday of the month. The
first workshop will be Tuesday, August 16, at 9:30
a.m. inthe Library. Reserve a spot by calling
260-5921 or send an email to LIBRARY-HQ. *
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Conferences, Meetings, Symposiums,
Workshops
This is a list of selected meetings and
conferences chosen for their potential interest
to EPA staff. If EPA staff wish to have an
EPA-sponsored event listed here, please
forward the information to The Catalyst, HQ
Library, 401 M St, SW-3404, Washington, DC
20460 or email Library-HQ.
Bioremediation of Hazardous Wastes: Research,
Development, and Field Situations, a
Symposium. August 8-10,1995 Rye Brook, NY.
Sponsored by US EPA Office of Research and
Development Biosystems Technology Development
Program. For more information contact Kathya
Singh, Eastern Research Group, In., 110 Hartwell
Ave., Lexington, MA 02173-3198 or call
617-674-7374 or fax 617-674-2906. *
Reference Inquiries 202-260-5921
Circulation Inquiries 202-260-5922
Interlibrary Loan 202-260-5933
Hazardous Waste-Reference202-260-5934
INFOTERRA-Reference 202-260-5917
Water-Reference 202-260-8760
Email Library-HQ
The Headquarters Library is
contractor operated and managed by the
Office of Information Resources Management
(OBRM) Information Access Branch.
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency (3404)
Washington, DC 20460
Official Business
Penalty for Private Use
$300
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