The US EPA's Online Library System on the web! EPA's Online Library System (OLS) is your web-accessible gateway to the collections of the 28 libraries of the EPA Library Network. Use OLS to search for EPA publications, books, serials, NTIS reports and special collections. OLS contains over 360,000 records. "^ Locate EPA publications and other environmental works ^ Search by title, keyword, subject, EPA report number, author, publi- cation date, and more ^ Do a basic or advanced search 3( Produce customized bibliographies $! s I l ijli1! of 1 1 1 United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA 260-F-03-006 August 2003 Office of Environmental Information (2841) OLS Online Library System http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm ------- EPA ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) FIND THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION YOU NEED. OLS Databases National Catalog: Citations and summaries on environmentally related topics encompassing biology, chemistry, ecology, and other basic sciences; and EPA reports distributed through the National Techni- cal Information Service. National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP): EPA reports, brochures, posters and other publica- tions that are available for free from EPA's document distribution center in Cincinnati, OH. Air Pollution Technical Information Center (APTIC): Abstracts of air pollution documents. Environmental Financing Information Network (EFIN): Abstracts of case studies and contacts on environmental finance topics. Includes grant and loan information. National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI): Records for materials used in training personnel in the enforcement of environmen- tal regulations. Subsurface Remediation Information: Citations for documents on the topic of subsurface remediation. Regional Collections: Selected items owned by the regional libraries. Searching Tips 8t Tricks ^ Use the wildcard character "*" to truncate words or report numbers. Example: epa310r95* % Search for EPA report numbers with or without punctuation, and with either upper or lowercase letters. Example: epa310R95002; epa/310-r-95-002 ^ Use the advanced search screen to limit your search to a particular publica- tion date. Search a range of publication dates by using a colon. Example: 1995:1999 ^ Choose a specific library collection to narrow your search to the holdings of one EPA library. ^ Generate bibliographies by choosing the "display records as bibliography" link at the top of the results screen. For more information, contact: Richard Huffine EPA National Library Network Program US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (3843T) Washington, DC 20460 (202) 566 - 0703, hufEne.richard@epa.gov Images courtesy of Special Collections, National Agricultural Library ------- |