United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA 220-F-95-002
February 1995
Information Management & Services Division
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HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY
CD-ROM COLLECTION
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EPA Headquarters Library
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WATER
ASFA
Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts
(ASFA) provides citations and abstracts to
aquatic literature on marine, brackish and
freshwater environments. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: 1982 - Current.
WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTS
Contains information on all water-related
issues; provides citations and abstracts.
Coverage: 1967-1993.
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OTHER
AGRIGOLA
Provides citations and abstracts on
agriculturally-related literature.
Coverage: 1970-1994.
BOOKS IN PRINT
Provides access to book titles, authors,
subjects, and book reviews.
Coverage: 1987 -1994.
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SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS?
The Headquarters Library maintains a
collection of CD-ROM databases covering a
wide range of topics. The CD-ROM's are
menu-driven and easy to use. For "cheat
sheets" for help with searching, please refer to
Searching For Answers: Accessing the
Headquarters Library CD-ROM Tower. Some
CD-ROM's are accessible from the
Headquarters Library's local area network
(LAN) which provides multi-user access.
These selections are subject to change in
response to demand. For more information on
the databases listed below, please contact the
EPA Headquarters staff at 260-5921 or 260-
5922.
COMPUTERS
COMPUTER SELECT
Contains the full text of over 90 computer-
related journals and abstracts from an
additional 100 publications. Also includes
software and hardware product specifications,
computer company profiles, and a glossary of
computer terms. Updated monthly.
Coverage: 1993 - Current.
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ENVIRONMENT
BNA 'S ENVIRONMENT LIBRARY
Includes the full text of major federal and state
environmental laws, regulations - including the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) -
executive orders, EPA policy documents, and
related information. Also included is the
Chemical Regulations Reporter and
Hazardous Materials Transportation
information. Updated monthly.
Coverage: Current.
ENVIRONMENT A BSTRA CTS
Features abstracts from Environment
Abstracts, Energy Information Abstracts, and
Acid Rain Abstracts. This disc contains
current data on topics ranging from global
warming to nuclear fusion. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: 1990 - Current.
EPADOC
EPADOC contains a variety of gereal interest
EPA documents including policies and
procedures, an ALL-IN-1 technical reference
guide, the Information Systems Inventory, EPA
organizational charts, and major environmental
laws. Updated semi-annually.
Coverage: Current.
EPA RODS
The EPA Records of Decisions (RODs) is full
text and all fields are searchable. Updated
annually.
Coverage: Current.
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El ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Contains citations and abstracts for
environmental conference papers, journal
articles, and reports.
Coverage: 1980 -1991.
GOVERNMENT
GPO
The Government Printing Office CD-ROM
contains citations to government publications.
Coverage: 1976-1994.
FAR/FIRMR
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is
the primary regulation used by federal agencies
requesting supplies and services. It provides
coordination, simplicity, and uniformity in the
federal acquisition process. Federal
Information Resources Management
Regulation (FIRMR) contains procurement and
contracting regulations in the FAR. Updated
quarterly.
Coverage: Current.
FEDERAL REGISTER
A full text database of the Federal Register.
The database provides regulations issued by
federal agencies and the President. It includes
Presidential documents, rules and regulations,
proposed rules, and notices. Updated
monthly.
Coverage: 1993 - Current.
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NTIS
The National Technical Information Service
(NTIS) database contains citations and
abstracts of unrestricted technical reports from
both U.S. and non-U.S. government-
sponsored research. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: 1985 - Current.
PAI$
The Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
indexes more than 1,600 periodicals and
specialized journals, books, directories, and
reports. It emphasizes subjects such as
business, government, economic and social
issues, international trade and relations,
banking, environment, health, demography,
laws, and legislation. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: 1972-1994.
U.S. CODE
A full text database of the U.S. Code
containing federal laws, Presidential
proclamations, and more. Updated annually.
Coverage: Current.
HEALTH
MEDL1NE
MEDLINE is a database of the U.S. National
Library of Medicine, containing citations and
abstracts from biomedical literature. Updated
monthly.
Coverage: 1983 - Current.
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OSH-ROM
Occupational Safety and Health information
database.
Coverage: 1992.
TOXICOLOGY
CHEM-BANK
A database of five key databases; RTECS,
OHMTADS, IRIS, CHRIS and HSDB.
Coverage: 1979-1994.
HMC & M/HMS DISC 1 & DISC 2
Contains two databases; Hazardous Material
Controls & Management and Hazardous
Material Information System. Includes material
safety data sheets. Updated periodically.
Coverage: Current.
POLTOX
Contains citations and abstracts for pollution
and toxicological information and detrimental
effects of toxic chemicals.
Coverage: 1966-1993.
TO/WES
Toxicology, Occupational Medicine and
Environment Series (TOMES) contains
physical and chemical properties and toxic and
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risk information. Databases included are:
SARATEXT System - SARA/CERCLA Medial
Reporting Data; Registry of Toxic Effects of
Chemical Substances (RTECS) from the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health; Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical
Assistance Data System (OHMTADS), and
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
Chemical Hazard Response Information
System (CHRIS) from the U.S. Department of
Transportation (Coast Guard); Hazardous
Substances Data Bank (HSDB) from the
National Library of Medicine's TOXNET
System; and more. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: Current.
TOXLINE
TOXLINE is a collection of toxicological
information from the U.S. National Library of
Medicine. Updated quarterly.
Coverage: 1981 - Current.
TR1
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) contains facility
reported information on the toxic chemicals
released into the environment. Also included
are Chemical Substances Fact Sheets,
chemical waste treatment, pollution prevention.
and recycling activities. Updated annually.
Coverage: 1987 - 1992.
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