CHEMICAL INFORMATION RESOURCE
HANDBOOK
Second Edition
Produced Under EPA Contract No. 68-01-5951
For the Chemical Information and Analysis Group
Chemical Coordination Staff
Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Proiect officer: Daryl Kaufman
Prepared by:
Janet Normandy
James Poles
Robin Wagner
Koba Associates, Inc.
2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 328-5700
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CHEMICAL INFORMATION RESOURCE
HANDBOOK
Second Edition
Produced Under EPA Contract No. 68-01-5951
For the Chemical Information and Analysis Group
Chemical Coordination Staff
Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances
Project Officer: Daryl Kaufman
Prepared by:
Janet Normandy
James Poles
Robin Wagner
Koba Associates, Inc.
2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 328-5700
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 1
How to Use This Handbook 2
Exhibit 1 - Functional Toxic Chemical Information Needs
Exhibit 2 - Matrix of Chemical Information Resources
Section I - Database Directory
AEROS: Aerometric and Emissions Reportinq System .......... 9
AGLINE [[[ U
AGRICOLA: Agricultural Online Access ...................... 12
AGRIS: Agricultural Information System for Sciences
and Technology ..................................... ^
APILIT: American Petroleum Institute Literature ........... 14
API^AT: American Petroleum Institute Patents .............. 15
APTIC: Air Pollution Technical Information Center
Database ...........................................
BIOSIS PREVIEWS ............................................ 17
CAB ABSTRACTS: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux Abstracts 18
CANCERLIT: Cancer Literature .............................. 19
CBDS: Carcinogenesis Bioassay Data System ................. 20
CDBK: Chemical Data Banks .................................
GDI: Comprehensive Dissertation Index ..................... 22
CDS: Compliance Data System ...............................
CEH: Chemical Economics Handbook ..........................
CESARS: Chemical Evaluation Search and Retrieval System... 26
CFCP: Chemical Formulations of Consumer Products .......... 27
CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS : ........................................ 2^
CHEMLINE: Chemical Dictionary Online ......................
CHEMNAME: Chemical Abstracts Chemical Name Dictionary ..... 30
CHEMTREC: Chemical Transportation Emergency Center ........ 31
CICIS: Chemicals in Commerce information System ........... 32
GIN - Chemical Industry Notes ..............................
CLAIMS/U. S . PATENT ABSTRACTS ............................... ^
CLAIMS/CLASS ...............................................
CNMR: Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectral Search
System ..............................................
COMPENDEX-. Computerized Engineering Index .................
CPD: chemical Plant Data ..................................
CRGS: Chemical Regulations and Guidelines System ..........
CRIS/USDA: Current Research Information System ............ ^
CRR: Chemical Regulation Reporter .........................
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CTCP: Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products 43
CORR/CONT: Current Contents 44
DCP: Directory of Chemical Producers: united States
of America 45
EADS: Environmental Assessment Data System 46
EIS (Economic Information Systems) INDUSTRIAL PLANTS 48
EIS (Economic Information Systems) NONMANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENTS 49
EMIC: Environmental Mutaqen information Center 50
ENERGYLINE 51
ENVIROLINE 52
EPACASR: U.S. EPA Chemical Activity Status Report 53
ETIC: Environmental Teratology Information Center 54
FEDERAL INDEX 55
FOODS ADLIBRA 56
FRSS: Federal Register Search System 57
FSTA: Food Science and Technology Abstracts 58
HMSM: Hazardous Materials Spill Monitoring 59
IEDC: Ion Energetics Data Center Database 60
IFIS: Industry File Index System 61
INSPEC 62
IPC CHEMICAL DATA BASE 63
ISMEC; Information Service in Mechanical Engineering 64
KIRK-OTHMER 65
MEDLINE 66
MERCK INDEX 67
METADEX: Metal Abstracts/Alloys Index 68
MSSS: Mass Spectral Search System 69
NFPA: National Fire Prevention Association (Hazardous
Chemicals Data) 71
NIOSHTIC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health Technical information Center Database.... 72
NOAA DATA BASES: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration 73
NOES: National Occupational Exposure Survey 76
NSF-HCL: National Science Foundation Hazardous Chemicals
List 77
NSRDS: National Standard Reference Data System 78
NTIS: National Technical Information Service 80
OA: Oceanic Abstracts- 81
OCPDB: Organic Chemical Producers' Database 82
OHM-TADS: Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance
Data System 83
PAPERCHEM (Abstract Bulletin of the Institute of Paper
Chemistry) 84
PDSM: powder Diffraction Search Match 85
PESTDOC: Pest Control Literature Documentation 86
PHS-149 (Survey of Compounds Which Have Been Tested for
Carcinogenic Activity by the National Cancer
Institute) 87
PIRA 89
POISINDEX _ 90
POLLUTION ABSTRACTS 91
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PTS F&S INDEX: Predicasts Terminal System/Funk & Scott.... 92
PTS-PROMT: Predicasts Terminal System/Predicasts
Overview of Markets and Technoloqy ............ 93
RAPRA ABSTRACTS: Rubber and Plastics Research Association
Abstracts ................................ 94
RTECS: Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances... 95
SAFETY ( Safety Science Abstract Journal) ................... 97
SANSS: Structure and Nomenclature Search System ........... 98
SCISEARCH: Science Citation Index ......................... 99
SPHERE: Scientific Parameters for Health and Environment,
Retrieval and Estimation .......................... 100
SPIN: Searchable Physics Information Notices .............. 102
STANDARD AND POOR' S NEWS ONLINE ............................ 103
STORET [[[ 104
SURFACE COATINGS ABSTRACTS ..................... . ............ 106
SYNORG: Synthetic Organic Chemicals: United States
Production and Sales .............................. 1°7
TDB: Toxicology Data Bank ................................. 1°8
TDMS : Toxicology Data Management Systems .................. 109
TED: Toxics Economic Data Base ............................ m
'TITUS [[[ 112
TOXLINE/TOXBACK ............................................ 113
TOX-TIPS : Toxicology Testing in "orogress ..................
TRIS ABSTRACTS: Transportation Research Information
Service ................................... H5
TULSA ............................................ .......... 116
UPGRADE: User Prompted Graphic Data Evaluation ............ 117
USP: Pharmacopeia of the United States of America ......... 119
WDROP: Water Distribution Register of Organic ............
Pollutants ......................................... 121
WORLD ALUMINUM ABSTRACTS ................................... I22
WORLD TEXTILES ............... .............................. 123
XTAL: Single Crystal Reducation and Search System ......... 124
Section II - Appendix A
CIS : Chemical Information System ..........................
MEDLARS: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
ORBIT [[[ i28
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INTRODUCTION
The first edition of the Chemical Information Resource Handbook was
developed for presentation at 35 nationwide orientation sessions in chemical
information resources. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored
these sessions to promote an understanding of the resources available in the
ubiquitous field of chemical information. The sessions, as does this
handbook, focused on automated information systems because these resources can
sharply reduce the time and expense of identifying and obtaining most types of
chemical information. Moreover, the management of toxic and hazardous
substances requires comprehensive access to timely chemical information from a
broad spectrum of sources. This second edition is an updated version which
includes several additional data bases and updated information on several of
the data bases. The information is recent as of September, 1982.
This handbook describes most of the more important chemical information
resources available and accessible through government and private
organizations. The handbook provides a framework for searching and retrieving
information on chemical toxicology, environmental effects, spill responses,
disposal methods, ambient air and water concentrations, control technologies,
and existing regulations.
We have included both the currently available and proposed chemical
information resources so that the handbook user can begin using the existing
data bases and can also be aware of some of the new sources of information
that will be available in the future.
Federal agencies have broad information-gathering powers under the
regulatory statutes the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Consumer
Product Safety Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,
and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, among others. Particularly under TSCA,
there is a need to obtain substantial amounts of up-to-date information
quickly. Therefore, it is important for this information-gathering process to
be efficient and for the information to be available to everyone needing it.
As a result, several of the described resources provide data that have been
collected by the government.
An important factor to consider when using any chemical information
resource, automated or not, is the quality of the data. Data retrieved from a
computer is no more valid than the printed resource, or other source, from
which it was obtained. The use of automated chemical information resources
gives the researcher a slight advantage, because the volume of data available,
within the research time alloted, increases dramatically. Thus, if the
results of a search on one system are replicated by several others, the
validity of the data is not suspect. However, the most reliable method of
assessing the validity of the data is the use of personal and professional
judgement and an evaluation, where possible, of the design and materials used
in the study that yielded the data.
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HOW TO USE THIS HANDBOOK
This handbook of chemical information resources is designed to meet the
needs of persons concerned with chemical substances. It gives the chemical
information user a guide to bibliographic search systems, computerized data
systems, chemical lists, and other relevant publications.
The first step in using this handbook is to identify the types of
data/information required. Exhibit 1 is a matrix which cross-references
environmental functions with typical types of data required for their
performance. The user should also assess the form of information he wishes to
use: bibliographic information, computerized data, lists of chemicals, or
publications containing information and data. The content and form of data or
information needed will determine which resources are compatible with the
requirements.
Once the type of data needed has been determined, the user should refer
to the Matrix of Chemical Information Resources. This matrix relates content
and form of information to resources that can meet the needs. Use of this
matrix will result in a list of information resources to be considered. The
information searcher should then refer to the directory and read the
descriptions of the candidate resources that should be considered.
Based on these descriptions, the user should be able to identify the
resources that will meet the needs of any specific situation. For each
chemical information resource, the handbook provides:
o description of each data system;
o scope data content of system;
o file structure;
o access/availability;
o output form and format.
A practical plan for use of these resources can be developed based on a
selective review of each resource description and sample output.
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SECTION I - DATA BASE DIRECTORY
This section of the Handbook is a compilation of chemical information
resources descriptions. For each resource, the following information is
provided:
o Scope of information available to the user of the data base; and
o Access procedures.
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AEROS
Scope
The Aerometric and Emissions Reporting System (AEROS) was established by
the EPA to serve as a management information system for EPA's air pollution
research and control programs. As such, AEROS is mainly concerned with the
collection, processing, and reporting of basic air pollution data. Various
supplementary data files are also maintained to provide additional information
valuable for the preparation and analysis of air pollution data.
The major data components of AEROS are ambient air quality and air
pollution source and emissions data. The former consists of air quality
monitoring site descriptions and their data, plus pollutant and method
reporting codes. Emission point sources test results are also included. The
outputs are published reports and raw data output listings. Volume 1 of the
reports is a system summary. Volume II is a system user manual. Volume III,
the AEROS Summary and Retrieval Manual, is intended for those who want to
obtain data from AEROS. Volume III describes AEROS reports, how they may be
used, and gives instructions on how to obtain them. Volume IV is the National
Air Data Branch (NADB) Internal Operations Manual, which documents, in detail,
all NADB procedures related to AEROS. Certain portions of Volume IV may be of
interest to persons interested in all details of AEROS operations, but it is
intended mainly as a guide for NADB personnel. Volume V is the AEROS Coding
Manual. It contains tables of standard emission codes for use with Volume II.
AEROS consists of ten data storage and retrieval subsystems:
o the National Emissions Data System (NEDS), which stores and reports
source and emissions-related data for the five criteria pollutants
(particulates, SOx, NOx, CO, and hydrocarbons);
o the Storage and Retrieval of Aerometric Data (SAROAD) system, which
stores and reports information relating to ambient air quality
covering 65 pollutants and which includes site data;
o the Hazardous and Trace Substance Emissions System (HATREMS), which
stores and reports sources and emissions data for non-criteria
pollutants;
o the Source Test Data (SOTDAT) system, which stores and retrieves
relevant technical data collected during source emission
measurements (i.e., stack -tests);
o the State Implementation Plans (SIPS) regulation system, which
provides retrievals of EPA-approved state air pollution control
regulations;
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the Emissions History Information System (EHIS), which provides
historical trends information on nationwide emissions and may also
function as a computerized technique for examination of air
pollutant emissions scenarios;
the Weighted Sensitivity Analysis program (WSAP), which operates on
NEDS data to compute the variance that can be tolerated in the
emission estimate for each source category in order that some
overall user-specified limit shall not be exceeded;
the Source Inventory and Emission Factor Analysis (SIEFA) program,
which complements WSAP by computing the actual (as opposed tp
allowable) imprecision in emission estimates for each source
category in NEDS due to imprecision in emission inventory
techniques and source data;
the Computer Assisted Area Source Emissions (CAASE) System, which
calculates county ambient emissions levels; and
the Regional Emissions Projection System (REPS), which does
regional emission projections up to the year 2000.
Access:
Standard AEROS reports are published periodically and are available from
the EPA Air .Pollution Technical information Center (APTIC) at Research
Triangle Park, NC, or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in
Springfield, VA. Many of the standard published reports and a number of
additional standard reports are also readily available from the National Air
Data Branch (NADB), Research Triangle Park, NC, or from the ten EPA Regional
Offices. To meet requirements not met by standard AEROS reports, it is also
often possible to restructure and report data as required in response to
special requests.
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AGLIKE
Scope;
The Agline (formerly DOANE) is a bibliographic data base covering the
literature on agricultural practice, production, products, and marketing.
This data base includes agribusiness news, farm chemicals and fuels, livestock
production, government policies and programs, legislation, regulations, and
laws.
The file is updated monthly from agribusiness trade journals, government
reports, news items, land grant college publications, and speeches.
Access :
is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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AGRICOLA
Scope:
AGRICOLA (Agricultural Online Access) is produced by the National
Agriculture Library (HAL) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (OSDA).
AGRICOLA serves as a document locator and bibliographic control system for the
NAL collection and is also used to print cards for NAL's card catalogs, the
Bibliography of Agriculture, The National Agricultural Library Catalog, and
the Catalog of the Food and Nutrition Information and Educational Materials
Center. This extensive file provides comprehensive coverage of newly acquired
worldwide publications in agriculture and related fields. AGRICOLA consists
of three subfiles: CAIN (Cataloging and Indexing), FNC (Food and Nutrition
Collection), and AGE (Agricultural Economics).
AGRICOLA covers the field of agriculture in its broadest sense.
the specific areas covered are:
Some of
o Agricultural Economics
o Agricultural Engineering
o Agricultural Products
o Agriculture in General
o Animal industries
o Botany
o Chemistry
o Energy in Agriculture
o Entomology
o Fertilizers
o Foods
o Forestry
o Human Nutrition
o Hydroponics
o Pesticides
o Plant Sciences
o pollution
o Rural Sociology
o Soils
. o Veterinary Medicine
o Water Management
Access;
AGRICOLA is produced by NAL and is available through the DIALOG, ORBIT
and BRS information retrieval systems. Computer tapes are also available
through NTIS.
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AGRIS
Scope;
AGRIS (Agricultural information System for Sciences and Technology) is a
bibliographic data base that contains citations, some with abstracts, to the
world literature on all aspects of agriculture. Topics covered include:
o Geography and History
o Laws
o Extension
o Education and Advisory Work
o Economics
o Development
o Marketing and Rural Sociology
o plant Production and Stored Natural Products
o Forestry
o Animal Production
o Veterinary Medicine
o Botany
o Marine Biology and Fisheries
o Equipment
o Machinery, and Buildings
o Natural Resources
o Food Science
o Human Nutrition
o Home Economics
o Pollution
The file is updated monthly. The major sources of bibliographic data are
journal articles and other data obtained from government reports, monographs,
published proceedings, theses, maps, and various non-conventional documents.
Access:
AGRIS is available through the European Space Agency-Information
retrieval systems. Users currently may get on-line through the ESA-IRS system
by contacting:
ESA-IRS
Attention: Dr. G.A. Proca
Head of On-line Services
ESRIN
Via Galileo Galilei
Casella posteale 64
00044 Frascati, Italy
Telephone: 011-39-6-942-2401 (from U.S.)
Users may soon be able to access the ESA-IRS by contacting:
ESA
955 L1Enfant plaza N, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20024
Telephone: (202) 488-4158.
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APILIT
Scope:
The APILIT (American Petroleum Institute Literature) covers the worldwide
literature pertaining to the petrochemical and petroleum refining
industries. This literature includes scientific, technical and engineering
developments in the areas of:
o Petroleum Refining o Air and Water Conservation
o Petrochemicals o Transportation and Storage
o Petroleum Substitutes
Source documents include trade journals, technical journals, meeting
papers, and government reports.
Access;
APILIT is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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APIPAT
Scope;
American Petroleum Institute Patents (APIPAT) covers patents of the
petrochemical and petroleum refining industries from the United States,
Canada, South Africa, Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, and
Japan.
Access;
APIPAT is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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APTIC
Scope;
The APTIC (Air Pollution Technical Information Center) data base is a
comprehensive resource on all aspects of air pollution and its effects,
prevention, and control. The APTIC data base includes abstracts of selected
technical literature acquired by EPA1s Air Pollution Technical Information
Center, including all abstracts that appeared in Air Pollution Abstracts (no
longer published). APTIC covers the field of air pollution in the broadest
sense, including the social, political, legal, and administrative aspects of
the field. General subjects treated in this data base are as follows:
o Atmospheric Interaction
o Basic Science and Technology
o Control Methods
o Economic Aspects
o Effects on Human Health
o Effects on Materials
o Effects on Plants and Livestock
o Emission Sources
o Government Participation
(Legal and Administrative)
o Measurement Methods
o Pollution Data (Air Quality
and Emission Inventories)
o Social Aspects and Public
Involvement
o Standards and Criteria
Access:
APTIC is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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BIOSIS PREVIEWS
Scope;
BIOSIS PREVIEWS contains citations from both Biological Abstracts (BA)
and Biological Abstracts/RRM, the major publications of BioSciences
Information Service of Biological Abstracts. Together, these publications
constitute the major English-language service providing comprehensive
worldwide coverage of research in the life sciences. Biological Abstracts
includes approximately 240,000 accounts of original research yearly from
nearly 9,000 primary journal and monograph titles, symposia, reviews,
preliminary reports, semi-popular journals, selected institutional and
government reports, research communications, and other secondary sources.
life sciences subjects are covered, including but not limited to the
following:
All
o Aerospace Biology
o Agriculture
o Anatomy
o Bacteriology
o Behavioral Sciences
o Biochemistry
o Bioengineering
o Biophysics
o Botany
o Cell Biology
o Environmental Biology
o Experimental Medicine
o Genetics
o Immunology
o Microbiology
o Nutrition
o Parasitology
o Pathology
o Pharmacology
o Physiology
o Public Health
o Radiation Biology
o Systematic Biology
o Toxicology
o Veterinary Medicine
o Virology
o Zoology
Access;
BIOSIS PREVIEWS is available in hard copy from BioSciences information
Service in Philadelphia or online from the DIALOG and ORBIT information
retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A.
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CAB ABSTRACTS
Scope;
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux (CAB) Abstracts is a comprehensive file
of agricultural and bibliographic information containing all records in the
more than 26. main abstracting journals published by the Commonwealth
Agricultural Bureaux. Sources of information include over 8,500 journals in
37 languages, books, reports, and other publications. The file currently
contains over one million items. About 130,000 items are added yearly.
Subject areas covered include:
o Biology o Pest Control and Pesticides
o Economics o Rural Planning
o Engineering o Sociology
o Education o Taxonomy, and Veterinary
o Forestry Medicine
o Genetics
Bibliographic data are updated monthly. The major sources are journal
articles and other -information obtained from government reports, monographs,
published proceedings and theses.
Access:
CAB ABSTRACTS is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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CANCERLIT
Cancer Literature (CANCERLIT), formerly called CANCERLINE, is sponsored
by the National Institute of Health's (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI),
and contains more than 260,000 references dealing with various aspects of
cancer. All references have English abstracts. Over 4,000 U.S. and foreign
journals, as well as selected monographs, meeting papers, reports, and
dissertations are abstracted for inclusion in CANCERLIT.
Access;
Access to CANCERLIT is available through the MEDLARS information
retrieval system. Consult Appendix A.
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CBDS
The Carcinogenesis Bioassay Data System (CBDS) contains information about
the animals and chemicals involved in carcinogenesis/oncogenesis bioassay
studies. The CBDS was designed to collect, maintain, report, and conduct
statistical analyses of bioassay data. The data include information about
chemicals, chemical preparations, test environments, and individual animals.
CBDS has undergone evolutionary development since its beginnings in 1972, and
it now consists of several systems and subsystems that have resulted from the
merging the data from more than 2000 studies. The four major systems relate
to:
o In Vivo Studies
o In Vitro Studies
o Chemical Tracking
o Financial and Administrative* Management
Subsystems of in-vivo studies involve animal wastes, statistics, and
environmental data. Subsystems of in-vitro studies include Salmonella
transformation and mouse lymphoma bioassays. The chemical tracking is a
management tool that allows the National Toxicology Program (NTP) to track
chemicals through the various bioassay tests. The fourth major system allows
NTP to manage the financial resources of the bioassay program. While CBDS is
not available to the public, the statistical bioassay data from CBDS are
included in publicly available technical reports that are prepared for
distribution by NTP. The file is updated daily. Data are obtained from
research contractors' laboratories throughout the U.S. and one source in
Scotland.
Access;
Direct access to the CBDS is available only to NTP staff. However, EPA
staff may indirectly get information on the CBDS by contacting:
Toxicology Information and Scientific Education Group
STP
Bethesda, Maryland
Telephone: (301) 496-1152.
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CDBK
Scope:
Chemical Data Banks (CDBK) consists of five data bases that provide
extensive coverage of economic, market, and financial conditions relevant to
the chemical industry. The "inorganic and organic chemicals" data bank
contains annual, quarterly, and monthly information on production, sales and
uses, and foreign trade of chemical products by type. The "capacity" data
bank contains annual data on plant capacities by product, process, company,
and location. The "financial" data bank provides annual financial data on
chemical companies including sales, net worth, net income, plant and
equipment, total assets, and capital expenditures. The "economic indicators"
data base contains yearly, quarterly, and monthly data on the gross national
product and components, industrial production indices, housing, automobiles,
and consumer expenditures. The "prices" data bank offers yearly, quarterly,
and monthly statistics on the wholesale price indices for chemicals, unit
values, and market prices.
Sources of data include the Chlorine Institute; The Society of the
Plastics Industry; O.S. Dept. of Commerce,- Textile Economics Bureau; Rubber
Manufacturers Association; McGraw-Hill, Inc.; U.S. Dept. of Labor; and U.S.
International Trade Commission.
Access;
CHEMICAL DATA BANKS is available from:
Data Resources, Inc.
29 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02173
Telephone: (617) 861-0165.
EPA currently has access to CHEMICAL DATA BANKS through the contractor,
Meta Systems.
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GDI
Scope:
Comprehensive Dissertation index (GDI) is a definitive subject, title,
and author guide to virtually every American dissertation accepted at an
accredited institution since 1861, when academic doctoral degrees were first
granted in the United states. Approximately 99 percent of all American
dissertations are cited in this file, in addition, it serves to disseminate
citations for thousands of Canadian dissertations and an increasing number of
papers accepted in institutions abroad. Professional (e.g., M.D., L.L.D.) and
honorary degrees are not included.
All subject areas are covered, including the following:
o Mathematics and Statistics
o Fine Arts and Music
o Library and information
Science
o Psychology and Sociology
o Business and Economics
o Geography and Regional
Planning
o Chemistry
o Health Sciences
o Engineering
o History and Political
Science
o Language and Literature
o Philosophy and Religion
o Agriculture
o As tronomy
o Biological and
Environmental Sciences
o Geology
o Physics
o Education
Access:
Comprehensive Dissertation Index is available through the DIALOG and
ORBIT information retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A.
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CDS
Scope:
Compliance Data System (CDS) was developed for the Stationary Source
Compliance Division of EPA to assist it in carrying out enforcement and
surveillance programs. CDS provides users with a tool for managing large
quantities of non-parametric stationary source information in an expeditious
manner. The system can store, update, and retrieve large quantities of data
describing the compliance status and the enforcement activities of all maj or
and many minor sources of stationary air pollution. Output reports from the
system enable users to:
o maintain a complete inventory of facilities emitting regulated
pollutants?
o assess enforcement strategies;
o monitor state and regional enforcement activities; and
o measure compliance and enforcement progress.
Regional EPA Offices are using CDS in a number of ways in their
enforcement programs, including:
o to provide an accurate and easily accessible inventory of facilities
subject to Federal and state emission regulations and their
compliance status with respect to these regulations;
o to develop enforcement strategies by providing summaries of the
compliance status of facilities tracked by CDS;
o to provide a means for tracking numerous Federal, state, and local
enforcement actions both for historical purposes and for future
scheduling purposes;
o to assist the regions in the preparation of various national
reporting requirements; and
o to provide various turnaround reports to be used by states in
fulfilling their reporting requirements to their region.
CDS is not designed to store large quantities of parametric emissions
data; instead, it is a management information system for tracking compliance
and enforcement information in an easily accessible manner. In effect, CDS is
an automated tickler file which provides both historical and current record
keeping capabilities.
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Access;
CDS is available by contacting the CDS regional EPA managers (one from
each region) or by contacting:
Franklin C. Smith
CDS National Manager
Stationary Source Compliance Division (EN-341)
Office of Air, Noise and Radiation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Telephone: (202) 382-2881.
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CEH
Scope:
The Chemical Economics Handbook (CEH) is a loose-leaf series of volumes
concerned with the economic status and progress of the world's chemical
industries. Participants (subscribers) are kept informed regarding the
present and future status of raw materials, primary and intermediate
chemicals, chemical product groups, the chemical industry, and those aspects
of other industries and the total economy that are relevant to the chemical
industry. Emphasis is placed on future markets, both in terms of quantities
and economies of chemicals produced/consumed and the technological
requirements of future demand.
Sections of the CEH are:
o Introduction o Industry
o Index o Chemical Product Groups
o Economic indicators o Organic Chemicals
o Manual of Current Indicators o Inorganic Chemicals
The main body of CEH is made up of Reports and Data Sheets concerning
individual chemicals or groups of chemicals. Data Sheets are summaries
including data on chemical production, sales, consumption, price,
manufacturing processes, producing companies, plant locations, plant
capacities, imports, exports, and sources used. Yearly growth rates.can be
extrapolated and compared using the standardized graphs and a special
protractor included with each CEH set.
Reports contain detailed analytical sections on topics not covered by the
Data Sheets. CEH Reports are written by subject specialists and reviewed by
collaborating experts in the chemical industry, market researchers, or product
managers.
One volume, the Manual of Current Indicators, reports recent economic
statistics and is updated and reissued every other month.
CEH contains chemical industry economic indicators such as product growth
curves, production quantities, inventory data, price, and export/import
ratios. Plant locations, capacities, and other data are gathered and updated
occasionally. Specialized volumes deal with specific industries such as
pesticides.
Access:
CEH is produced and disseminated by:
Chemical Marketing Research Center
Chemical industries Division,
SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025
Telephone: (415) 326-6200.
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CESARS
Scope;
The Chemical Evaluation Search and Retrieval System (CESARS) is an
online, interactive file containing physical/chemical, to%icological, and
environmental information extracted from the current literature, textbooks,
journals, documents, and other information sources. It provides detailed
information and evaluations on a group of chemicals of particular importance
in the great Lakes Basin.
The second version of CESARS became operational in March 1983 and
contained 150 chemical records. The data base will be updated quarterly.
Access:
CESARS is available through the Chemical Information System (CIS) .
Consult Appendix A.
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CFCP
Scope;
The Chemical Formulations of Consumer Products (CFCP) data base contains
formulations (ingredients with percentage) information for over 15,000 U.S.
consumer products.
Data were collected directly from over 1,600 manufacturers required to
report ingredients to a specificity of 0.1 percent. Approximately 45 percent
of the product formulations were designated by the manufacturers as
proprietary data or trade secrets.
The data base consists of four files: A Manufacturers-Product file
containing manufacturer names, codes, and addressee; a Product-Ingredient
file containing product names, codes, and formulation data; a Chemical
Dictionary file that is a name authority file relating Chemical Abstracts
Service Registry Numbers and nomenclature to trade names and other chemical
names reported by manufacturers; and a bookkeeping file containing file status
and management data.
Access:
The file is maintained by the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Bethesda, Maryland. For access, contact:
Mr. John Clements
Consumer Product Safety Commission
5401 Westbard Avenue
Room 852
Bethesda, Maryland
301-492-6445
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CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS
Scope;
The data bases that contain condensed complete versions or parts of the
Chemical Abstracts files are: ORBIT'S CHEM 7071, CAS7276; and CAS77 and
DIALOG'S CASearch, Chemname, Cherasearch, Chemsis, and Chemzero. The data
bases cover the following principal areas:
o Applied Chemistry
o Biochemistry and Biology
o Chemical Engineering
o Chemical Substances
o Class of Substances
o Macromolecular Chemistry
o Organic and Inorganic
Chemistry
o Physical and Analytical
Chemistry
o Properties and Reactions
Access;
As mentioned above, information in Chemical Abstracts files can be
accessed using both the ORBIT and DIALOG information retrieval systems.
Consult Appendix A.
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CHEMLINE
Scope:
CHEMLINE (Chemical Dictionary OnLine) is the National Library of
Mecicine's (NLM) online, interactive chemical dictionary file created in
collaboration with Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). It provides a means
whereby over 550,000 chemical substance names can be searched and retrieved
online.
The resource contains CAS Registry Numbers, molecular formulae, preferred
chemical nomeclature, generic and trivial names derived from the CAS Registry
nomenclature File, and a limited number of Wiswesser Line Notations (WLN). In
addition, each Registry Number record contains, where applicable, ring
information including: number of rings, ring sizes, ring element analysis,
and component line formulae.
CHEMLINE contains chemical records for substances indexed in other NLM
bibliographic files. It may be used as a pre-search tool to verify or expand
chemical names or Registry Numbers to enhance the user's search of other NLM
data bases.
Access;
CHEMLINE is a component of the MEDLARS information retrieval service of
the national Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. For information about
how to access MEDLARS, consult Appendix A.
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CHEMNAME
Scope:
CHEMNAME (Chemical Abstracts Chemical Name Dictionary) contains a listing
of chemical substances in a dictionary-type, non-bibliographic file. For each
substance listed, the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number,
molecular formula, Chemical Abstracts (CA) Substance Index Name, available
synonyms, ring data and other chemical substance information are listed. The
primary purpose of this file is to support specific substance searching and
substructure searching.
CHEMNAME presently includes those chemical substances in the CAS Registry
System that have been referenced two or more times from January 1967 through
the last quarterly update, which includes the 9th Collective index period.
Chemical substances cited two or more time in one collective index period will
also appear in other collective index periods without change in CAS Registry
Number.
Access;
CHEMNAME is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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CHEMTREC
Scope:
CHEMTREC (the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center) is an information
center that provides immediate hazard warnings and guidance to those on the
scene of a chemical transportation accident or emergency. Available by
telephone 24 hours a day, CHEMTREC may be used by any carrier, shipper,
emergency service, or other persons encountering a transport-related chemical
spill, leak, fire, release, exposure, or accident. Persons who notice or
suspect a leak, spill, or potential problem concerning chemicals in transport
should contact CHEMTREC for assistance in preventing or remedying an
emergency.
CHEMTREC will attempt to ascertain the name(s) of the product, nature of
the problem, location, shipper, manufacturer, container type, rail car or
truck number, carrier name, consignee, and local conditions (weather,
population density) from the individual who contacts the center.
CHEMTREC maintains extensive files for the identification of trade names,
chemical names, shippers, and carriers. Using these files, CHEMTREC personnel
provide the caller with indications of the hazards involved in giving specific
instructions for handling the emergency. CHEMTREC personnel then contact the
shipper and relay the particulars of the emergency, thus passing
responsibility for further guidance to the shipper. In some cases,
manufacturers, government agencies, police, or emergency services will be
contacted directly.
The file contains 3,600 chemical dossiers searchable under 46,000 trade
names. It provides over 900 personal contact names for expert consultation
regarding the chemical. The data base is a manual card file.
Access;
CHEMTREC is operated by the Chemical Manufacturers Association. Access
is obtained by a telephone call to:
CHEMTREC
Washington, D.C.
Telephone: (800) 424-9300 in the continential
U.S., except Washington, D.C. or
(202) 483-7616.
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CICIS
Scope;
The CICIS (Chemicals in Commerce Information System) is an online
interactive management information system of the office of Toxic Substances of
EPA. Its purpose in to store and enable utilization of information and data
collected under the mandates of TSCA. Much of CICIS' content is proprietary,
but a portion of the file with non-proprietary data is publicly available.
CICIS is being developed in modular stages. The first available and core
module is the TSCA Inventory, containing chemical identification and
production data submitted to EPA in 1978 by chemical manufacturers and
importers as required under TSCA. Other currently available modules are:
o Chemical Inventory System: for management of industry-reported data
on chemical substances currently manufactured, processed, or imported
into the U.S.; it also contains data on manufacturers, processors,
and importers.
o Preraanufacture Submissions Module: allows users to display selected
portions of data submitted in premanufacture notices.
o Chemical Information Data Base: includes data in the current
Inventory, plus additional data from submissions.
Additional modules will contain information on usage, health and safety
studies, exposure, environmental effects, test results, production updates,
disposal methods, and byproducts and impurities, in support of risk assessment
of specific chemicals or groups of chemicals, or monitoring, environmental,
planning and management, and other activities that assess the extent of the
environmental program in certain localities or media. Most of these data will
be submitted by chemical manufacturers as required under TSCA. Among the
subsystems planned for the completed CISIS are:
o organization/Site Data Base: will contain data specific to all
industry submitters of data.
o Health and Safety Subsystem: will keep track of health and safety
studies submitted for risk assessment activities. Some data from the
studies may also be stored in this data base.
o Test Results Subsystems: stores test results data received uder TSCA
and from other sources. Results will be linked to chemicals,
documents, and other data in the data base.
Access:
The system is currently accessible by application to the U.S. EPA Office
of Toxic Substances in Washington, D.C. (202-382-3998). Access to
confidential information must be preceded by EPA clearance. Ultimate access
will be made available through CSIN.
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CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NOTES
Scope:
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NOTES (CIN) is a bibliographic data base which
corresponds to the weekly printed Chemical Industry Notes, both of which are
produced by the American Chemical Society. CIN extracts articles from over 80
worldwide, business-oriented periodicals of interest to the chemical
industry. The data base is updated weekly and contains over 350,000 records.
CIN extracts are organized into eight general categories:
o Production o Products and Processes
o Pricing o Corporate Activities
o Sales o Government Activities
o Facilities o People
Access;
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NOTES is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT
information retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A.
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CLAIMS/O.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS
Scope;
The CLAIMS/0.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS data base includes over 400,000 U.S.
chemical and chemically related patents issued since 1950. Foreign
equivalents from Belgium, France, Great Britain, West Germany, and The
Netherlands are included to the extent of approximately 20 percent of the
patents in the file. Over 60 percent of the records include Chemical
Abstracts Registry numbers.
All patents in the Chemical section of the Official Gazette of the U.S.
Patent Office together with any patents in the General, Electrical and
Mechanical sections of the Gazette which are considered to be chemically
oriented are included in the file.
Access:
CLAIMS/0.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS is available through the DIALOG information
retrieval system. Consult Appendix A.
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CLAIMS/CLASS
Scope;
The CLAIMS/CLASS file is a dictionary index to U.S. Patent Office's
classification codes and titles. This data base enables the searcher to
identify classes and subclasses appropriate to more comprehensive searching of
the CLAIMS/U.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS file to look up the title of the class or
subclass observed on a record retrieved in the CLAIMS/O.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS
file.
The 312 class titles cover all types of patents that have been issued for
mechanical, electrical, and chemical inventions. The 14,561 subclass titles
have been included for the 47 classes that are primarily chemical classes and
have been used to classify the patents in the CLAIMS/D.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS
files.
Access;
CLAIMS/CLASS is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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CNMR
Scope;
The Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectral Search System (CNMR) is
an online, interactive data base containing C-13 NMR spectra for over 6,000
chemical substances. Spectral data (as chemical shifts), Chemical Abstract
Service (CAS) Registry numbers, CNMR accession numbers, and partial and
complete molecular formulas are searchable. Printed/displayed output provides
structural diagrams, CAS name, CAS Registry number, molecular weight,
molecular formula, bibliographic citation to source of spectrum, solvent used,
and chemical shifts parameters. Several search programs are available in the
CNMR system. The user selected the program(s) best suited to the search
criteria and the desired results.
Access:
CNMR is available throught the Chemical Information Serivce (CIS).
Consult Appendix A.
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COMPENDEX
Computerized Engineering Index (COMPENDEX) is the machine-readable
version of the Engineering Index Monthly. This file is an interdisciplinary
bibliographic index to the world literature (excluding patents) in engineering
and technology developments. The total data base currently contains more than
one million abstracts, arranged and cross-referenced under more than 12,000
indexing terms. It is growing at the rate of about 9,000 abstracts per month.
COMPENDEX includes the following subject areas:
o civil, environmental, geological, and biological engineering
o electronics
o electrical and control engineering
o chemical, chemical products, agricultural, and foods engineering
o mining, metals, petroleum, and fuel engineering
o mechanical, automotive, nuclear, and aerospace engineering
o transportation
o pollution, wastes, and sanitary engineering
o engineering mathematics
o engineering physics
o industrial and management applications.
Bibliographic data are obtained from journal articles, government
reports, monographs, published proceedings, and papers presented at
conferences. More than 35,000 primary sources from over 40 countries in 20
languages are reviewed yearly. COMPENDEX is updated monthly.
Access:
COMPENDEX is available through the DIALOG, BRS, ORBIT, PERGAMON INPOLIME,
INKA, CAN/OLE, and ESA-IRS information retrieval systems.
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CPD
Chemical Plant: Data (CPD) is designed to provide worldwide information on
chemical plants producing, or planning to produce, any of more than 100 basic
chemicals. Currently, 114 chemicals, or in some cases classes of chemicals,
are covered. The information available through this service is based upon
material collected from a wide range of sources published in many languages;
they include technical literature, company information, annual reports, etc.
In addition, companies are approached to verify the information thus provided.
Subject coverage includes:
o 114 Chemical Commodities
o producing Plant Listings (Worldwide)
o Plant Capacities, Start-Dp Date
o Production/Sales/Statistical Summaries
o producer/Process/Feedstock
Access:
Currently, Chemical Plant^Data is disseminated primarily in hard copy
form. Online computer retrieval of this information is, however, in the
planning stages. For further information contact:
The Sales Department
Chemical Data Services
Dorset House, Stamford Street
London, SE1 9LO, ENGLAND.
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CRGS
Scope;
The Chemical Regulations and Guidelines System (CRGS) is a system that
maintains information on the current state of regulations and guidelines as
they apply to selected chemicals or chemical classes. Information contained
in CRGS includes:
o Federal Regulations
o U.S. Statutes
o Government Standards and Guidelines
o Current Awareness Documents
This material is obtained from a number of sources including:
o Federal Register
o U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
o congressional Record
o Various Weekly "Reporters"
o Other Online Systems
Source Documents are included. Records are constructed for each
citation, and these records are searchable via at least eleven different
access keys including:
o Chemical Name
o CAS Registry Number
o Date of issue
o Jurisdiction Code
o Responsibile Agency
o Controlled Subject Terms
o Product/Trade Name
o Product Code
o Document Category Code
o Regulation Status Code
o Terms in Abstracts
Access;
CRGS is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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CRIS/OSDA
Scope:
Current Research Information System (CRIS/OSDA) is a United states
Department of Agriculture bibliographic file which contains information
describing current research projects in agriculture and allied sciences
covering the biological, physical, social and behavioral sciences related to
agriculture in its broadest applications, including:
o Natural Resources Management o Family Life, Housing and
and Conservation Rural Development
o Marketing and Economics o Environmental Protection
o Food and Nutrition o Forestry
o Consumer Health and Safety o Outdoor Recreation
o Community, Area and
Regional Development
The projects sponsored in CRIS/OSDA are sponsored or conducted by OSDA
research agencies, state agricultural experimental stations, state forestry
schools and other cooperating state institutions. The file is updated
quarterly.
Access:
CRIS/OSDA is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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CRR
Scope;
The Chemical Regulation Reporter (CRR) is a set of loose-leaf reference
files which report, index, and accumulate full texts of documents concerning
chemical regulations and related activities. It is organized into four
separate sections, each of which is in its own binder. These sections are:
Current Reports, Reference File, Hazardous Materials Transportation, and the
Index of Government Regulation. Of the four sections, only the Index of
Government Regulation covers regulations pertaining to food, drugs, and
cosmetics. However, all four sections cover chemical regulatory activity in
other areas.
The weekly Current Report summarizes current events related to chemical
regulation. Articles report matters involving general policy, criteria
documents, legislation, litigation, testing, research, record keeping,
reporting, enforcement, meetings, industry happenings, and other topics. Full
texts of proposed regulations, agency statement of policy, grants and denials
of exemptions from regulations, and other documents are given. A schedule of
meetings and other events in Congress and the Executive Branch is also
included.
The Reference File compiles the full texts of Federal laws and
regulations concerning chemical substances, issuances under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Clean Air
Act, Clean Water Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and other relevant Federal statutes. It also
includes the following: filing instructions; testing information;
notification information; information on chemicals in air, water, land, and
workplaces; manufacturing information; reporting; record keeping;
administration information; and information on pesticides and radiation.
The Hazardous Materials Transportation section, available as a separate
publication, reports current events and compiles laws and regulation, usually
from the Department of Transportation, concerning the transportation of
hazardous material.
The Index to Government Regulation is a chemical index to the Code of
Federal Regulations, and the U.S. Code with citations to chemicals by generic
name, industrial use name, and Chemical Abstracts Registry Numbers. This
cross-agency index pulls together citations to existing government regulations
that affect chemicals spanning subject areas such as agriculture, energy, food
and drugs, product safety, pesticides, workplace exposure, transportation of
hazardous substances, and alcohol.
Access:
The Chemical Regulation Reporter is generated, sponsored, and
disseminated by:
Bureau of National Affairs
1231 25th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Telephone: (202) 452-4200.
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CRYST
Scope;
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data base (CRYST) comprises files of
bibliographic, chemical connectivity and numeric structural data for organics,
organometallies, and metal complexes studies by x-ray and neutron
diffraction. The files, covering the literature from 1935 and maintained on a
current basis, presently contain information on some 25,000 structural
studies. Certain categories of information, particularly bibliographic, are
disseminated in printed form via the Molecular Structures and Dimensions
series.
The data base currently available under the CRYST component of the
Chemical Information System (CIS) has been derived directly from the Cambridge
University Crystallographic Data Centre data base. Some 17,601 of the
compounds in the CRYST data base have not undergone registry processing at the
Chemical Abstracts Service to create the corresponding (SANSS) data base. Of
the 17601 items, some 1,135 were considered to be non-registrable. The
remaining 16,466 items resulted in the identification of the 14,860 unique
compounds in the SANSS collection. When displaying compounds retrieved from
this collection, local identifiers will be cited in terms of the registry
number with a two digit sub-identifier suffix. These numbers will serve as
the identifiers for the compounds in the CRYST system when the CRYST and SANSS
are automatically interfaced in the near future. (See SANSS).
Access;
CRYST is available through the Chemical Information System (CIS). For
information on CIS, consult Appendix A.
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CTCP
The Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products (CTCP) Trade Name Data
base is an online, interactive data base containing formulations and related
information obtained from manufacturers and marketers for 27,000 commercial
products.
products having information in the data base are those most frequently
involved in accidental or suicidial poisoning episodes. Included in each
product record are product trade names, primary use, usage index terms,
manufacturer or marketer-distributer identification, toxicity ratings, product
formulations, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry number, and file
management information. The data base is primarily searchable by trade names,
manufacturers, ingredient names, CAS Registry Numbers, and product use
classifications. Output may be in several forms: numerical counts of
productions (postings): lists, such as trade names for products containing a
chemical (ingredient); or full formulation record descriptions.
Access:
CTCP Trade Name Data Base is actively maintained by and is accessible
through the Department of pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rochester
Medical Center.
The CTCP Trade Name Data Base in derived from Section V, "Trade Name
Index" of the book, Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products^ and from the
"Bulletin of Supplementary Material: Clinical Toxicology of Commercial
Products." This monthly bulletin updates Section V of the book. The bulletin
is available on a subscription basis from the University of Rochester. CTCP
is available online from the Chemical Information System (CIS). Consult
Appendix A. Information on bulletin subscription may be obtained from:
Ms. Jean Braddock
Department of pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y. 14624
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Current Contents (COKR/CONT) is a series of weekly title listing
summaries covering a total of nearly 7,000 journals. The seven weekly
listings cover the following areas:
o Clinical Practice
o Life Sciences
o Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences
o Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences
o Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
o Social and Behavioral Sciences
o Arts and Humanities
For each citation, the issue provides:
o Journal Accession Number
o Journal Title
o Language ID
o Journal Citation
o Author
A separate author address index locates the author for consultation.
Access:
Access is by subscription from:
University science Center
3501 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 386-0100
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DCP
Scope;
The Directory of Chemical Producers; United States of America (DCP) is
an annually published book with two supplements per year. It provides ready
references to commerical chemical manufacturers and products produced in the
U.S.A. Commercial chemicals are defined as those produced in excess of 1 ,000
pounds or $1,000 value per year. Alphabetical listings of products,
companies, and regions by zip codes provide access to manufacturer names,
locations, and products. Supplemental information, such as annual capacity
volumes and company relationships, is frequently included.
Data contained in the Directory are obtained from questionnaires returned
from manufacturers, technical and trade journals, other contacts with
manufacturers, and research. Sixteen hundred companies, representing 4,300
plant sites producing 10,000 chemicals, are reported in the volume. Each
annual issue of the book contains only one year's data. The book has been
published since 1961.
Access;
The Directory of Chemical Producers-. United States of America is
disseminated and produced by:
Chemical Marketing Research Center,
Chemical Industries Division
SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025
Telephone: (415) 326-6000.
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BADS
Scope;
The Environmental Assessment Data System (EADS) is a comprehensive system
of computerized data bases that describes energy systems, industrial
processes, control technologies, and process discharges. The EADS is also a
protocol for data analysis and evaluation that allows users to make consistent
and meaningful interpretations of the data collected and reported. The EADS
protocol may be applied to any type of sampling and analysis activity in which
discrete samples are collected. The EADS is the only EPA computerized data
base that is fully integrated across media.
The EADS is composed of five data bases for multimedia product, process,
or waste streams that are supported .by a variety of reference data bases and
user output programs. The four sampling and analysis (S&A) data bases now in
operation are the:
o Fine Particle Emissions Information System (FPEIS),
o Gaseous Emissions Data System (GEDS),
o Liquid Effluents Data System (LEDS), and
o Solid Discharge Data System (SDDS).
A fifth S&A data base is presently being developed that will report
multimedia fugitive emissions data. A separate data system is needed because
of the special nature of the data (per test) generated by fugitive emissions
testings.
EADS was developed for four primary reasons:
o to provide a comprehensive and diverse repository for multimedia
environmental sampling and analysis data and to consolidate that data
in a central location where they are easily available to the user
community;
o to provide a standardized and uniform protocol for reporting sampling
and analysis data;
o to supply current sampling and analysis data for evaluation by the
user community and to provide standard methods for the retrieval and
analysis of that data; and
o to document the quality of the data reported.
The EADS is a user-oriented system. EADS may be retrieved either by
direct computer access to the data base and its user program library or by
written or verbal request to the EADS Program Manager. Data from the EADS
have been used to model process engineering emissions, to design and evaluate
control technology, to provide a technical basis for policy decisions by EPA
and several states, as input to risk assessment studies, and many other
applications. The EADS recognizes the sensitive nature of some stationary
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source emissions data and has a special feature which is designed to protect
confidential or proprietary source data. If utilized, EPA will have no
knowledge whatsoever of the identity of the source. Confidentiality has
already been used extensively and has been a great aid in obtaining data which
probably would not have been available to EPA otherwise.
The EADS user community is a diverse group that represents EPA, other
government agencies (both Federal and state), academia, and private
industry, principal among the EPA users are EPA contractors engaged in R&D
and program office-related studies. The EADS has been used by TERRL, OAQPS,
OWRS, OPTS, and OSW within EPA, and by Environment-Canada, the State of
California Air Resources Board (GARB), and others.
The EADS data is collected to enable information decisions regarding
future engineering R&D activities and to realize the maximum return on the R&D
funding invested. IERL/RTP requires all S&A data generated by the Laboratory
to be entered into the EADS. OAQPS has directed its contractors to submit all
new particle sizing test data for entry to the FPEIS. Effluent Guidelines
Division, OWRS, has provided effluent data to the LEDS data base through the
Treatability Committee. In behalf of EGD and the Treatability Committee, a
contractor-developed wastewater treatement system design/cost model has been
converted to a EPA computer as part of the EADS protocol for use by EPA and
State NPDES permit writers. The Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory
has submitted to the EADS test data from public-owned treatment works
(POTW's). The EADS/LEDS data base was modified during 1980 expressly for MERL
to accomodate POTW data as well as other wastewater collection system data.
Discussions have been held with OSW regarding waste site remedial action
monitoring needs. The EADS presently contains data on direct incineration and
on co-firing of waste with fossil fuels in boilers and can accomodate all
present incineration testing data from both IERL/CIN and OSW.
Access;
EADS is available either by direct computer access to the data base and
its user program library or by written or verbal request to:
Mr. Gary Johnson
U.S. EPA, (MD-62)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 (919) 541-7612
The EADS user guides contain instructions for users with UNIVAC 2000
account numbers.
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EIS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Scope:
The EIS (Economic Information Systems) INDUSTRIAL PLANTS data base offers
immediate answers to a broad range of questions concerning the U.S. industrial
economy. The EIS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS data base includes current information on
67,000 industrial firms with establishments of 20 or more employees in the
United States and/or annual sales of approximately one-half million dollars or
more. The establishments included account for approximately 90 percent of the
total value of U.S. industrial activities. Each record contains the plant
name, location, telephone number, prinicipal product (4- or 5-digit SIC),
annual sales, estimated share of the market, employment level, and parent
company information. Information can be retrieved in several ways. Users can
query the system for the address and telephone number of plants conforming to
specified constraints on geographic location, industry, and size. Qieries can
also be made on the basis of specified firm names to retrieve sales and
employment data for any large public or private manufacturing or mining
company. The EIS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS file also permits the user to frame
questions within the limits of any desired U.S. Census Bureau region, state,
county, city, zip code, Business Economic Area (BEA), and parent company
state, city, zip code (or combinations thereof). Resultant records may be
sorted in order of sales or in estimated share of the market. Data are
generated from business magazines, trade journals, state and industrial
directories, corporate financial reports, and Census Bureau statistics. Also
included are thousands of inputs received directly from companies and
corporations. The file is updated quarterly.
Access;
EIS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS is available through the DIALOG information
retrieval system. Consult Appendix A.
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EIS NONMANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
Scope:
The EIS (Economic Information Systems) NONMANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS
data base contains current economic information on nonmanufacturing
establishments and firms employing 20 or more people in the contiguous United
States. The establishments included account for approximately 85 percent of
industry's sales in such sectors as agriculture, construction, transportation,
utilities, communications, trade and commerce, finance, services, etc. Each
record contains the establishment name, location, telephone number, principal
product, annual sales, estimated share of the market, employment level, and
parent company information. The file is updated quarterly.
Data are obtained from business magazines, trade journals, state and
industrial directories, corporate financial records, Census Bureau statistics,
and input received directly from companies and corporations.
Access;
EIS NONMANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS is available through the DIALOG
information retrieval system. Consult Appendix A.
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JEMIC
Scope;
The Environmental Mutagen Information Center (EMIC) specializes in the
dissemination of information that is relevant to the subject of environmental
mutagenesis. This information is contained in two similar on-line data
bases: EMIC, which is a subfile of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
MEDLARS TOXLINE system, and EMI, a file of the Department of Energy RECON
system at» Oak Ridge, Tennessee. EMIC uses these on-line data bases and in-
house subject expertise to answer user queries. EMIC is concerned with
reported testing of chemical substances and other environmental agents for
mutagenicity, excluding for the most part papers dealing solely with DV and
ionizing radiation. The EMIC data base presently contains over 13,000
agents. EMIC services consist of answering written or telephoned queries
regarding mutagenicity by providing searches of the EMIC data base. Searches
and services are free, except for several small classes of users. Queries and
requests for services outside of EMIC's capabilities or subject area are
usually referred to other information centers.
Bibliographic cita'tions are available using controlled vocabulary terms
such as:
o Agent
o Tissue Culture
o Taxonomic Name
o Test Name
o CAS Registry Number
o EMIC Accession Number
o Translation
o publication Type
o Citation
o Source
o Author
o Title
o Assay Systems
Access:
This information base is available as EMIC through the MEDLARS TOXLINE
system of the NLM Regional Libraries (Consult Appendix A), as EMI through the
RECON system of the Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, or directly
from EMIC at:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Building 9224
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
(615) 574-7871
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ENERGYLINE
Scope:
ENERGYLINE, produced by the Environmental Information Center, provides
broad coverage of scientific, engineering, political and socioeconomic aspects
of energy policy, resources, conversion, and consumption. Its
interdisciplinary approach offers access to over 5,000 international primary
and secondary sources. ENERGYLINE corresponds to energy materials from
Environment Abstracts from 1971 through 1975 and all materials from Energy
Information Abstracts, beginning in January 1976. ENERGYLINE reports on a
wide range of topics, including such areas as the following:
o Economics
o Policy and Planning
o Research and Development
o Resources and Reserves
o Unconventional Resources
o Solar Energy
o Fuel Processing and Transport
o Electric Power Generation
o Nuclear Resources and Power
o Thermonuclear Power
o Consumption and Conservation
o Environmental Impact
Access:
ENERGYLINE is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information
retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A.
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ENVIROIiINE
Scope:
ENVIROLINE contains abstracts and citations from Environment^Abstracts,
worldwide publication produced by the Environment Information Center. This
reference source provides interdisciplinary scientific, technical, and
socioeconomic coverage of the major English-language and the more important
non-English language environment and resources literature. Environment
abstracts incudes approximately 10,000 unique abstracts per year drawn from
over 5,000 periodicals, symposia, governmental and instutional reports, and
other primary and secondary sources.
The following general subjects are covered:
o Air Pollution
o Chemical and Biological Contamination
o Energy
o Environmental Design and Urban Ecology
o Environmental Education
o Foods and Drugs
o General Environmental
o General International Environmental
o Land Use and Misuse
o* Noise Pollution
o Non-Renewable Resources
o Oceans and Estuaries
o Population Planning and Control
o Radiological Contamination
o Renewable Resources - Terrestrial
o Renewable Resources - Water
o Solid Waste
o Transportation
o Water Pollution
o Weather Modification, Geophysical Change
o Wildlife
Access;
ENVTRONLINE is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information
retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A. To obtain the printed version,
contact:
Environmental Information Center, Inc.
292 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 949-9494
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EPACASR
The Chemical Activity Status Report (EPACASR) is a guide to Agency
activities relating to chemical substances. It is now available to EPA users
as a publication. EPACASR was developed with the assistance of the Agency
program offices and includes data on chemical regulations, technical
assistance information, preregulatory assessments, chemical and biological
testing and monitoring programs, and labeling requirements - both completed
and in progress. For any given chemical, EPACASR can be used to determine:
o who regulates the chemical, is considering regulation of the
chemical, or is assessing the chemical, or
o what scientific/technical work has been done in assessing the
chemical,
o the reasons why the work was performed (e.g., carcinogenicity,
environmental effects, other health effects, etc.)
o who may be contacted for further information about the chemical
activity.
Searches of the interactive data base can be made by the Chemical
Information and Analysis Unit (CIAU) at this time. EPACASR will, in the near
future, be made available to EPA users. Others may purchase the tapes of the
data base (updated semiannually) through NTIS.
Access;
Further information about EPACASR and its contents can be obtained from:
E. T. Merrick or Pat Grim
Chemical Information and Analysis Group
Chemical Coordination Staff
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
(202) 382-3415 or 382-3394
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ETIC
Scope:
The Environmental Teratology Information Center (ETIC) specializes in the
dissemination of information related to the evaluation of chemical,
biological, and physical agents for teratogenic activity. This information is
contained in two similar on-line data-bases: ETIC, which is a subfile of the
NLM MEDLARS TOXLINE system (consult Appendix A) and ETI, a file of the
Department of Energy RECON system at Oakridge*, Tennessee. ETIC uses these on-
line data bases and inhouse subj ect expertise and also makes referrals to
expert consultants to answer user queries.
ETIC's information base is derived largely from reported testing which
involves the administration of a chemical agent to a pregnant animal and
subsequent examination of the offspring at or near birth for structural or
functional anomalies and from reports implicating agents which produce defects
in man. Additional references are obtained from the open literature on
testing and evaluation of chemical, biological and physical agents and on
dietary deficiencies in warm-blooded animals. There are 25,000 entries dating
back to 1893 describing 6,000 suspect or known teratogens. ' The file provides
citations. About 3,000 citations are added per year.
Access:
This information base is accessible as ETIC through the MEDLARS TOXLINE
system of the NLM Regional Libraries, as ETI through the RECON system of the
Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, or directly from ETIC at:
NIEHS
P.O. Box 12233
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Telephone: (919) 541-3418.
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FEDERAL INDEX
Scope:
FEDERAL INDEX provides access to information on Federal government
activities including hearings, speeches, bill introductions, roll calls, and
other activities of the U.S. Congress; existing and proposed rules and
regulations, notices, hearings, contract awards, and other activities of the
executive departments and agencies; presidential views, proclamations, final
actions on legislation, and other activities; and court decisions and other
judicial activities. The online file corresponds to the hardcopy Federal
Index.
FEDERAL INDEX is an interdisciplinary source of information on trends and
developments in Washington. Areas covered include:
o Current Events o International Relations
o Finance o Business
o Government o Trade
o Banking o Legislation
o Politics o Diplomacy
Access;
FEDERAL INDEX is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. For information on DIALOG, consult Appendix A.
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FOODS ADLIBRA
Scope:
The foods Adlibra bibliographic data base covers all facets of the food
industry and other industries related to agriculture. Areas covered incude-.
o New products o Brokers
o Imports o Research and Technology
o Management and Marketing Developments
o Food Service Operators o Equipment
o Processors o Nutrition
o Retailers o Toxicology
o Manufacturing and Production o Patents
of Foodstuffs o Engineering
Sources of data are mostly trade periodicals, technical iournals, and
patents. The file is updated monthly.
Access:
FOODS ADLIBRA is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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Scope;
The Federal Register Search System (FRSS) provides a cross reference to
all of the citations relating to a chemical or class of chemicals cited in the
Federal Register^ since January 1, 1978. The Federal Register title, part,
subpart, and a short description of the Federal Register notice or regulation
are included for each of more than 100,000 citations. The data base is
updated weekly.
Access :
FRSS is available through the Chemical Information System (CIS) . Consult
Appendix A.
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FSTA
Scope:
Food science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) provides access to research
and new development literature in the areas related to food science and
technology. Basic allied disciplines such as chemistry, physics,
biochemistry, and agriculture are covered as well. Fringe areas, such as home
economics and engineering, are included when relevant to food science.
FSTA reports on a wide range of topics, including such areas as the
following:
o Basic Food Science o Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts
o Food Microbiology o Sugars
o Food Hygiene o Cocoa and Chocolate Products
o Food Engineering o Fats, Oils
o Food Packaging o Fish
o Commodity Technologies o Dairy Products
o Beverages o Meat, Poultry, Game
o Food Additives o Food Laws, Regulations
Sources of information include 1350 1ournals from over 74 countries,
patents from over 20 countries, and books in any language. FSTA is updated
monthly.
Access:
FSTA is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information retrieval
systems, consult Appendix A.
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HMSM
Scope:
The Hazardous Materials Spill Monitoring - Safety Handbook and Chemical
Hazard Guide (HMSM) is an EPA generated manual intended to provide information
on how to prevent accidental exposure to hazardous materials and on first-aid
measures in the event of an accident.
The compounds in the HMSM correspond to those in the Chemical Spills data
base that was compiled by the Water and Land Quality Branch, Monitoring
Operations Divisions, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. That data base incudes all chemicals
tentatively designated as hazardous by the EPA in the Federal Register, Vol.
39, No. 169, Aug. 22, 1974, all chemicals in the U.S. Coast Guard "CHRIS"
manuals, Jan. 1974, and those hazardous materials reported as spilled during
the period 1970-1974. The manual indicates, for each compound, recommended
safety procedures for entering a spill area, the principal hazards associated
with a spill, and the recommended immediate action to be taken (prior to the
arrival of medical aid) in the event of exposure. Compounds are indexed in
this manual by name and CAS Registry Number; common synonyms as well as
available trade names are included. A priority listing of the compounds based
upon their hazard ratings and reported spill freguency is also included.
Access:
For more information on this manual, contact:
Llewellyn R. Williams, Ph.D.
Biological Quality Assurance Program Manager
Quality Assurance Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, Nevada 89114
Telephone: (702) 798-2138.
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IEDC
Scope:
The Ion Energetics Data Center (IEDC) at the National Bureau of Standards
offers a data base of critically evaluated ion energetics measurements. A
comprehensive publication of these evaluated data and associated measurements,
references, and critical commentary has been published (H.M. Rosenstock, K.
Draxl, B. Steiner, and J.T. Herron, "Energetics of Gaseous Ions" J. Phys.
Chem. Ref. Data 6, Supplement 1 (1977)).
A major component of this evaluated data base is first ionization
potentials of over 3,100 neutral organic and inorganic species, and heats of
formation of many precursors. The ionization potential measurements are based
on all pertinent techniques including spectroscopy, photoelectron
spectroscopy, photoionization, electron impact, and other less widely used
techniques.
Access:
Further information regarding IEDC can be obtained by contacting:
Dr. Henry M. Rosenstock
Chemical Thermodynamics Division 543
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D.C. 20234
(301) 921-2793
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IFIS
Scope:
The industry File Index System (IFIS) is a data base that incorporates
industry, chemical, and EPA regulatory information. The IFIS was developed to
provide a concise description of industries and industry-specific regulation
of chemicals. The IFIS is able to provide a user with information such as:
o what regulations exist for a particular industry or what industries
could be affected by a regulation under consideration;
o what chemicals used by an industry are or are not regulated;
o in which industry subcategories certain chemicals are used; and
o potential uses of chemicals.
Other data fields within IFIS include CAS number (and SEQ number) ,
element code (from the periodic table; this allows searches for a metal and
its salts without needing all the necessary CAS numbers), chemical regulatory
status (explicitly or implicitly regulated, not regulated, or unknown), SIC
codes, regulatory authority (e.g., Clean Water Act), regulatory status
(proposed, interim final or final), section(s) of statute, precision of
quantification, media (medial directly affected by regulation), type of
technology (BPT, NSPS, etc.), industrial subcategories where applicable,
references, Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations citations,
descriptors (a general field used to provide a variety of information about a
chemical or pollutant), and uses.
The information contained in this data base was extracted from all the
EPA regulatory support documents, to the extent they were available, that were
obtained from the respective EPA program Offices. The Code of Federal
Regulations and the Federal Register were also used.
Access;
The data base is currently located on the EPA UNIVAC in Research Triangle
Park and can be accessed by the System 2000 Data Base Management System.
For further information about IFIS, its contents and report retrievals,
contact:
Daryl L. Kaufman
Chemical information and Analysis Unit
USA. EPA
Washington,D.C. 20460
(202) 382-3399
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INSPEC
Scope:
INSPEC provides worldwide coverage of the literature in the fields of
physics, electrical engineering, electronics, computers, and control
engineering. Foreign-language source material is also included, but it is
abstracted and indexed in English. The data base includes Physics Abstracts,
Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, and Computer Control Abstracts.
The principal subject areas are indicated below:
o Atomic and Molecular Physics o
o Computer Programming and
Applications o
o Computer Systems and Equipment o
o Condensed Matter: Electrical o
Magnetic, and Optical Properties o
o Condensed Matter: Structure, o
Thermal, and Mechanical
Properties o
o Control Technology
o Electrical and Magnetic o
o Devices o
o Electromagnetics, Optics,
and Circuits
Gasses, Fluid Dynamics and
Plasmas
General Topics
Elementary Particle Physics
Instruments and Measurement
Interdisciplinary Subj ects
Information/Communication
Science and Engineering
Mathematics and Mathematical
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Power Systems and
Applications
Access;
INSPEC is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information retrieval
systems. Consult Appendix A.
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IPC CHEMICAL DATA BASE
Scope;
The IPC Chemical Data Base provides worldwide coverage of production and
trade of industrial chemicals and current and planned plant capacities. It
may be used to find manufacturing and production data such as plant locations,
capacities, actual production figures, processes, and feedstocks. Commerce
and trade information, such as licensors, contractors, imports, exports, and
trade breakdown for countries or origin and destination is also available.
The data base is searchable only by an arbitrary IPC-assigned product code and
an IPC-assigned country code.
The file currently contains more than 100,000 records derived from such
sources as the United Nations publication, Yearbook of Industrial Statistics;
CMEA Year Book; national production and trade statistics of various countries;
worldwide publications; press releases; reference lists from chemical plant
contractors, engineers, and licensors; company reports; and direct on-going
verification by chemical companies. The file is updated monthly.
Access:
IPC CHEMICAL DATA BASE is available through:
ADP Network Services, Inc.
175 Jackson Plaza
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Telephone: (313) 769-6800.
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ISMEC
The ISMEC (Information Service in Mechanical Engineering) data base
corresponds to the biweekly printed ISMEC Bulletin. ISMEC indexes significant
articles in all aspects of mechanical engineering, production engineering, and
engineering management from approximately 250 j ournals published throughout
the world. In addition, books, reports and conference proceedings are
indexed. These sources are further supplemented by relevant material from
more than 2,000 periodicals in physics and engineering that are received. The
primary emphasis is on comprehensive coverage of leading international
journals and conferences on mechanical engineering subjects.
The principal subject areas include the following:
o Management and Production o Energy and power
o Measurement and Control o Transport and Handling
o Mechanics, Materials, and o Mechanical Engineering
Devices in Science and Engineering
o Mechanical Engineering and o Other Applications of
Natural Resources o Mechanical Engineering
o Production Processes, Tools,
and Equipment
Access:
ISMEC is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information retrieval
systems. Consult Appendix A.
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KIRK-OTHMER
Scope;
The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is a reference
encyclopedia which covers virtually all major aspects of chemical technology
and related topics: industrial products, natural resources, manufacturing
processes, and chemical uses. The third edition will include topics such as
energy, health, safety, toxicology, new materials, polymer and plastics
technology, inorganic and solid-state chemistry, composite materials,
fermentation and enzymes, coatings, Pharmaceuticals, and surfactant
technology.
Second edition volumes were sequentially published from 1963-1972. In
the 25 volumes of the third edition, approximately 1,000 articles written by
subject experts will appear. The third edition volumes are being issued at a
rate of four per year; completion of the set is expected in early 1984.
Access:
The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is published by:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Wiley-Interscience Division
605 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10158
Telephone: (212) 850-6000.
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MEDLINE
Scope:
MEDLINE is a medical bibliographic data base which indexes 3,000 medical
journals for the period starting January 1977 to the present. The annual
entry rate is 380,000 to 630,000 articles cited per year and the total file at
present is over 2,000,000 entries concerning medical science. Health effects
due to chemical exposure are included. Index Medicus, the printed equivalent
to MEDLINE, goes back to January 1966. Search terms used are taken from a
Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) thesaurus.
Access;
MEDLINE is a component of the MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and
Retrieval System). Consult Appendix A.
Medline is now available online back to 1966.
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MERCK INDEX
The Merck Index; An Encyclopedia of Chemicals and Drugs, is a one-volume
reference book containing nearly 10,000 monographs and over 30 tables
presenting information on chemical substances. It includes 8,000 structural
displays of life formulas and 50,000 chemical synonyms. The Index has been
published since 1889 and is currently in its ninth edition.
will be available in September, 1983.
A tenth edition
The Merck Index describes the preparation and general chemical properties
of compounds; correlates trivial, generic (drug), and chemical names with
structures, trademarks, and company affiliations,- and provides succinct
information as to the use, principal pharmacological action, and toxicity of
substances covered. The text of the book is organized into a main monographs
section, tables, and indexes. Indexes of chemical formulas and chemical names
provide access to the monographs. Over 30 tables provide chemical-related
data.
The information descriptions for the 10,000 chemicals listed include:
o Monograph Number o
o Title o
o Chemical Abstracts Name(s) o
o Alternative Names o
o Structure o
o Empirical Formula o
o Molecular Weight o
o Percentage Composition o
o Caution o
o Use
Literature Reference
Physical Data
Derivatives
Therapeutic Category
(THERAP CAT)
Therapeutic Category
(Therap CAT/VET)
Toxicity Data
Human Toxicity
Access:
The ninth edition of the Merck Index is currently out of stock. Purchase
orders for the tenth edition, which will be available in September, 1983,
should be directed to:
Merck and Company, Inc.
Publications Department
P.O. Box 2000
Rahway, New Jersey 07065
Telephone: (201) 574-5403.
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METADEX
Scope;
The METADEX (Metal Abstracts/Alloys Index) data base, produced by the
American Society for Metals (ASM) and the Metals Society (London), provides
the most comprehensive coverage of international literature on the science of
metallurgy. Included in this data base are Review of Metal Literature (1966-
1967), Metals Abstracts (1968-present), and, since 1974, Alloys index. Metals
Abstracts includes about 30,000 citations each year from about 1,100 primary
-journal sources. Alloys Index supplements Metals Abstracts by providing
access to the citations through commercial, numerical, and compositional alloy
designations; specific metallic systems; and intermetallic compounds found
within these systems. In addition to specialized topics (including specific
alloy designations, intermetallic compounds, and metallurgical systems), six
basic categories of metallurgy are covered:
o Materials
o Processes
o properties
o Products
o Forms
o influencing Factors
Access;
METADEX is available both in hard-copy and on-line through the DIALOG
information retrieval system. Consult Appendix A.
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MSSS
Scope;
The Mass Spectral Search System (MSSS) is an outline, interactive data
base available through the Chemical Information System (CIS). It contains
over 30,000 searchable substances' spectra with references and over 60,000
bibliographic entries concerning mass spectrometry. Mass spectral,
mass/charge, (M/E) values, and relative intensities, molecular weight, and
molecular formula are included in the spectral subfile, as are Chemical
Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Numbers, CAS names, and a quality index
rating for retrieved spectra. Mass Spectrometry bulletin bibliographic
subfile includes author, year of publication, elements, and index terms.
Pattern recognition-based searching capabilities may be applied to user input
spectra or data base extant spectra. Following are MSSS online capabilities:
Mass spectral data has been incorporated into MSSS from a variety of
sources: governmental agencies, reference books and collections, industry,
and individual researchers. Data are reviewed and a spectral Quality index
assigned to each spectrum prior to incorporation into MSSS.
Offline Complete Spectrum Search (BATCH): A version of the complete
spectrum search program KB; accepts input data and holds it until the search
can be run in nonprime time.
Element Search (EIE): Accepts any atomic symbol and retrieves all
bulletin indexed references to that element.
SPEC: Allows examination of any complete names spectrum.
General Index Search (INDEX): Searches the general index of the Mass
Spectrometry Bulletin.
Complete Spectrum Search (KE): Permits the sequential comparison of
unknown spectrum to each spectrum in the MSSS Data base or the user's own
private mass spectral files.
Calculation of Isotopic Incorporation Levels (LAB): Accepts all or part
of the mass spectrum of an isotopically labelled compound together with the
same part of the mass spectrum of the corresponding unlabelled compound and
uses these data to determine the mole fractions of all the isotopically
labelled species in the former.
Metastable Ion Calculatory (META) : Calculates the M/E values of the
various metastable ions that correspond to a given parent/daughter pair.
Molecular Formula Search (MF): Permits the user to search for all mass
spectra of compounds with a given molecular formula. (The option 'PF' permits
searches for partial molecular fomulas.)
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Calculate Formulas from Accurate Masses (MOLFOR): Accepts an accurately
determined M/E value and calculates all possible atomic compositions that have
approximately the same accurate mass.
Molecular Weight Search (MW): Searches for spectra of compounds by
specified molecular weight.
Plot a Spectrum on a Graphic Device (PLOT): Plots a spectrum as a bar
graph.
Peaks and Complete Molecular Formulas (PMF): Searches for all spectra
containing given peaks and corresponding compounds with a specific molecular
formula.
Peaks and Molecular Weight (PMW): Searches for all compounds having a
given molecular weight and with specific peaks in their mass spectra.
Spectrum Similarity Calculation (SIM): The spectrum dissimilarity
calculation permits the user to establish the quantitative dissimilarity
between any two mass spectra. The spectra may both be from the data base, or
one may be from the user's spectrum and the other a possible hit from the data
base.
Spectrum Retrieval (SPEC): Uses the ID number of a mass spectrum
(provided as a result of any search through the data base) to find and
retrieve the complete spectrum in question.
Subject Search (SUBJECT): Allows a search through the cumulative subject
index of the Mass Spectrometry Bulletin.
Access:
MSSS is available through the Chemical Information System (CIS). For
information about how to access CIS, consult Appendix A.
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NFPA
Scope;
Hazardous Chemicals Data, compiled by the National Fire Prevention
Association (NFPA), presents the most authoritative data available concerning
hazardous substances. Substances are listed in order to make available
information about hazardous properties and fire fighting phases to improve
fire protection and prevention. If a chemical is omitted from the
publication, it does not mean it is not hazardous. A chemical must meet one
or more of the following criteria in order to be included:
o pose a health hazard of 2 or higher (based on scale of 0-4; 4 the
most hazardous),
o have reactivity rating of 1 or higher (based on scale of 0-4; 4 the
most hazardous),
o have unusual storage or fire fighting problems, and
o be hazardous when contaminated with other chemicals.
In this publication, the following specific types of information are
provided for each chemical:
o Description o storage
o Fire and Explosion Hazards o Remarks
o Life Hazard o Flash Point
o Fire Fighting Phases o Flammability
o Usual Shipping Containers
Access;
Hazardous Chemicals Data, publication number NFPA-49, may be purchased
from:
NFPA
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, Massachusetts 02269
Telephone: (617) 328-9290.
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NIOSHTIC
The NIOSHTIC data base is an online, interactive bibliographic data base
generated and maintained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health Technical Information Center (NIOSHTIC) to support NIOSH interests in
research and the documentation of recommended occupational safety standards.
The NIOSHTIC data base contains over 70,000 document records concerning
all aspects of occupational safety and health, including industrial hygiene,
environmental health, industrial medicine, sampling methodology, analytical
chemistry, environmental engineering, physiology, behavioral psychology,
epidemiology, and many other fields. Records contain bibliographic citations,
indexing terms, and abstracts. Approximately 75 percent of the documents
referenced in the data base are drawn from the open literature, the remainder
originating as NIOSH-published documents and unpublished research reports.
Access:
To access NIOSHTIC, call Dr. Allen Susten, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio (513)
684-6474.
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NOAA DATA BASES
Scope:
The National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration1s Environmental
Science Information Center (ESIC) collects, analyzes, and disseminates
information about the atmosphere, Earth, oceans, Sun, and space. The
Environmental Data Index has been developed, and access to other data bases
obtained, to provide a "one-stop" service for computerized searching of
references to NCAA's areas of interest. This service is carried out by the
NOAA Environmental Data and information Service.
Access:
The Environmental Science Information Center Provides searches from-.
o DIALOG
o ORBIT
o MEDLARS (National Library of Medicine)
o National oceanograhic Data Center
Ocean bottom photo file
Index of subsurface ocean measurements
Bathythermograph files
Aquaculture file
o FAO/UN Aquatic Sciences Bibliographic File
o Biological Abstracts
o Engineering Index
O ENVIROLINE, MEDLINE
o Oceanic Abstracts
o Pollution Abstracts
Searches can be requested in person, by telephone, or by submission of
NOAA Form 24-21. NOAA personnel can contact any of the offices listed below;
others should direct their requests to the first office listed below, except
for ENDEX searches, which should be directed to the National Oceanographic
Data Center.
Environmental Science Information Center
User services and Branch, D822
NOAA Library and information Services Division
6009 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland 20852 (301) 443-8330
Environmental Research Laboratories
Library Services, R51
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80302 (301) 499-1000 ext. 3271
FTS: 323-3271
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National Oceanographic Data Center
Data Index Branch, D782
Room 276, Page Building #1
2001 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20235 (202) 634-7298
National Climatic Center
User Services Branch, D542x2
Federal Building
Asheville, NC 28801 (704) 258-2850 ext. 677
FTS: 672-0677
NOAA Library and Information Services Division
Environmental Science Information Center
Silver Spring Center, D8224
816 Gramax Building
8060 13th Street
Silver Spring, MD 20235 (301) 427-7800
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
Library
Kodiak Facility
P.O. Box 1638
Kodiak, Alaska 99615 (907) 487-4961
FTS: Dial 399-0151, ask operator
for commercial number
Northeast Fisheries Center
Library
Woods Hole, MA 02543 (617) 548-5123, ext. 60
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Library
2300 Washtenaw Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 769-7203
FTS: 378-2242
NOAA Library and information Services Division
Environmental Science Information Center
Miami Center
15 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33146 FTS: 350-1330
Center for Climatic and Environmental Assessment
Federal Building, Room 116
Columbia, MO 65201 (314) 442-2271, ext. 3261
Southeast Fisheries Center
Beaufort Laboratory
Beaufort, NC 28516 (919) 728-4595
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Southwest Fisheries Center
Honolulu Laboratory
2570 Dole Street
P.O. Box 3830
Honolulu, HI 96812 FTS: 556-0220, ask for
(808) 946-2181
Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory
P.O. Box 155
Auke Bay, Alaska 99821 (907) 789-7231
National Ocean Survey
physical Science Services Branch
Map Library and Information Service
Room 709, WSC#1
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 443-8031
National Ocean Survey
Pacific Marine Center
1801 Fairview Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 442-7657
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NOES
Scope;
The National Occupational Exposure Survey (NOES) will update the two year
National Occupational Hazard Survey (NOHS) that was initiated in 1972. It is
intended to describe the health and safety conditions in the American work
environment and, more specifically, to determine the extent of worker exposure
to chemical and physical agents. The businesses participating in the survey
were selected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and consisted of approximately
5,000 establishments in 67 metropolitan areas throughout the United States.
This sample was chosen to be representative of all non-agricultural businesses
covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Each of the
selected business establishments was visited by a member of a professionally
trained survey team, where the survey itself consisted of two major parts. In
the first part, appropriate management personnel were interviewed, using as
the basis of the interview a standard set of 50 guestions regarding facility
policies and conditions relevant to employee safety and health. In the second
part, a walkthrough investigation of the facility was conducted, in this
walkthrough, potential hazards were noted, the occupational titles of the
people exposed were coded, and the intended control procedures utilized in
connection with the hazard were recorded. The three volume NIOSH publication,
the National Occupational Exposure Survey, will describe the survey itself
(Volume I - Survey Manual) and the subsequent data base and retrieval system
development (Volume II - Data Editing and Data base Development), and it will
provide tabular compilations of some of the data base statistics (Volume in -
Survey Analysis and Supplemental Tables).
Access:
Single copies of the published NOHS documents can be obtained by sending
a self-addressed mailing label to:
Publications Dissemination
Division of Technical Services
NIOSH
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45226
For additional information concerning the contents of the NOES or the
earlier NOHS, contact:
Mr. Joseph Seta
Surveillance Branch (F3)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45226 (513) 684-2706
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NSF-HCL
The National Science Foundation Hazardous Chemicals List (NSF-HCL) lists
organic compounds which may be of special interest with respect to possible
environmental and/or health effects. The primary purpose of this list is to
place in the hands of NSF and other interested organizations a list of
compounds that could help guide future environmental and health research.
Access:
For a more detailed description of this project, see "Final Report of NSF
Workshop Panel to Select Organic Compounds Hazardous to the Environment,"
October 1975. Two appendices in that report are of particular interest:
Appendix IV A, where the original chemicals are ranked by release rate, and
Appendix V, where the final list of 80 chemicals is ranked by order of
interest.
An additional four volumes of information on this project are available
through the National Technical Information Service (Research Program on Hazard
priority Ranking of Manufactured Chemicals, Phase II Final Report, SRI, ECU
3386).
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NSRDS
Scope;
Reliable reporting of physical and chemical properties related to toxic
chemicals is essential to environmental assessment and chemical spill or waste
regulation and management.
The National Standard Reference Data System (NSRDS) was established in
1963 as a means of coordinating, on a national scale, the production and
dissemination of critically evaluated reference data in the physical
sciences. Onder the Standard Reference Data Act (Public Law 90-396), the
National Bureau of Standards (NBS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has the
primary responsibility in the Federal Government for providing reliable
scientific and technical reference data. The Office of Standard Reference
Data (OSRD) of NBS coordinates a complex of data evaluation centers that are
located in university, industrial, and other Government laboratories as well
as within the NBS. These centers are engaged in the compilation and critical
evaluation of numerical data on physical and chemical properties retrieved
from the world scientific literature.
The primary focus of the NSRDS is on well-defined physical and chemical
properties of well-characterized materials or systems. An effort is made to
assess the accuracy of data reported in the primary research literature and to
prepare compilations of critically evaluated data that will serve as reliable
and convenient reference sources for the scientific and technical community.
NSRDS publications and data bases include:
o the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data containing
standard data developments;
o a series of data monographs that report NBS test results;
o data from other sources related to properties of chemicals (these
include Russian translations);
o the NBS/NIH/EPA/MSDC Mass Spectral Data base, which contains the mass
spectra of thousands of compounds;
o the Thermophysical Properties of Hydrocarbons Mixtures data base;
o the NBS Chemical Thermodynamics Data base; and
o the NBS Crystal Indentification File data base.
Access;
The NSRDS publications are available from a variety of sources. These
include the American Chemical Society (ACS); American Institute of Physics
(AIP); the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO);
the National Technical Information Servide (NTIS); the OSRD; as well as
private publishers and societies.
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All four NSRDS data bases are available on mag tape through:
OSRD Reference Center
Rockville, MD
Telephone: (301) 921-2228.
The Mass Spectral Data base and the Crystal Identification File are also
currently available through the CIS information retrieval system as the Mass
Spectral Search System (MSSS) and the NBS Crystal Data Identification File
(XTAL), respectively; the other two data bases will soon become available on
the CIS system. Consult Appendix A.
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NTIS
Scope;
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) data base consists of
government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports plus
analyses, journal articles, and translations prepared by Federal agencies,
their contractors or grantees. NTIS also covers federally generated machine-
readable files and software as well as U.S. Government inventions available
for licensing. It is the means through which unclassified, unlimited
distribution reports are made available to the public.
The NTIS data base includes material from both the "hard" and "soft"
sciences and includes topics of immediate broad interest. These include:
environmental pollution and control, energy conservation, technology transfer,
health planning, societal problems, and urban and regional planning. An
outline of the subject coverage of this file is shown below:
o Administration o
o Aeronautics and Aerodynamics o
o Agriculture and Food
o Astronomy and Astrophysics o
o Behavior and Society o
o Biomedical Technology and o
Engineering o
o Building Technology o
o Business and Economics o
o Chemistry
o Civil Engineering o
o Communication o
o Computers, Control and o
Information Theory o
o Electrotechnology o
o Energy o
o Environmental Pollution and
Control
Health Planning
Industrial and Mechanical
Engineering
Library and Information Sciences
Materials Sciences
Medicine and Biology
Mathematical Sciences
Military Sciences
Natural Resources and Earth
Sciences
Navigation, Guidance and Control
Nuclear Science and Technology
Physics
Space Technology
Transportation
Urban and Regional Technology
Access;
NTIS is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information retrieval
systems. For information about how to access DIALOG and ORBIT, consult
Appendix A.
NTIS may be contacted directly:
National Technical information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, Virginia 22161 (703) 487-4630
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OA
Scope;
OCEANIC ABSTRACTS (OA) organizes and indexes worldwide technical
literature on marine related subjects. Its records cite journals, books,
technical reports, conference proceedings, and government and trade
publications.
Following are the major subject areas covered by this data base:
o oceanography
o marine biology
o marine pollution
o ships and shipping
o geology and geophysics
o meteorology
o government and legal aspects of marine resources.
Access;
OA is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information retrieval
systems. For information about how to access DIALOG or ORBIT, consult
Appendix A. The printed version of OA is available from Data Courier Inc.,
620 S. 5th Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, (502) 582-4111.
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OCPDB
Scope:
The Organic Chemical Producers' Data Base (OCPDB) is a computerized data
resource designed to provide data on organic chemicals that the EPA may use to
analyze and assess the U.S. organic chemical industry.
OCPDB contains sales, use, and process data for over 600 commercial
chemicals produced in the O.S. Data on production sites, production volumes,
prices, production processes, feedstocks or raw materials, chemical
intermediates, end uses, sales estimates, and chemical identification data
(including Wiswesser Line Notations) have been collected from the open
literature and government reports.
In addition to online data retrieval, high level software programs are
available to generate inputs in a batch mode.
The OCPDB is composed only of chemical production, uses, and process
related data items. However, the 600 commercial chemicals listed in the data
base include the priority pollutants for which EPA is establishing water
quality criteria and some of the chemicals for which EPA is establishing air
regulations. Information from the open literature and government reports are
included from 1976 to the present.
Access:
This data base is currently for EPA in-house use only, prospective users
may contact the following individual for access:
Mark Stutsman
Organic and Inorganic Chemicals and Products Branch
O.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 West Saint Clair Street
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Telephone: (513) 684-7517.
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OHM-TADS
Scope;
The Oil and Hazardous Materials Technical Assistance Data System (OHM-
TADS) is designed to include all information pertinent to spill response
efforts related to any material designated as an oil or hazardous material.
As such, it includes a wide variety of physical, chemical, biological,
toxicological, and commercial data.
OHM-TADS is an automated information retrieval file designated to
facilitate rapid retrieval of information in up to 126 fields on about 1,100
oil and hazardous substances. Data files were constructed in such a manner
that a systematic query program could prove of great value, both for online
response to spill incidents and for summary evaluation relating to enforcement
and research activities. The file is updated continuously.
The primary function of the files is to provide immediate feedback of
information on hazardous substances to spill response team personnel and other
emergency action groups. Individual segments contain both numerical data and
interpretive comments. These can serve as a background for decisionmaking and
provide guidelines to initiate corrective action. The file also contains
personal protection data for emergency response personnel and other
individuals exposed to hazardous substances.
OHM-TADS is also very useful as a means of identifying chemical
substances from their gross propertiessuch as smell and colorand it is
used in this way in connection with emergency response efforts to chemical
spills. As an example, a chemical leaking from a battery, corroding a zinc
floor, and leaving a yellow deposit could be tentatively identified from these
three observations as mercuric sulfate, and some of the hazardous properties
of this material could be printed out in order to help the spill response team
with their attempts to deal safely with this chemical spill.
Access;
OHM-TADS is available through the CIS information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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PAPERCHEM
Scope;
PAPERCHEM data base is produced by the Institute of Paper Chemistry and
corresponds to the publication, Abstract Bulletin of the Institute of Paper
Chemistry. It covers the scientific and technical literature of pulp, paper,
and board-manufacturing and utilizing industries. Areas covered include:
o Engineering and process control o Technologies and Practices
o Wood Chemistry o Raw Materials
o Theoretical Principles o Products
o Forestry and Silviculture
Source documents include about 1,000 periodicals published in over twenty
languages, patent gazettes of six major countries, symposium proceedings, and
selected secondary sources. PAPERCHEM is updated eleven times per year.
Access:
PAPERCHEM is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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PDSM
Scope;
Powder Diffraction Search Match (PDSM) is designed to search the data
collected by the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards (JCPDS).
Experimentally determined patterns can be compared to the data base using
d-spacings and intensities. The system takes into account possible mixtures
and indicates how many lines are matched for each component. The data base
includes organics, inorganics, minerals, and alloys. The PDSM is updated
quarterly.
Access:
PDSM is available through the Chemical Information System (CIS). Consult
Appendix A.
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PESTDOC
Scope;
Pest Control Literature Documentation (PESTDOC) is a bibliographic data
base which relates to both agriculture and the environment in that it covers
the worldwide scientific literature on pesticides, herbicides, and plant
protection. It is designed specifically to meet the requirements of
manufacturers of agricultural chemicals other than fertilizers. It covers:
o Analytical Techniques o Herbicides
o Biology o Fungicides
o Chemistry o Molluscides
o Toxicology o Rodenticides
o Insecticides
PESTDOC-II is a subset file which covers a number of annual conference
proceedings not covered in PESTDOC.
PESTDOC bibliographic data are obtained entirely from journal articles;
whereas data in PESTDOC-II are obtained from government reports, monographs,
published proceedings, theses, and papers presented at conferences. The files
are updated quarterly.
Access;
PESTDOC is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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PHS-149
The Survey of Componds Which Have Been Tested for Carcinogenic Activity
(Public Health Service Publication 149 (PHS-149)) is a series of eight books
with data extracts from the scientific literature regarding experimental
animal testing of chemical compounds. The animals were treated with various
chemicals and examined for tumors (neoplasms) 30 days or more after initial
treatment. Test Protocols and results are given, but no critical evaluation
of carcinogencity is provided. The eight volumes cover the literature from
the earliest carcinogencity testing, pre-1947 to 1973, and the 1978
literature. They include more than 4,000 compounds.
The books are arranged by generic chemical structural classes. Within
each class, individual entries are arranged by preferred chemical name. Each
entry reports data on the chemical tested, experimental animals, materials,
administration protocol, tumors evidenced, and references to the literature
where the test was reported.
Testing entries are indexed by the author of the article (in most cases
the principal investigator), chemical name, route of administration, site of
administration, animals species, tumor site, and vehicle. Cumulative indices
for the entire series, included in each edition, provide cumulative
bibliography, indices for compound name, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
registry number, molecular formula, and Wiswesser Line Notation (WLN),
Entries for animal tests, in which more than one test compound was
administered, appear in the test section for each compound. Data from studies
in which tumors were purposely induced by known carcinogens as baseline data
are not included.
Structure and nomenclature data for substances in PHS-149 are referenced
by and searchable in the Structural and Nomenclature Search System (SANSS)
component of the EPA/NIH Chemical Information System (CIS).
Access;
The PHS-149 is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. The contact
point is:
National Cancer Institute
Landow Building, Room C337
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20014
Dr. Herman F. Kraybill, Scientific Coordinator
for Environmental Cancer
(301) 496-1625
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Copies of the books may be purchased through:
Superintendent of Documents
O.S. Government Printing Office
North Capitol Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20402
(202) 783-3238
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PIRA
Scope;
PIRA is the online composite of four separate printed publications:
Paper and Board Abstracts, Printing Abstracts, Packaging Abstracts, and
Management and Marketing Abstracts. The first three provide abstracts of
industry-specific scientific, technical, marketing, and management literature;
the last covers the general literature and is not directed to any particular
industry. PIRA is produced by The Research Association for the Paper and
Board, printing and Packaging Industries and is worldwide in coverage.
The data base is divided into four principal subject areas: paper and
board, printing, packaging, and management and marketing. A representative
list of subj ects is given below:
o Adhesives o Graphic Arts o Pollution
o Advertising o Industrial Relations o Production
o Binding o Inks Management
o Composition o Materials o Pulps
o Education and Training o Machinery o Recycling
o Finishing o Occupational Safety o Retailing
o Food Packaging o photography o Testing
o Forecasting o Plastics Packaging
Sources include over 600 periodicals, as well as books, pamphlets,
standards, specifications, legislation, translations, conference papers,
research reports, and trade literature.
Access:
PIRA is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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POISINDEX
Scope:
POISINDEX is designed to provide information for the emergency
identification and therapeutic management of acute poisoning. Information in
POISINDEX has been obtained from manufacturers, retailers, and published
data. All Management file entries are edited and reviewed by a review board
composed of practicing toxicologists, physicians, and pharmacists. It is
available as a set of 140 microfiche.
The data base is organized in accordance with six subset files:
o Management
o Product/Ingredient
o Plants
o Snakes
o Mushrooms
o Tablet and Capsule identification.
The Product/Ingredient file has over 160,000 alphabetical entries for
chemical names, commercial brand and trade names, generic and common
misspellings for commercially, publicly accessible products, chemical
substances, living organisms, and biological agents. Each product/Ingredient
entry contains information regarding the composition or formulation of the
substance and references to the Management file for suggested treatment.
Management file entries contain detailed information on clinical effects,
treatment, available forms, pharmacology, ranges of toxicity, laboratory
methodologies and values, and references for specific types of toxicity. The
Table and Capsule Identification file lists drug capsules and tablets by the
imprint code (numbers and letters), colors, and other identifying
characteristics, ingredient compositions and references to Management entries
are given.
POISINDEX also has indexes for the identification of plants, snakes and
snake bites, and mushrooms.
All index references include microfiche number and frame numbers for the
referenced item. No cross-references are used in the indices. Each entry
contains all available information.
Access:
POISINDEX is generated by the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center,
Denver, Colorado, and is disseminated by Micromedex, Inc., Englewood,
Colorado, on a subscription basis. It is available only in microfiche form.
POISINDEX complete files are regenerated and reissued quarterly to ensure
currency. It is available from:
Micromedex, Inc.
2750 South Shoshone Street
Englewood, Colorado 80110
(303) 781-7813
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POLLUTION ABSTRACTS
Scope;
POLLUTION ABSTRACTS, corresponding to the hardcopy Pollution Abstracts,
is a leading resource for references to environmentally related literature on
pollution, its sources, and its control.
The following subjects are covered by the POLLUTION ABSTRACTS data base:
o Air Pollution
o Environmental Quality
o Noise Pollution
o Pesticides
o Radiation
o Solid Wastes
o Water Pollution.
Access;
POLLUTION ABSTRACTS is available through the DIALOG and ORBIT information
retrieval systems. For information about how to access DIALOG and ORBIT,
consult Appendix A.
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PTS FSS INDEX
PTS FSS INDEX (Predicasts Terminal System/Funk & Scott Index) indexes all
significant information appearing in over 2,500 newspapers, business
magazines, government reports, trade journals, bank letters, and special
reports throughout the world. The PTS FSS INDEX data base provides
information on acquisitions, capacities, end uses, environment, foreign trade,
market data, new products, production, regulations, and technology. The data
base provides a very brief description of each item indexed. Products and
services covered include:
o Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries o
o Apparel and Related Products o
o Chemicals and Allied Products o
o Communications
o Construction o
o Electric/Electronic Machinery o
and Equipment
o Financial Services o
o Food and Kindred Products o
o Furniture o
o Governments o
o Instruments and Related Products
o Leather and Products o
o Medical and Health Services o
o Membership Organizations o
o Metals and Fabricated Metal o
products o
o Mining and Extractive Industries o
o Ordnance
Other Kinds of Manufacturing
Paper and Allied Products
Petroleum and Energy
Products
Printing and Publishing
Regional Trade and Inter-
national Groups
Rubber and Allied Products
Sciences
Service Industries
Stone, Clay and Glass
Products
Textile Mill Products
Tobacco Products
Transportation
Transport Equipment
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Wood and Wood Products
Access;
PTS FSS INDEX is available through the DIALOG, BRS, and DATA-STAR
(available only in Europe) information retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A.
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PTS-PROMT
PTS-PROMPT (Predicasts Terminal System/Predicasts Overview of Markets and
Technology) abstracts all significant information appearing in 1,500
newspapers, business magazines, government.reports, trade journals, bank
letters, and special reports throught the world. The PTS-PROMT data base
provides information on acquisitions, capacities, end uses, environment,
international trade, market data, new products, production, regulations, and
technology. The data base provides a complete summary of each item indexed.
Products and services covered include:
o Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries o
o Apparel and Related Products o
o Chemical and Allied Products o
o Communications
o Construction o
o Electric/Electronic Machinery o
and Equipment
o Financial Services o
o Food and Kindred Products o
o Furniture o
o Governments o
o Instruments and Related Products
o Leather and Products o
o Medical and Health Services o
o Membership Organizations o
o Metals and Fabricated Metal o
Products o
o Mining and Extractive Industries o
o Ordnance
Other Kinds of Manufacturing
Paper and Allied Products
Petroleum and Energy
Products
Printing and Publishing
Regional Trade and Inter-
national Groups
Rubber and Allied Products
Sciences
Service industries
Stone, Clay and Glass
Products
Textile Mill Products
Tobacco Products
Transportation
Transport Equipment
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Wood and Wood Products
Access;
PTS-PROMT is available through the DIALOG, BRS, and DATA-STAR (available
only in Europe) information retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A.
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RAPRA ABSTRACTS
Scope;
RAPRA ABSTRACTS (Rubber and Plastics Research Association Abstracts),
consists of abstracts and citations of commercial, technical, and research
aspects of the rubber, and plastics industry. It provides information on:
o Synthesis and Polymerization o Efconomics
o Natural Rubber Cultivation o Hazards
o Raw Materials and Monomers o Toxicity
o Compounding Ingredients o Industrial Hygiene
o Engineering o Analytical Techniques
o Patents
Bibliographic data are obtained monthly from journal articles, government
reports, patents monographs, published proceedings, theses, papers presented
at conferences, manufacturers catalogues, and trade literature.
Access:
RAPRA ABSTRACTS is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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RTECS
The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) is a file
containing chemical toxicity data with source document references and
citations to major standards, reviews, and regulations for more than 50,000
chemical substances for which toxicity data or reviews have appeared in the
publicly available literature, irrespective of publication date. For any
chemical, only the most toxic values are retained in this routinely updated
computer-produced file. The generation of the RTECS data file is sponsored by
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). These data
are available as a handbook and as on-line data bases through the NLM and the
CIS information retrieval systems.
An updated version of RTECS is published annually in paperbound book form
and issued quarterly on a subcription basis in microfiche by the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO). The book was formerly published as the
Toxic Substances List. Volume I contains a unified index of chemical synonyms
and substance prime names which references the main toxicity data entries in
Volume II. Each record in Volume II contains: chemical identification data;
Wiswesser Line Notations; toxicity data specifying species, route of exposure;
toxic effects and dosage data for toxicity data; citations to major Federal
standards and regulations; major toxicity reviews, such as the International
Agency for Research on Cancer reviews of carcinogenicity; NIOSH Criteria
Documents; and the status of chemicals in the National Cancer Institute's
carcinogenesis bioassay testing program.
The RTECS/CIS file is the version of the RTECS file implemented online as
part of the CIS. Specific chemical records may be located using the CAS
Registry Number, NIOSH Number, toxicity data with source document citations,
CAS 8th Collective index nomenclature, and molecular formula.
Chemical structure and nomenclature information for substances in the
RTECS file are searchable within the Structure and Nomenclature Search System
(SANSS) component of the CIS information retrieval system. Search (statement)
results from SANSS may be combined with the search results from searches of
the RTECS file itself. In addition, CAS Registry Numbers or RTECS accession
numbers retrieved from SANSS may be used to retrieve, print, or display
specifics RTECS records.
RTECS/NLM file is disseminated by the Medlars Management Group, NLM. The
Toxicology information Program of the NLM is responsible for implementation,
maintenance, and promotion of RTECS/NLM. This file is essentially the same as
RTECS/CIS.
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Access:
RTECS is available through both the CIS and the NLM MEDLARS information
retrieval systems. Consult Appendix A. The printed version is available from
the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
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SAFETY
Scope;
This data base corresponds to Safety Science abstract Journal. It covers
general safety, environmental and ecological safety, medical safety,
transportation safety, and industrial and occupational safety. Safety records
are obtained from international sources including periodicals, government
reports, conference proceedings, books, dissertations, and patents.
Access:
SAFETY is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system. For
information about how to access ORBIT, consult Appendix A.
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SANSS
The Structur and Nomenclature Search System (SANSS) is the heart of the
NIH-EPA Chemical Information System (CIS). SANSS provides an online
interactive capability for searching chemical substance data bases in order to
satisfy user needs for various structural and nonstructural chemical
properties. SANSS provides structural and nomenclature information for over
110,000 chemical substances found in any CIS component file. SANSS permits
the user to generate, modify, and/or display two-dimensional chemical
structure diagrams of retrieved compounds. Structures may be used as search
criteria to search the SANSS unified data base for compounds having desired
structural fragments. Once this search has been performed, iterative atom-by-
atom, bond-by-bond substructure searches may be executed. Searching may also
be performed using terms or fragments derived from nomenclature and molecular
formulas, ring structur data, CIS fragment codes, number of atoms in a
molecule, and molecular weights.
Output may include structural diagrams, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
Registry numbers, chemical nomenclature and synonyms, and a list of CIS files
having information concerning the compound in question.
SANSS has several processing capabilities based on the use of Connection
Tables to represent chemicals' two-dimensional structural characteristics. A
connection table is a matrix listing of a molecule's nodes (numbered atoms),
atomic symbol for that node, and the numbers of the other nodes to which it is
interconnected. SANSS relies on encoded connection tables as the data base
upon which various algorithms are applied to perform structure display and
substructure searching.
Additionally, several search packages are available to the user. These
are not processing capabilities; they must be user selected and are invoked in
SANSS to search the user-specified file in the Unified Data Base System.
The user may also create and combine a temporary file containing
references to those substances in the data base satisfying some query
requirement or a combination of requirements.
Access;
SANSS is available through the Chemical Information System (CIS). for
information about how to access CIS, consult Appendix A.
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SCISEARCH
Scope:
SCISEARCH is a multidisciplinary index to the literature of science and
technology prepared by the institue for Scientific information (ISI),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It contains all the records published in science
Citation index (SCI) and additional records from the Current Contents series
of publications that are not included in the printed version of SCI.
SCISEARCH is distinguished by two important and unique characteristics.
First, journals indexed are carefully selected on the basis of several
criteria, including citation analysis, resulting in the inclusion of 90
percent of the world's significant scientific and technical literature.
Second, citation indexing is provided, which allows retrieval of newly
published articles through the subject relationships established by an
author's reference to prior articles.
Subjects include the following areas:
o Acoustics o
o Aeronautics o
o Agriculture o
o Astrophysics o
o Behavioral sciences o
o Biochemistry o
o Biology o
o Biophysics o
o Botany o
o Cardiology o
o Chemistry o
o Dermatology o
o Electronics o
o Engineering
Environmental Science
Geology
Mathematics
Medicine
Microbiology
pharmacology
physics
physiology
psychiatry
psychology
Surgery
Virology
Zoology
Access:
SCISEARCH is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system.
For information on DIALOG, consult Appendix A.
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SPHERE
Access;
The Scientific Parameters for Health and Environment, Retrieval and
Estimation (SPHERE) system is an on-line system being developed by the
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Toxic Substances to support the
risk assessment of chemicals under sections 4,5, and 6 of the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA).
SPHERE will provide its users with a cross-section of the health and
environmental data associated with new or existing chemicals to assist in the
assessments of risks associated with their production and use.
SPHERE will include data from four main areas:
o Physical-Chemical propertiesthese include general physical and
chemical properties such as molecular weight, properties associated
with interraolecular forces such as vapor pressure, chemical
equilibrium and solubility, thermodynamic and photometric
properties, and flammability characteristics;
o Health Effectsthese consist of data relating to human health
including acute toxicity, skin sensitization, chronic toxicity,
mutagenicity, oncogenicity, teratogenicity, and reproductive
effects;
o Environmental Effectsthese include the effects of a substance on
organisms other than humans or observed in organisms not used as
models for humans (for example acute toxicity to plants,
vertebrates and invertebrates, and bioaccumulation); and
o Environmental Fatethese include information on the transport and
transformation of a substance in the environment and experimental
results from laboratory tests especially designed to predict the
concentration of a substance in the environment.
The current SPHERE system covers two data sources:
o AQUIRE, a data bank of aquatic toxicity data; and
o DERMAL, a data bank of dermal absorption data.
Each of these data sources is summarized below. Each data source will
generate one or more scientific parameter types. The data bases were designed
to handle data at the level of the individual assay or study, and thus, they
differ from bibliographic data bases such as TOXLINE that are organized at the
level of the paper.
The current SPHERE system covers three parameters:
o Aquatic Effectsdescribing experiments on aquatic organisms and
derived from the AQUIRE data source;
o Toxic Effectsdescribing experiements on laboratory animals and
humans and derived from the Dermal Absorption Data Source; and
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Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion (ADME)
including pharmacokinetics and metabolism studies. ADME data come
from the Dermal Absorption Data Source.
Summary of the ~AQUJRE Data Source;
The data base covers the worldwide literature, for the period 1970 to
1981 relating to the toxicity of chemicals to aquatic organisms. Test with
freshwater and saltwater organisms (except bacteria) are included in the data
bank. Acute, chronic, bioaccumulation, and sublethal effects are covered.
Each study is reviewed and a review code entered into the system. The data
bank will eventually contain some 30-50,000 aquatic toxicity measurements on
2,000 to 4,000 unique chemicals. Chemicals excluded are oils (i.e., complex
petroleum based mixtures and complex effluents).
The Aquatic Effects (AQ) parameter includes details of the chemical
tested, study purpose, study quality, organisms, exposure time and type,
extent of controls, test conditions including temperature, hardness,
alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and others, effect endpoints, concentration
and specific reports reported.
Summary of the Dermal Absorption Data Source:
The data base covers the worldwide literature for the period of 1970 to
1981 relating to the effect of dermal absorption of chemicals. The data bank
includes effects data (viewed as qualitative indicators of absorption) and
quantitative data involving absorption, distribution, metabolism, and
excretion (ADME) studies. Data on toxic effects of chemicals administered via
routes other than dermal (e.g. inhalation, oral and injection) are included if
they appear in articles along with dermal data. The data bank will eventually
include some 8,000 dermal absorption measurements on 2,000 to 4,000 unique
chemicals. Steroids and salicylates have been excluded from the data bank.
The Toxic Effects (TE) parameter includes details of the test chemical,
study purpose, test organisms, test conditions, summary results, dose specific
results, and other chemicals used in the test.
The Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion (ADME) parameter
includes details of the test chemical, study purpose, test organism, test
conditions, summary results, detailed results, and other chemicals described
in the test. Results are presented in tabular form.
Access:
SPHERE will be available through the Chemical Information system beginning in
July 1983.
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SPIN
Scope;
SEARCHABLE PHYSICS INFORMATION NOTICES (SPIN), covers all maj or areas of
physics and provides the most current indexing and abstracting of all maj or
American and Russian physics and astronomy journals. Journal articles cited
are from the original and translation publications of the American Institute
of Physics (AIP) and its member societies, as well as from other select
American journals.
SPIN covers the following major areas:
o physics
o mathematical and statistical physics
o astronomy
o astrophysics
o geophysics
Access:
SPIN is available through the DIALOG information retrieval system. For
information about how to access DIALOG, consult Appendix A.
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STANDARD AND POOR'S NEWS ONLINE
Scope;
Standard and Poor's NEWS ONLINE is a full text file which provides
coverage of financial news, commerce and trade, economics, manufacturing and
production, and transportation data and financial reports on the more than
10,000 United States companies of industries in which there is any degree of
public interest. Information from licensing and registration agencies to
which the company reports is also included. The abstract contained in a
record may be either textual or tabular in form.
Data are obtained daily from the following sources: leading newspapers;
leading newswire services; releases issued by the company itself or its public
relations house; all reports issued to stockholders and the regulatory bodies
to which the company reports; and releases from stock exchanges and regulatory
bodies.
Access:
Standard and Poor's NEWS ONLINE is produced by the Standard and Poor's
Corporation and is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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STORET
Scope;
STORET is an acronym used to identify the computerized data base system
maintained by EPA for the STOrage and RETrieval of data relating to the
quality of the waterways within and contiguous to the United States. Within
the STORET system, some 1,800 unique water quality parameters (a parameter is
essentially the objective of a measurement such as the concentration of a
particular substance in a particular medium) are defined. Approximately 80
percent of the 40 million individual observatios available within the system
pertain to approximately 200 of these parameters that deal with concentrations
of conventional pollutants (BOD, N, P, etc.) and metals in water. A single
observation represents a measurement of a single parameter at a specific
location or station at a specific time. These observations are taken from
more than 200,000 unique collection points located on essentially all U.S.
rivers, lakes, streams, and other waterways.
The STORET system is fully computerized; it permits users to enter
observations into the data base as well as to retrieve information from the
data base through remote "terminals. A comprehensive range of retrieval
capabilities, both in the statistical analysis of observations and the
reporting of the results of the analyses, is provided by STORET. Some of
these services are available in an online mode of operation; others are
available in a batch mode of operation.
STORET can be used for the following purpose:
o To detect changes in pollutants that could change ambient
criteria/s tandards.
o To help promote water quality programs by substantiating the
effectiveness of other similar programs.
o To help justify budget requests for water quality programs.
o To help cut sampling costs by coordinating efforts with other
organizations.
o To provide a repository for data collection efforts.
o To help identify where monitoring efforts are needed, thereby
determining where funds need to be allocated.
o To help design overall programs based upon the successes of others.
o To help complete water quality management basin plans.
o To help prepare fact sheets required for permit processing.
o To detect changes in pollutants that could change existing permits.
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Access;
To determine eligibility to become a STORET user, contact STORET User
Assistance in Washington, D.C. (202-382-7220) or FTS (382-7220). Some of
STORET1s data and capabilities are available on UPGRADE.
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SURFACE COATINGS ABSTRACTS
Scope;
The Surface Coatings Abstracts (SCA) data base provides worldwide
coverage of the literature on all aspects of coatings applied to surfaces and
materials. Subject areas encompassed by this data base include:
o Paints o Fire Retardants
o Varnishes o Resins
o Lacquers o Solvents
o Polymers and Pigments o Plasticizers
o Printing Inks and Recording o Industrial Hygiene and Hazards
Materials o Pollution
o Adhesives o Methodology and Economics
o Dyes/fluorescences
Some patents are included as sources. The SCA data base corresponds to
the printed publication of the same name.
Data are obtained from -journal articles, patents, monographs, published
proceedings, theses, and books.
Access;
SURFACE COATINGS ABSTRACTS is available throught the DIALOG information
retrieval system. Consult Appendix A.
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SYNORG
Scope:
Synthetic Organic Chemicals: United states Production and Sales (SYNORG)
is a single volume annual publication of the U.S. International Trade
Commission. It receives data from approximately 800 producers and reports
domestic commercial production and sales of synthetic organic chemicals and
the raw materials from which they are made. Fifteen sections, organized by
chemical classes, deal with:
o Tar and Tar Crudes
o Crude Products Prom Petroleum and Natural Gas for Chemical
Conversion
o Cyclic Intermediates
o Dyes
o Organic Pigments
o Medicinal Chemicals
o Flavor and Perfume Materials
o Plastics and Resin Materials
o Rubber Processing Chemicals
o Elastomers
o plasticizers
o Surface-Active Agents
o Pesticides and Related Products
o Miscellaneous End-Use Chemicals and Chemical Products
o Miscellaneous Cyclic and Acyclic Chemicals
For each of these groups, production and sales figures are provided.
Additional information is provided (in terms of a code) concerning the
manufacturers of each individual chemical. The Commission also published
monthly statistics on 95 of the most significant of these chemicals.
A companion publication entitled "Imports of Benzenoid Chemicals and
Products, I9xx," is also available from the Commission. For this publication,
the imported benzenoids are categorized in seven groups as follows:
intermediates, finished products, dyes and pigments, medicinals and
Pharmaceuticals, flavor and perfume, and all other finished products. Tables
are provided for various groups showing imported quantities by chemical and
invoice values by country of origin, etc.
Through 1975, data were reported by producers for only those items where
the volume of production exceeded 1,000 pounds or where the value of sales
exceeded $1,000. Begining in 1976, these limits were raised to 5,000 pounds
and $5,000 for most chemicals and 50,000 pounds and $50,000 for plastics and
resin materials; the 1,000 pounds and $1,000 limits were retained for organic
pigments, medicinal chemicals, flavor and perfume materials, rubber processing
chemicals, and elastomers.
Access:
SYNORG is available through the U.S. Government Printing Office.
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TDB
The TDB (Toxicology Data Bank) is an on-line interactive retrieval system
that provides reviewed information, where available, on over 3,500 chemical
substances in the areas of toxicity hazards, pharmacology, chemical
identification, physical properties, environmental factors, manufacturing,
shipping, usage, and other related information. Specific data elements
include CAS Registry Number, synonyms, molecular formula and weight, human and
animal toxicity, antidote, and treatment. Information has been extracted from
some 80 reference textbooks, handbooks, monographs, and criteria documents.
The data have been reviewed by a peer review group of scientists from The
National Institutes' of Health Division of Research Grants Toxicology Study
Section. This section is comprised of pharmacologists, toxicologists, and
chemists. An output record may contain data values or detailed textual
information.
TDB is searchable with free text terms and keywords.
Access;
TDB is available online through the NLM MEDLARS information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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TDMS
Scope;
The Toxicology Data Management Systems (TDMS) will maintain unprocessed
data from toxicological experiments as well as serve as a management and
collection agent for ongoing experiments. TDMS will allow users to:
o Query the status of ongoing experiments
o Examine raw data from experiments
o Examine the protocols being used in different experiments
o Determine if a given chemical is being experimented upon.
The information in TDMS is available through formatted reports or through
the use of the query language processor. TDMS is composed of six subsystems,
each of which deals with a different aspect of experimental data or procedure-.
1. Compound Management System
2. Protocol Analysis System
3. Experiment status System
4. Experiment Information System
5. Post Experiment Information System
6. Non-Animal Data System
The Compound Management System (CMS) will collect compound information
during the review process, prior to exprimental acceptance.
The Protocol Analysis System (PAS) will allow the principal investigator
to specify and tailor experimental protocol and information gathering
regime. The data base will contain the following information:
o Compound name and identifiers, manufacturer information, and lot
test analysis
o Name, site, and contract number of contractor handling
experiment
o Materials requirements
Feed (manufacturer, supplier, quantities)
Animal husbandry (bedding, environment, etc.)
o Number, sex, species, and strain of animals on experiment
o Animal room protocols, including:
Feeding schedules
Dosing methods and amounts
Required data (clinical signs, weight, blood samples, etc.)
Sacrifice schedules
o Gross pathology protocols, e.g., what organs to look at and what
abnormalities to look for
o Microscopic pathology protocols.
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The Experiment status System (ESS) will allow review of the current
status of any or all parts of an experiment using preformatted reports.
The Experiment Information System (EIS) will handle all animal
information collected while on experiment as defined in the experimental
protocol. This includes:
o Time series of animal weights
o Time series of clinical signs
o Other recurrent measurements, observations, and good
laboratory practice information.
The Post Experiment Information System (PEIS) will handle the information
generated by gross pathological and microscopic pathological examination of
the animals on experiment. The details of the information depend on the
protocol, but some typical information is:
o Gross Pathology
Organ Weights
- Gross organ observations (size, color, shape, consistency,
etc.)
Good laboratory practices data (balance used, who did
weighing, etc.)
o Microscopic Pathology
- information on each organ (normal, missing, present but not
looked at, etc.)
- Pathological findings (grading, staging, typing, counting,
tumor sites, etc.)
Slide information
- Good laboratory practice (GLP's) information.
The Hon-Animal Data System (NADS) will collect environmental (chemical
and biological) monitoring information during experiments.
Access:
TDMS is under consideration as a component data base of the Chemical
Substances Information Network (CSIN).
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TED
Scope;
The Toxics Economic Data Base System (TED) has been developed for the
Regulatory Impacts Branch (RIB) of the EPA. Office of Toxic
Substances/Economics and Technology Division to provide it with economic
information about a wide variety of chemicals. The sytem is designed to be
used on-line by EPA staff and contractors. Emphasis in TED is on chemicals
relevant to sections 4,5 and 6 of TSCA, whereas other chemical data bases are
generally concerned with the large volume "commodity" chemicals. TED
currently includes over 600 chemicals and will eventually cover about 1000
commercially produced chemicals.
The OCPDB data base developed for the EPA-IERL was used as the data base
structure for TED. The OCPDB contains some economic information as well as
other data on the toxicity of organic chemicals and information concerning
chemical plants.
Information from the OCPDB relevant for RIB purposes has been
incorporated into TED and is labeled as such. These data are currently being
replaced by verified and referenced information on a chemical by chemical
basis. One of the unique featues of TED is that the information contained in
the system is fully documented, allowing the user to assess the integrity of
the data.
TED runs in System 2000, a hierarchical data base management system and
is composed of five modules: Synonyms, Direct Uses, Indirect Uses;
production/Trade, and Producers. Briefly:
o Direct Uses covers the immediate uses of the chemical;
o indirect Uses covers the final product applications for
chemicals that are used as chemical intermediates;
o production/Trade includes time-series data since 1970 on
domestic production, sales, prices, imports and exports;
o producers lists all current producers and their plants, as
well as the parent companies of the producers and the processes
used at each plant, where available.
Access:
TED is available by contacting:
Dennis A. Leaf
Economics and Technology Division (TS-779)
Office of Toxic Substances
U.S. Environmental protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Telephone: (202) 382-3716
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TITUS
Scope;
TITUS provides worldwide coverage of the textile and allied industries.
The following aspects of this subject are included in the data base:
o matter and materials for the textile and allied industries
(their structure, characteristics, and production);
o processes and machines used for the production of fibrous
materials, fibers, yarns, threads, woven fabrics, knitted
fabrics, non-woven fabrics, and others;
o processes, machines, and products for textile finishing such
as bleaching, dyeing, printing, and other finishing treatments;
o processes, machines and products for washing, laundering, and
dry cleaning;
o making up and related machine or devices;
o processes and machines for industrial fabrics and related
products such as tirecords, belts, filters, carpets, etc.
o analysis and tests on textile materials and products,
including testing equipment;
o textile engineering;
o textile industrial management;
o environmental protection and pollution control related to the
textile industry and products;
o health effects of textiles; and
o regulations related to textiles.
The TITUS data base is produced by the institut Textile de France.
Access;
TITUS is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A. TITUS is also available from:
Questel, Inc.
1625 I Street, N.W.
Washington,' D.C. 20006
(202) 296-1604
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TOXLINE/TOXBACK
Scope;
TOXLINE (Toxicology Information OnLine) is a data base containing
reference to published toxicity studies, effects of environmental chemicals
and pollutants, actions and adverse reactions of drugs, and related analytical
methodology. TOXLINE is available online as part of the National Library of
Medicine's MEDLARS system of data bases.
Citations on a given subject may be retrieved from TOXLINE by entering
"the desired free text terms as they appear in titles, keywords, and abstracts
of articles. Chemical substances can be searched by entering their
corresponding Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Numbers, trade names
or synonyms, after consulting the CHEMLINE file. There is no controlled
vocabulary governing the inclusion or exclusion of terms in TOXLINE. Terms
may be entered singly or combined by means of the Boolean operators AND, OR
and AND NOT. Searches may be limited to specific years of publication,
secondary sources, or authors, since these are all searchable elements.
Citations and abstracts may be printed online at the user's terminal, or
offline and mailed to the user from NLM. Users may select a print format
varying from a brief identification of author(s), title, and source to a
complete listing of the bibliographic record, including the abstract.
As of May 1979, the online file contained approximately 580,000 records,
material published in secondary sources from 1974 forward. In TOXLINE are all
of the EMIC and ETIC items, regardless of time coverage. Older information,
approximately 380,000 records, is in TOXBACK (the TOXLINE backfile available
through OFFSEARCH only). THe HAYS, HAPAB, and TERA subfiles are only
available in TOXBACK.
Data Files in TOXLINE/TOXBACK include:
o Chemical-Biological Activities (CBAC)
o Radiation Biochemistry
o Sewage and Wastes
o Toxicity Bibliography (TOXBIB)
o Abstracts on Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants (HEEP)
o international pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)
o Pesticide Abstracts (PESTAB)
o Environmental Mutagen information Center file (EMIC)
o Environmental Teratology Information Center file (ETIC)
o Toxic Materials Information Center file (TMIC)
o Teratology (TERA)
o Hayes Pesticide Collection
o Toxicology/Epidemiology Research Projects (RPROJ)
Access;
TOXLINE is available through the MEDLARS bibliographic retrieval service
from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Both TOXLINE and TOXBACK are
accessible at NLM only. For-further information, call NLM at (800) 638-8480
or (301) 496-6193.
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TOX-TIPS
Scope;
TOX-TIPS (Toxicology Testing in Progress) is a monthly publication
sponsored by the Environmental Information Subcommittee of the Department of
Health and Human Services Committee to Coordinate Environmental and Related
Programs and is produced under the direction of the Toxicology Information
Program at the NLM.
TOX-TIPS is a product of the combined efforts of industrial,
governmental, and academic organizations reporting on initiation of testing
projects and epidemiology studies to determine toxicity.
The emphasis of the prgram is to provide an information exchange
mechanism to avoid inadvertent duplication of expensive tests. Publication
preference is given to long-term studies, although other projects are
reported. For this publication, a long-term test is defined as one where the
duration of the study is at least 10 percent of the animals's life
expectancy. Hence, projects reporting 90-day and longer animal studies are
published.
In TOX-TIPS, project descriptions are fully indexed by study parameters
including chemical name and CAS Registry Number. Indices by supporting and
performing organizations and principal investigators are also included; all
indices are cumulated quarterly. References to completed studies, including
NTP Bioassay Program reports, are accepted for index entry. In addition, TOX-
TIP's carries selected references to articles from the recent literature on
work related to the reported project. These bibliographic citations are
retrieved from searches, conducted by NLM staff, of the NLM MEDLARS data
bases.
Access:
TOX-TIPS may be ordered from:
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
5285 Port Royal Road
Springfield, VA 22161
Telephone: (703) 487-4650.
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TRIS ABSTRACTS
Transportation Research Information Service (TRIS) Abstracts provide
transportation research information in air, highway, rail and maritime
transport; mass transit; and other transportation modes. Among the
transportaion research information services contributing to TRIS are the
Highway Research Information Service (HRIS), the Maritime Research Information
Service (MRIS), the Railroad Information Service (RRIS), the Air Transportion
Research Service {ATRIS), and the Urban Mass Transportation Research
Information Service (UMTRIS).
TRIS ABSTRACTS cover the following subjects:
o Regulations and legislation;
o Energy, environment and safety;
o Materials, design, construction and maintenance technology;
o Operations, traffic control, and communicaton.
Access;
TRIS ABSTRACTS are available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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TULSA
Scope;
TULSA is the on-line version of Petroleum Abstracts. Its coverage
includes literature and patents related to the exploration, production, and
development of oil and natural gas. Specifically, the data base contains
citations about:
o Well Logging
o Well Drilling
o Well Completion and Servicing
o Petroleum Geology
o Exploration Geophysics & Geochemistry
o Oil and Gas Production
o Reservoir Studies and Recovery Methods
o Pollution and Ecology
o Alternative Fuels
o Transportation and Storage
o Supplemental Technology
Abstracts are available on all citations dating back to 1978.
Additionally, abstracts are available in the subject area' of enhanced recovery
of oil, for the years 1965 to 1978.
TULSA also contains a small file on the exploration of certain mineral
commodities, with citations dating back to 1978.
Access;
TULSA is available through the ORBIT information retrieval system.
Consult Appendix A.
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UPGRADE
Scope;
UPGRADE (User Prompted Graphic Data Evaluation) is a system for analyzing
data about the environment, natural resources, and health effects.
The UPGRADE System makes available to the user different types of data
from many source. These sources are primarily government agencies with data
bases or programs supplying data useful to environmental analysis. UPGRADE
provides the means of putting together these various data types to produce
integrated analyses or assessments.
The following data bases are available in UPGRADE, including some of the
subsets that have been defined within these data bases:
o STORET (Water Quality) - 1,800 water quality parameters from
200,000 collection points, over 40 million total observations.
Most observations are for the 200 most important water quality
parameters.
Major Rivers - general water quality for 12 major rivers.
- Municipal Sanitary - dissolved oxygen, stream flow, bacteria,
ammonia, etc. at upstream and downstream locations from 300
major U.S. cities.
Pesticides - USGS measurements of 30 water column and
sediment pesticide parameters.
Phenols - measurements of ambient phenols at 214 stations
around industrial centers of the U.S.
o NASQAN (Water Quality) - Data from the National Stream Quality
Accounting Network's 450 monitoring stations in all the major
subbasins in the U.S.
o INTEGRATED DATA BASE (IDE) - correlates environmental and health
data.
o SAROAD (Air Quality) - daily maximum values of 96 parameters,
back to 1970.
Some of the statistical functions available in UPGRADE include:
o stepwise Regression
o General Linear Regression
o Time-Series Analysis
o Frequency and Cross Tabulation Tables
o General Correlation Matrices.
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All data in UPGRADE are formatted in one of two waystime-series or
cross-sectional. Time-series data are site specific and will usually contain
several values (observations) for each parameter at each site. UPGRADE
interfaces exis.t that conform to these formats of the Water Quality, Air
Quality and NASQAN interfaces.
Cross-sectional data are on the level of a geographic or political unit
such as the county. Observations for a parameter are statistically aggregated
over time and site to yield one data value per parameter per geographic or
political unit. At the present time, cross-sectional data in UPGRADE are
available through the IDE at the county and state levels.
The UPGRADE components are large collections of data from which subsets
of data, called datasets, are extracted to meet specific needs or to be used
in specific studies, the UPGRADE User Support Group performs this data
subsetting procedure for data from the STORET and SAROAD data bases. From the
NASQAH and IDE data bases, users can construct datasets themselves by means of
an interactive data extraction program that operates in the same manner as
UPGRADE. The extracted datasets contain the data which are accessed and
analyzed by UPGRADE through one of the interfaces. The user, while employing
UPGRADE, does not have the interactive, on-line access to the master data
bases.
Access:
UPGRADE was designed to run on an IBM 360/370 compute equipped with
TSO. TSO is IBM's acronym for "Time Sharing Option."
The UPGRADE system is no longer on-line. To acquire access to UPGRADE in
the interactive mode, contact:
Mike Vail
M/A-COM Sigma Data, Inc.
5515 Security Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20852
Telephone: (301) 984-3636.
Government agencies should contact:
Charles Gish
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
18th and C Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20240
Telephone: (202) 653-8727.
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USP
The Pharmacopeia of the United States of America, (USP) Twentieth Edition
(USP XX), 1980, is a handbook of standard and guidelines concerning the
quality of drug products. The USP is generated and disseminated by the United
States Pharmacopeia Convention, Inc. This book and the National' Formulary are
the official drug and drug regulations compendia of the U.S.
The 'Pharmacopeia is organized into several sections: Monographs,
General, Reagents, Tables, and an Index:
o The Monographs'Section includes drug substance and dosage forms,
pharmaceutical ingredients, chemical identification, usual adult
and pediatric dosage, drug category, physical description,
solubility, packaging, labelling and storage procedures, and
standards for purity and strength, with specified analytical
testing procedures.
o The General Section presents methods for various biological,
microbial, chemical and physical tests and assays for drug
ingredients including necessary testing equipment.
o The Reagents'section presents information on standards and
preparation of reagents, indicators, and solutions used in drug
testing. Buffer, colorimetric, test, and volumeric solutions are
covered, as are indicator test papers.
o The Tables are a series of chemical identification tables and
measurement equivalents arranged alphabetically.
o The index is by drug, substance, and chemical names.
Additionally, each edition of the Pharmacopeia lists significant changes
which have been made since the preceding edition, such as the omission of
previously listed drugs.
The Committee of Revision, composed of volunteer experts from academia,
the drug industry, government and private medical practice, is responsible for
the complete revision of the Pharmacopeia every five years; regular issuance
of "USP Comment proof" that reports proposed revisions; and the bimonthly
"Pharmacopeial Forum" that reports standard developments and official
revisions.
Cumulative annual supplements to the USP are published every January.
Urgent revisions are published as needed as "Interim Revision Announcements."
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Access;
DSP XX is available by mail order from:
Mack Publishing Company, Inc.
20th and North Hampton Streets
Easton, Pennsylvania 18042
(215) 258-6333
Copies of USP XX also may be obtained from:
United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, Maryland 20852
(301) 881-0666
The Pharmacopeial Forum, a bimonthly newsletter is also available from
DSP Convention for a subscription fee of $94.00 per year.
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WDROP
Scope:
WDROP (Water Distribution Register of Organic Pollutants) is a collection
of data concerning the concentration of organic chemicals found in water and
sediments, along with where, when, and how these chemicals were found. The
data, filed in 1980, was extracted from all sources available, including the
open literature, proceedings of meetings, internal government reports, and
private communications. The development of this sytem is supported by the
EPA-Athens Laboratory in Georgia.
WDROP currently contains information from more than 11,000 records
regarding organic compounds identified in water and sediments. Compound
name(s), concentration, CAS Registry Number, molecular weight and formula,
Wiswesser Line Notation, sampling site and data, and reporting laboratory
analytical method used are among the items which have been recorded for
organic compound testing of polluted and non-polluted water body and sediment
samples. Information was derived from the open literature, data previously
collected by EPA, other government agencies, individual contributing
researchers and laboratories, and was reviewed and validated prior to
inclusion in WDROP. Periodic publication of collected data is planned, while
future augmentation of the data base is planned, it has not yet been
scheduled.
Access;
WDROP is available through the CIS information retrieval system. Consult
Appendix A.
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WORLD ALUMINUM ABSTRACTS
Scope;
WORLD ALUMINUM ABSTRACTS is a bibliographic data base, which provides
coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, ranging from ore
processing (exclusive of mining) through end uses. The data base includes
information abstracted from approximately 1,600 scientific and technical
patents, government reports, conference proceedings, dissertations, books, and
journals. All aspects of the aluminum industry aside from mining are covered:
o Aluminum industry
- General
- Environmental Science and Technology
o Ores
o Alumina Production and Extraction
o Melting
o Engineering Properties and Tests
o Casting
o Foundry
o Metal-working
o Fabrication
o Finishing
o Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
o Quality Control and Tests
o End Uses
Access;
WORLD ALUMINUM ABSTRACTS is available through the DIALOG and ESA-IRS
information retrieval system. Users currently may get on-line through the
ESA-IRS system by contacting:
ESA-IRS
Attention: Dr. G.A. Proca
Head of On-line Services
ESRIN
Via Galileo Galilei
Casella Posteale 64
00044 Frascati, Italy
Telephone: 011-39-6-942-2401 (from U.S.)
Users may soon be able to access ESA-IRS by contacting:
ESA
955 L1Enfant plaza N., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20024
Telephone: (202) 488-4158.
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WORLD TEXTILES
Scope;
WORLD TEXTILES, produced by the Shirley Institute and collaborating
Research Associations Hatra and Wira, provides coverage of world literature on
the science and technology of textiles and related materials; on the technical
economics, production, and management of the textile industry; and on the
consumption of and international trade in textile materials and products. It
offers comprehensive coverage of the world's relevant textile literature as
recorded from about 500 international primary and secondary sources since
January, 1970.
WORLD TEXTILES covers a wide range of textile-relevant subject matter:
o Synthesis, Physics, and Chemistry of Polymers for Fibers
o Science, Technology, Properties, Products, and Utilization of
Fibers, Yarns, and Fabrics
o Chemical and Mechanical Treatment of Textiles
o Technical Management and Economics of Production Processes
o production, Consumption, and International Trade Data
o Test Methods, Quality Control, Specifications, Standards, and
Legislation
o Pollution, Safety, and Health Hazards
o utilization of Textiles in Industrial, Medical, and other
Applications
Access:
WORLD TEXTILES is available through the DIALOG information retrieval
system. Consult Appendix A.
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XTAL
Scope:
The Single Crystal Reducation and Search System (XTAL) is a search system
based on the Cambridge Crystal Data Base of full structures determined by
x-ray and neutron diffraction. It is published by the National Bureau of
Standards and the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards. The space
group, density, unit cells, and chemical types are searchable.
Access:
XTAL is available through the Chemical information System (CIS). Consult
Appendix A.
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APPENDIX A
Access information for:
o CIS
o MEDLARS
o ORBIT
o DIALOG
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CIS
The Chemical Information System (CIS) is a collection of over 15 data bases
and computer programs capable of identifying and manipulating chemical data.
CIS is operated by Chemical Information Systems, Inc. for the National
Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency. The following
resources, some of which are described in this handbook, are available from
CIS:
O OHM-TADS O SANSS
O RTECS O WDROP
o CNMR o XTAL
O MSSS o FRSS
O TSCAPP
O CHEMLAW
o CTCP
o NUCSEQ
o
o
o
o
THERMO o
MLAB o
CHEMLAB o
CRYST
IRSS
CESARS
SPHERE
This sytem also has an electronic mail capability which allows for
communication between users. For additional information concerning the CIS
data bases, to open an account, or to receive formal training, contact:
Chemical Information Systems, Inc.
7215 York Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21212
Telephone: (800) 368-2251 in continental
U.S. except Maryland or
(301) 321-8440.
EPA personnel should contact:
Rudolph Potenzone, Jr.
EPA
RM-218
Washington, D.C. 20460
Telephone: (202) 382-2423 or (FTS) 382-2423.
MEDLARS
MEDLARS is the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System operatd by the
National Library of Medicine. The following resources, some of which are
described in this handbook, are available from MEDLARS:
o CANCERLIT
o CHEMLINE
o MEDLINE
o TDB
o TOXLINE
O PDG
O POPLINE
o HEALTH PLANNING
AND ADMINISTRATION
O RTECS
o CATLINE
O SERLINE
O AVLINE
O HISTLINE
o CANCERPROJ
o CLINPROT
O BIOETHICSLINE
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For further information or to open an account, contact:
The National Library of Medicine
MEDLARS Management Section
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland 20209
Telephone: (800) 638-8480 in continental U.S. except Maryland or
(301) 496-6193.
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ORBIT
ORBIT is a commercially operated automated information retrieval service
produced by the System Development Corporation. THe ORBIT system contains
more than 80 data bases with over 55 million citations, spanning the fields of
chemistry, business and industry, energy and environment, science and
technology, engineering, patents, government, social sciences, and others.
The following data bases, some of which are described in this handbook, are
available from ORBIT:
Business S Economics Chemistry
O ACCOUNTANTS
O BANKER
o GIN
o FEDEX
o INFORM
o LABORDOC
O MANAGEMENT
O MONITOR
O NDEX
o P/E NEWS
O OSCGA
Engineering S Electronics
o APILIT
o APIPAT
o CAS82/CAS77/CAS72/CAS67
O COLD
O COMPENDEX
O EIMET
o ELCOM
O FOREST
O FSTA
O INSPEC/INSP6976
o NTIS/NTIS6469
o NOC/CODES
o POWER
o SAE
O SWRA
o TDLSA
o USCLASS
o USPA/OSP77/OSP70
O WATERLIT
O WPI/WPIL64
o APILIT
O APIPAT
o CAS82/CAS77/CAS72/CAS67
o CASSI
O CHEMDEX/CHEMDEX2/CHEMDEX3
O CHEMSDI
o GIN
o CRDS
O EBIB
o EDB
O NUC/CODES
O PAPERCHEM
O PESTDOC/PEST2
O RINGDOC/RING6475
o TSCA
o DSPA/USP77/USP70
o wpl/WPIL
Energy & Environment
o APILIT
o APIPAT
o CAS82/CAS77/CAS72/CAS/67
O COMPENDEX
vO EBIB
O EDB
O EIMET
O ENERGYLINE
O ENVIRONLNE
O EPIA
o GeoRef
o NTIS/NTIS6469
o P/E NEWS
O PESTDOC/PEST2
O POWER
o SWRA
O TULSA
O WATERLIT
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Government & Legislation
Industry-Specific
0
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Life
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
o
0
o
o
ACCOUNTANTS
AS I
BANKER
CIS1
CRECORD
FEDEX
FEDREG
MONITOR
NDEX
NTIS/NTIS6469
SWRA
USGCA
DSPSD
VOTES
Science Patents
AGLINE
AGRICOLA/AG7078
BIOCODES
BIOSIS/BIO7479/BI06973
CASSI
ENVIROLINE
FSTA
NUC/CODES
PESTDOC/PEST2
PIE
PSYCINFO
RANGE
RINGDOC/RING6475
SAFETY
SPORT
TROPAG
USPA/USP77/USP70
VETDOC
WPI/WPIL
O
o
o
o
o
0
o
0
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
0
o
o
o
0
0
o
o
0
o
0
o
0
o
o
0
o
AGLINE
APILIT
APIPAT
BANKER
CIN
EPIA
FOREST
FSTA
PAPERCHEM
P/E NEWS
PESTDOC/PEST2
POWER
RINGDOC/RING647 5
SAE
TULSA
VETDOC
APIPAT
CAB/CAB7 2
CAS8 2/CAS7 7/CAS7 2/CAS67
COLD
EDB
ELCOM
FOREST
FSTA
INSP6976
NTIS/NTIS6469
PAPERCHEM
SAFETY
TULSA
USCLASS
USPA/USP77/USP70
WPI/WPIL
1CIS is the Congressional Information Service data base offered
by ORBIT, distinct from the Chemical Information System (also
CIS) described in Appendix A.
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Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary
o AGLINE
O AGRICOLA/AG7078
o APILIT
O APIPAT
o BIOOODES
o BIOSIS/BIO7479/BIO6973
o CAS82/CAS77/CAS72/CAS67
o CASSI
o CHEMDEX/CHEMDEX2/CHEMDEX3
O CHEMSDI
O COMPENDEX
O EBIB
O HDB
O EIMET
o ELCOM
o ENERGYLINE
O ENVIROLINE
O EPIA
O FOREST
o PSTA
o GeoRef
o INSPEC/INSP6979
o NTIS/NTIS6469
o NUC/CODES
o PAPERCHEM
o PESTDOC/PEST2
o PIE
o POWER
O RANGE
o RINGDOC/RING6475
o SAE
o SAFETY
o SSIE
o SWRA
o TROPAG
o TSCA
o TDLSA
o USCLASS
o OSPA/USP77/USP70
o VETDOC
o WATERLIT
O WPI/WPIL
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
o
o
0
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
ASI
CIS1
COMPENDEX
CRECORD
DBI
FEDEX
FEDREG
GPO
GRANTS
LIBCON
MONITOR
NO EX
NTIS/NTIS6469
NOC/CODES
PIE
SSIE
USGCA
OSPA/USP77/USP70
SWRA
WATERLIT
WPI/WPIL
Social Sciences
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
0
0
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
AIS
CIS1
CRECORD
ENVIROLINE
ERIC
FEDEX
FEDREG
GRANTS
INFORM
LABORDOC
LISA
MANAGEMENT
PIE
PSYCINFO
SAFETY
SPORT
VOTES
CIS is the Congressional information service database offered by
ORBIT. It is distinct from the Chemical Information System (also
CICS) described in Appendix A.
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For additional information concerning the more than 80 ORBIT data bases,
to open an account, or to receive formal training, contact:
SDC Search Service
2500 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90406
Telephone: (800) 421 in continental U.S. except California,
(800) 352-6689 in California or (213) 453-6194.
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DIALOG
DIALOG is a commercially operated information retrieval service produced by
Lockheed Corporation. The system contains more than 150 data bases in the
fields of business and finance, current affairs, social science, law, science
and technology, medicine, education, energy and environment, humanities, and
art. The data bases contain over 55 million records that provide
bibliographic information, journal articles and conference papers, abstracts,
and other types of data and information. The following data bases, some of
which are described in this handbook, are available from DIALOG.
CHEMISTRY
MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES
o CAS SEARCH
O CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NOTES
o CHEMICAL RB3DLATIONS AND
GUIDELINES SYSTEM
o CHEMMAME
o CHEMSEARCH
o CHEMSIS
o PAPERCHEM
O TSCA INITIAL INVENTORY
O RAPRA ABSTRACTS
O BIOSIS PREVIEWS
o CA SEARCH
O CHEMNAME
O CHEMSEARCH
O CHEMSIS
O EXCERPTA MED1CA
O HEALTH PLANNING AND
O ADMINISTRATION
O INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL
o ABSTRACTS
O LIFE SCIENCES COLLECTION
O MEDLINE
O MENTAL HEALTH ABSTRACTS2
o PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS INDEX
AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION
o AGRICOLA
o BIOSIS PREVIEWS
o CAB ABSTRACTS
o CRIS/OSDA
o FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ABSTRACTS
O FOODS ADLIBRA
PATENTS
O CA SEARCH
o CLAIMS/CHEM
O CLAIMS/CITATION
O CLAIMS/CLASS
O CLAIMS/U.S. PATENTS
O CLAIMS/U.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS
O CLAIMS/U.S. PATENT ABSTRACTS
WEEKLY
o CLAIMS/UNITERM
O INPADOC
o PATLAW
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
O APTIC
o AQUACULTURE
O AQUALINE
O AQUATIC SCIENCE AND FISHERIES
O ABSTRACTS
O BIOSIS PREVIEWS
O CA SEARCH
O DOE ENERGY
O ELECTRIC POWER DATA BASE
O ENERGYLINE
O ENERGYNET
O ENVTROLINE
O ENVIRONMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
O OCEANIC ABSTRACTS
o POLLUTION ABSTRACTS
o WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTS
'Forthcoming data base.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MATERIALS SCIENCES
o BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING
O COMPENDEX
O GEOARCHIVE
o GeoRef
O INSPEC
O INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE
DIRECTORY2
O ISMEC
o MATHFILE
o METEOROLOGICAL AND
GEOASTROPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS
O MICROCOMPUTER INDEX
o NTIS
o SCISEARCH
o SPIN
o SSIE CURRENT RESEARCH
O STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
O SDPERINDEX2
O TRIS
O WELDASEARCH
BUSINESS/ECONOMICS - BIBLIOGRAPHIC
O ABI/INFORM
O ADTRACK
o CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NOTES
O ECONOMICS ABSTRACTS
INTERNATIONAL
O FIND/SVP REPORTS AND STUDIES
INDEX
O HARFAX INDUSTRY DATA SOURCES
o INSURANCE ABSTRACTS
O MANAGEMENT CONTENTS
o PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS INDEX
o PTS F & S INDEXES
O PTS PREDALERT
o PTS PROMT
o STANDARD AND POORS NEWS
O TRADE AND INDUSTRY INDEX
BUSINESS/ECONOMIC - INDUSTRY
SPECIFIC
o CHEMICAL INDUSTRY NOTES
O COFFEELINE
o FOODS ADLIBRA
O INSURANCE ABSTRACTS
O PHARMACEUTICAL NEWS INDEX
o PIRA
O RAPRA ABSTRACTS
0 CA SEARCH
O CHEMNAME
O CHEMSEARCH
O CHEMSIS
O MET AD EX
O NONFERROUS METALS ABSTRACTS
O PAPERCHEM
o PIRA
O RAPRA ABSTRACTS
O SURFACE COATINGS ABSTRACTS
o WORLD ALUMINUM ABSTRACTS
o WORLD TEXTILES
BUSINESS/ECONOMICS - DIRECTORIES
o CATFAX: DIRECTOR OF MAIL
ORDER CATALOGS
O DISCLOSURE II
O DUNS MARKET IDENTIFIERS 10+
O EIS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
O EIS NONMANUFACTURING
ESTABLISHMENT
O ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES
FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORY
O ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES
PROFESSIONALS DIRECTORY
O ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES
RETAILERS DIRECTORY
O ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES
WHOLESALERS DIRECTORY
O FOREIGN TRADERS INDEX
O FROST AND SULLIVAN DM 2
o MILLION DOLLAR DIRECTORY
o TRADE OPPORTUNITIES
O TRADE OPPORTUNITIES WEEKLY
CURRENT AFFAIRS
O CHRONOLOGY NEWSLETTER
O MAGAZINE INDEX
O NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX
O NEWSEARCH
O ONLINE CHRONICLE
O PAIS INTERNATIONAL
O STANDARD AND POORS NEWS
Forthcoming data base.
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BOSINESS/ECONOMICS NDMERIC
DIRECTORIES
O BI/DATA FORECAST o
O BI/DATA TIME SERIES
o BLS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX o
o BLS EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, o
AND EARNINGS
o BLS LABOR FORCE o
o BLS PRODUCER PRICE INDEX
O DISCLOSURE II o
O PTS INTERNATIONAL FORECASTS o
o PTS INTERNATIONAL TIME SERIES o
O PTS U.S. FORECASTS
o PTS U.S. TIME SERIES
O U.S. EXPORTS
AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN OF
SCIENCE2
BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX
CAREER PLACEMENT REGISTRY/
EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL
CAREER PLACEMENT REGISTRY/
STUDENT
DIALOG PUBLICATIONS
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS
ULRICH'S INTERNATIONAL
PERIODICAL2
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
LAW AND GOVERNMENT
O ASI
o CIS
o CHEMICAL REGULATIONS AND
GUIDELINES SYSTEM
O CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
ABSTRACTS
O CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERIODICAL
INDEX
o FEDERAL INDEX
O FEDERAL REGISTER ABSTRACTS
O GPO MONTHLY CATALOG
o GPO PUBLICATIONS REFERENCE
FILE
O LEGAL RESOURCE INDEX
O NCJRS
O NTIS
O PATLAW
O TSCA INITIAL INVENTORY
o AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE
o ARTBIBLIOGRAPHIES MODERN
o CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
o HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS
o LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE
BEHAVIOR ABSTRACTS
O LISA
O MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY
o PAIS INTERNATIONAL
O PHILOSOPHER'S INDEX
o POPULATION BIBLIOGRAPHY
O PSYCINFO
o RILM ABSTRACTS
o SOCIAL SCISEARCH
O SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS
o UNITED STATES POLITICAL
SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
O WORLD AFFAIRS REPORT2
FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
o COMPREHENSIVE DISSERTATION
INDEX
O CONFERENCE PAPERS INDEX
o DIALINDEX
o NTIS
O FOUNDATION DIRECTORY
O FOUNDATION GRANTS INDEX
o GRANTS
O NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS
'Forthcoming data base,
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BIBLIOGRAPHY-BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
O BOOK REVIEW INDEX
o BOOKS IN PRINT
o GPO MONTHLY CATALOG
o GPO PUBLICATIONS REFERENCE
FILE
o MARC2
O REMARC
EDUCATION
O AIM/ARM
O ERIC
O EXCEPTIONAL CHILD EDUCATION
RESOURCES
O IRIS
O NICEM
O NICESM/NIMIS
O U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOL DIRECTORY
ONLINE TRAINING AND PRACTICE
o ONTAP CA SEARCH
O ONTAP CHEMNAME
O ONTAP DIALINDEX
O ONTAP ERIC
o ONTAP PTS PROMT
For additional information concerning the over 150 DIALOG data bases, or
to open an account, contact:
DIALOG Information Services, Inc.
Marketing Department
3640 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: (800) 227-1927 in continental U.S. except California,
(800) 982-5838 in California or (415) 858-3785.
For formal training contact:
Telephone: (415) 858-4788.
Forthcoming data base.
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APPENDIX B
Pec ess information for:
o Chemical Substances Information Network
(CSIN)
CIS
o MEDLARS
o ORBIT
O DIALOG
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CSIN
The Chemical Substances Information Network (CSIN) was developed by EPA
in response to the massive data requirements associated with chemical
regulation, toxicological research, chemical manufacture, and related
activities. The system places a valuable new tool, capable of accessing
diverse types of chemical-related data, in the hands of Federal and local
government agencies, scientists, educators, and public interest groups. CSIN
is not another data base. It links and coordinates data from many independent
chemical-related information systems that together will provide access to
greater capabilities than any existing system currently supplies.
CSIN was designed to simplify chemical data acquisition and to make
comprehensive data available to a broad user population. Objectives related
to the fulfillment of these goals include:
o coordinating and integrating relevant Federal and private data
bases;
o providing access to a variety of data bases without the need for
learning various log-on and searching procedures;
o reducing the time involved in conducting a data search; and
o using the results from one information resource to forumlate
queries to other resources.
Users will use the network through the public telecommunications network
accessible through on-line terminals. Chemical identities will be determined
through the Chemical Structure Nomenclature System (CSNS) and identified by
the CAS Registry Number.
After a substance has been identified with the CSNS, over 200 data bases
will be simultaneously accessible for chemical information through the
following information systems:
o National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLARS
o System Development Corporation ORBIT
o Chemical Information System (CIS)
o Chemical Abstracts Service Online (CAS-ONLINE)
o Lockheed Information Systems/DIALOG
o Bibliographic Retrieval systems
o U.S. EPA Chemical in Commerce Information System (CICIS)
o Coast Guard's Hazard Assessment Chemical System (HACS) .
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The network component, systems will provide data and bibliographic and
research data including:
o Nomenclature
o Properties
o Production and Commer.ce
o Products and Uses
o Exposure
o Health and Environmental Effects
o Studies and Research
o Regulations and Controls.
CSIN is intended to provide access to virtually every discipline relating
to chemicals and their management. CSIN provides the user with the ability to
identify chemicals on the basis of chemical name or structure; supplies
on-line bibliographic reference to chemical, toxicological, or medical
information; and provides access to its production, biological and
environmental effects, and exposure to specified chemicals in commerce.
CSIN supports several types of search operations:
o direct connect mode
o enhanced direct connect mode
o script mode.
in addition, CSIN has available a variety of "utilities" to support the
searches and permit users to customize CSIN's approaches.
The currently available scripts include:
o CHEMID
o TOXEFF
O MANUFACT.
CHEMID searches for chemical identification information (such as formal
nomenclature, synonyms, registry numbers, and trade names). TOXEFF returns
information about toxic effects of chemicals (for example, carcinogenicity and
teratogenicity). MANOFACT searches for data on the production and manufacture
of chemicals (including location or region of production, producer, and
quantities).
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Scripts are extremely flexible. They search data bases with query lists
which are files containing terms that help define a specific search. Query
lists instruct remote data bases as to precisely what terms should be present
in the information being sought. CSIN provides a number of standard query
lists designed by professional searchers. Users can use these lists or
through the "utilities" of CSIN they can modify them or create their own
unique lists.
In Script Mode, CSIN does the following:
o Provides a selection of data bases to search;
o Provides system query lists to include in searching;
o Provides a logical structure for the Boolean operatives used to
create query lists;
o Automatically dials up and logs on to selected data bases;
o Sends all user specified queries and files;
o Searches designated data bases;
o Retrieves, stores and/or prints results;
Direct Mode links users directly to a remote system, and it requires more.
user interaction and knowledge. At the highest level of user involvement,
CSIN merely dials and connects to the remote system. Here the user has
complete free-rein with the search. Working at this level, the user must be
familiar with the language and logic of the remote system.
However, the user always has some CSIN capability. At any time in a
search, the user can invoke CSIN without disconnecting from the remote
system. This "Enhanced" Direct Search makes available to the user a number of
CSIN features that provide considerable assistance in searching data bases
that do not yet have scripts written for them.
Enhanced Direct Mode features include:
o Substituting a stored file for input to the remote system (these
can be the equivalent of query lists used in the Script Mode);
o Transforming a system or user file into the proper format for
searching the desired data bases;
o performing data captured into the CSIN computer;
o Editing the captured file of data.
CSIN provides a number of useful operations called "Utilities" that can
be used in both Script and Direct Modes. These utilities include file and
query list operations. They also include operations to "change flag setting",
that are methods of tailoring user interactions with CSIN.
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A file can be compared to a physical container, such as a file folder
full of information. Files stored on the computer can be the result of
searches of remote systems, search terms for direct mode searching, or user
entered text. File operations enable users to list file names (along with
their size and last date of modification), display file contents, copy files,
rename, delete, print or edit files. Users may also transfer files to other
users within their defined user group.
CSIN can also transform user files of information (from other systems or
from the user) into the proper form for searching a wide variety of data. In
Script Mode this is done automatically for those data bases available in a
given script. Transforms permit a much larger number of data bases to be
searched in the Enhanced Direct Mode.
CSIN provides access to a standard line-oriented editor based on the UNIX
editor "XED" that can be used to modify and create files and query lists. It
also merges and restructures files.
Although CSIN is still in its prototype phase, it can access and speed
user searching of over 200 data bases under the following search operations:
DATA BASES: SCRIPT
NLM: AVLINE
BIOETHICS
CANCERLIT X
CANCERPROJ
CATLINE
CHEMLINE X
CLINPROT
EPILEPSY
El
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
HEALTH PLAN & ADMIN
HISTLINE
MEDLEARN
MEDLINE
MEDBACK
POPLINE
RTECS X
SERLINE
TDB X
TOXLINE X
TOXBACK
SDC: ACCOUNTANTS
AGRICOLA
APILIT
APIPAT
ASI
BANKER
BIOCODES
BIOSIS X
CAS X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
AVAILABLE SEARCH OPERATIONS
HCED DIRECT DIRECT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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CASSI
CHEMDEX X
GIN X
CIS
COLD
COMPENDEX
CRDS
X
X
X
X
X
X
AVAILABLE
DATA BASES: SCRIPT
SDC: CRECPRD
DBI
DOANE
EBIB
EDB
ELCOM
ENERGYLINE
ENVIROLINE
EPIA
ERIC
FEDEX
FEDREG
FSTA
GEOREF
GRANTS
INFORM
INSPEC
LABORDOC
LISA
MANAGEMENT
MONITOR
NDEX X
NTIS X
NUC/CODES
ORBIT
PAPERCHEM
P/E NEWS
PESTDOC/PESTDOCII
PIE
POWER
PSYCHABS
RINGDOC
SAE
SP\)RT
SWRA
TITUS
TROPAG
TSCA X
TULSA
USCA
USCLASS
USPA
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
SEARCH OPERATIONS
ENHANCED DIRECT
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
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X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DIRECT
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USREP X X
VETDOC X
VOTES X X
WATERLIT X X
WPI X
WPIL X
CAS: CAS ONLINE X X
CIS: CHEMLAB X
CLAB X
CNMR X
CRYST X
CTCP X
FRSS X
GIN A X
IRSS X
MLAB X
MSSS X
NMRLIT X
NOCSEQ X
OHM-TADS X
PDSM X
RTECS X XX
SANSS X X X
THERMO X
TSCAPP X
WDROP X
XTAL X
Future capabilities may come from the inclusion of new utilities and
scripts; data bases which contain information on Federal and state regulations
regarding toxic substances; protocols for ongoing toxicology experiments;
baseline pathology data on control animal strains; additional bibliographic
data from various private and public sources; and user-prompted graphic data
evaluation of monitoring and other numeric data.
The CSIN network administration, through its development and support
contractors, also plans to initiate enhancements to CSIN in hardware through
the addition of a Dual Processor to the Current DEC VAX 11/780 Configuration
and completion of the CSIN microprocessor workstation task. Planned software
improvements include the conversion to the new version of the Berkeley UNIX
operating system and the enhancement of functionalities.
CSIN will also eventually interface with the following new systems and
networks:
o Systems
-Justice Retrieval and Inquiry System (JORIS)
-Toxicology Data Management System (TDMS)
-Environmental Technical Information System (ETIS)
-Occupational Health Services HAZARDLINE
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o Networks
-ARPANET (I/O)
-TYMNET (0)
-CYBERNET ( O)
-EDRONET (I/O)
An important goal towards which CSIN is working is to become financially
self-sustaining. Currently, CSIN is supported and maintained by the Federal
government. CSIN expects to realize self-sufficiency through broadening its
user group and eventually requesting that users pay for some portion of their
user costs.
Further information on CSIN may be obtained from;
Dr. Sidney Siegal
Dr. Gerry E. Brown, Jr.
Dr. Dalton C. Tidwell (202) 395-7285
Council on Environmental Quality
722 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
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