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CLEAN LAKES CLEARINGHOUSE
What is the
Clean Lakes
Clearinghouse?
The Clean Lakes Clearinghouse is an
information resource on lake restoration,
protection, and management. The
Clearinghouse was initiated by the EPA's
Clean Lakes Program to provide technical
information to EPA/federal personnel, state
and local lake managers/associations, and
researchers.
What are the
Services of the
Clean Lakes
Clearinghouse?
The Clean Lakes Clearinghouse provides:
- a computerized database with abstracts and
citations of technical material and
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--journal articles
—Clean Lakes Program reports
--NALMS conference proceedings
—government documents
responses to requests for informatif&ft^.
on specific lake topics
bibliographies on "hot topics"
user support for answering questions,
troubleshooting, and implementing
changes to meet user needs
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What Kinds of
Information Does
the Database
Provide?
The Database contains information on:
- lake ecology
- lake problems such as nutrients, acidifica-
tion, and toxic substances
- lake management and protection
- in-lake restoration techniques
- watershed management
- point/nonpoint sources of pollution
- water quality assessment
- modeling
How Can You Get
More Information?
Call: Clean Lakes Clearinghouse User Support:
(202)382-7111
Or write: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Lakes Program (WH-553)
Washington, D.C. 20460
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CLEAN LAKES CLEARINGHOUSE DATABASE
SUBJECT AREA HIERARCHY
Lake Ecology
Aquatic Ecosystems
Benthic Zone/Littoral Zone/Marginal Zone/
Pelagic Zone/Profundal Zone
Epilimnion/Hypolimnion/Metalimnion
Aquatic Organisms
Algae
Aquatic Plants
Bacteria
Fish
Insects
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Lake Processes
Decomposition
EutrophJcation
Hydraulic Residence Time
Inflow/Outflow
Mixing
Overturn
Photosynthesis
Stratification
Water Chemistry
Acidity/Alkalinity/pH
Biochemical Oxygen Demand/Chemical Oxygen Demand
Hard Water/Soft Water
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Lake Problems
Acid Rain
Algae
Anoxia
Aquatic Macrophytes
Fish kills
Nutrients
Sedimentation
T aste/Odor
Toxic Substances
Lake Management and Protection
Fisheries Management
Government Programs & Policy Making
Lake Associations
Legislation/Ordinances/Zoning
Public Attitudes/Public Participation
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In-Lake Treatment
Acidification Mitigation
Aeration
Algicides
Artificial Circulation
Biological Control
Dilution
Drawdown
Dredging
Flushing
Harvesting
Herbicides
Hypolimnetic Withdrawal
Nutrient Inactivation
Nutrient Precipitation
Watershed Management/Best Management Practices
Animal Waste Management
Buffer Strips/Grassed Waterways
Conservation Tillage/Contour Farming/Crop Rotation
Detention/Sedimentation Basins
Diversion
Erosion Control
Integrated Pest Management
Range/Pasture Management
Shore Stabilization/Streambank Stabilization
Stormwater Management
Street Cleaning
Wastewater Treatment
Point/Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Acid Mine Drainage
Agricultural Runoff
Construction Runoff
Highway Runoff
Septic Systems
Silviculture
Urban Runoff
Point Source Pollution
Combined Sewer Overflow
Industrial Wastes
Municipal Wastes
Water Quality Assessment
Monitoring
Statistical Analysis
Trophic State Indices
Modeling
Computer Modeling
Mathematical Modeling
Simulation Modeling
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SAMPLE RECORD
Accession Number
Record Type
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
Abstract
PARVEEN; MAGLEBY, RICHARD
Database
Geo Code
Pub Date
ID Number
Location
Document Source
Red Last Mod Date
Year Publishied
Date Added
Security Code
(BEST
& CONSERVA-
717
CAT
SETIA,
USDA
MEASURING PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF CONTROLLING WATER
POLLUTION IN A WATERSHED
NALMS, WAHSINGTON, D.C.
COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MODELING
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MATHEMATICAL
MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLU-
TION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
ANALYZES AGRICULTURAL
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES)
TION ALTERNATIVES FOR REDUCING
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION IN
HIGHLAND SILVER LAKE, IL. RESULTS
SHOW COSTS & EFFECTIVENESS OF
RURAL CLEAN WATER PROGRAM. DIS-
CUSSES PHYSICAL & MATHEMATICAL
MODELS.
LAKE
05IL
07/01/88
717
NALMS, (202)466-8550
LAKE & RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT, VOL.
IV, NO. I, 1988(63-71)
890817
1988
890817
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ACCESS TO THE CLEAN LAKES
CLEARINGHOUSE DATABASE
Personal
Computer
Access
Mainframe
Access
Call-in
Access
The Clean Lakes Clearinghouse provides access
to technical information on lake restoration,
protection, and management through a compu-
terized bibliographic database. The Database
is available to users in three ways: through
a personal computer program, through the EPA
mainframe, and by requesting a bibliography
from Clean Lakes Clearinghouse User Support.
The Database can be loaded to a personal
computer for use at your convenience. If
you choose this access method the Database
will be sent on diskettes, with the necessary
supporting documentation, from which you will
load the database file and menu programs onto
a personal computer hard disk. This option
requires that you have an IBM or IBM compatible
personal computer, approximately 3 megabytes of
hard disk space, and dBASE I11+ software. The
Database diskettes and supporting documentation
will be sent free of charge to anyone with the
required hardware and software.
The Clean Lakes Clearinghouse Database has
been loaded to EPA's mainframe in an online
library catalog system (OLS). The OLS is
available to anyone with a mainframe account.
If you cannot access the Database through
your personal computer or mainframe terminal
you can request a search on a specific lake
topic from Clean Lakes Clearinghouse User Support
at (202)382-7111. You will be sent a printed
bibliography listing records from the Database
on that topic, as well as information on how to
obtain documents of interest. This service is
also performed free of charge.
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USING THE DATABASE ON THE MAINFRAME
Online
Library
System
Access to
OLS
Logging onto
the Mainframe
The Clean Lakes Clearinghouse Database has
been loaded on EPA's IBM 3090 mainframe in
the Online Library System (OLS), a modified
library application written in BASIS. The
OLS also has several other files such as the
holdings for the EPA Headquarters Library
and three of EPA's Regional libraries.
You must have an account on the IBM 3090 in
order to use the OLS. Contact your Regional
ADP Coordinator if you do not already have an
account. Call RTP User Support at (FTS)
629-7862 or 1-800-334-2405 (CML) to identify
your ADP Coordinator.
Procedures for signing onto the IBM 3090
vary depending on your location and on
type of terminal. Contact your local computer
support personnel for assistance or call RTP
User Support at the above number for log-on
instructions.
Logging onto the OLS is described in more
detail in the Clean Lakes Clearinghouse documen-
tation notebook under "Searching".
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BASIS/TECHLIB
CLEAN LAKES (LAKE)
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS)
PATRON GUIDE
September 1989
Prepared for:
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Washington, OC Z0460
Prepared by:
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION
Applied Technology Division
79 T.W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Contract Number 68-01-7176
Delivery Order 7176-627
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PREFACE
The PATRON GUIDE is designed for all OLS users and contains introductory
information about BASIS, an explanation of how to access the OLS, a description
of the PATRON MENU, a discussion of common BASIS commands, and a discussion of
thesaurus usage. The appendices contain a list of fields and prefixes in each
of the databases, information about the EBCDIC collating (sorting) sequence, and
a list of related documentation.
The following documentation conventions pertain to system use:
1) After entering menu options or system commands, press the key (if
you are operating a VT100 terminal or a personal computer with VT100 emulation)
or the key (if you are operating an IBM 3270 terminal or personal
computer with 3270 emulation card such as IRMA).
2) User input is shown in upper-case type, underlined, on pictures representing
menus.
ENTER SELECTION -->11
Search for titles containing: MATER
and in upper-case type surrounded by double quotes (e.g., Enter "Q" to exit from
the OLS.) within the text of the document. However, you may omit the double
quotes and enter information in any combination of upper and lower case.
3) A single asterisk (*) is a "wildcard" character used to specify a group of
data or data items that fit a certain pattern. Requesting data with the keyword
ACID* will retrieve ACID, ACIDITY, ACIDIFICATION, ACIDIC, etc. (e.g., "ACID"
followed by any other characters).
4) Three asterisks (***) indicate that users who are operating IBM 3270
terminals or using 3270 terminal emulation packages must press to
continue.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
2.0 ACCESS TO THE ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM 2
2.1 Invoking TECHLIB . 3
2.2 The OUTPUT DEFAULTS MENU 4
2.2.1 The BIN Parameter 7
2.2.2 The DEST Parameter 8
2.2.3 The FORM Parameter 9
2.3 The DATABASE SELECTION MENU 10
2.3.3 Printing a Shelf List 11
2.3.4 Selecting a Database 11
2.4 Opening Menu Display 12
3.0 USING THE OLS AS A PATRON 13
3.1 "Search by" Options 14
3.1.1 Search by Title 18
3.1.2 Search by Personal Author 19
3.1.3 Search by Corporate Source 20
3.1.4 Search by Subject 21
3.1.5 Search by Keywords 22
3.1.6 Search by Call Number 23
3.1.8 Search by Year of Publication 24
3.2 Other Options 27
3.2.1 Help 27
3.2.2 Display/Print/Combine 27
3.2.3 Clear Current Searches 36
3.2.4 Additional Options 38
3.2.5 Exit to BASIS 38
3.2.6 Quit this Database 38
4.0 WORKING AT THE BASIS COMMAND LEVEL 39
4.1 Basic BASIS Command Level Concepts 39
4.1.1 Why Work at the BASIS Command Level? 39
4.1.2 Manipulating Document Sets 40
4.1.2.1 The LIST command 41
4.1.2.2 The /NEW command 41
4.1.3 Entering and Leaving the BASIS Command Level 42
4.1.4 Special Characters and Other Features 42
4.1.5 BASIS Physical Database Organization 43
4.1.6 Field Names, Field Prefixes and Maps 44
4.2 Retrieving Database Information 45
4.2.1 The FIND Command 45
4.2.2 The SCAN Command 46
4.2.3 The SORT Command 49
4.2.4 The BROWSE Command 52
4.3 Examining Search Results 53
4.3.1 The DISPLAY Command 53
4.3.2 The PRINT Command 56
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Appendix D
DATA DICTIONARY
The Data Dictionary has not yet been compiled.
Refer to Appendix A for all available information
about each field or prefix.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.)
A DATABASE FIELD CROSS-REFERENCE A-l
B RELATED DOCUMENTATION B-l
C STOPWORDS USED IN INDEXING OLS DATABASES C-l
D DATA DICTIONARY D-l
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Clean Lakes database (LAKE) is a resource for obtaining information
concerning lake management, protection, and restoration. The database was
initiated in January 1988 in order to provide information dealing with topics
such as restoration techniques, water quality assessment, lake problems,
modeling, lake ecology, and other related topics. The database is now available
as a file in the Online Library System (OLS) to all EPA personnel and to state
government offices that have an account on the EPA mainframe. This means that
bibliographic information from the Clean Lakes database may be accessed Agency-
wide via the OLS.
BASIS is a database which is optimized for storing large amounts of textual
data. The OLS is a modified version of the BASIS library application called
TECHLIB (TECHnical LIBrary). The OLS provides instantaneous electronic access
to the Clean Lakes database and to a cumulative Headquarters Library catalog,
EPA report abstracts, and EPA Regional files.
Clean Lakes database and other library patrons may search the OLS through simple
menus or through the powerful BASIS command language.
BASIS/TECHLIB and the OLS are installed at the EPA National Computer Center
(NCC) IBM 3090 in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and may be accessed Agency-wide
via the 3090.
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2.0 ACCESS TO THE ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM
You must have an account on the IBM 3090 in order to use the OLS. Contact your
Regional ADP Coordinator if you do not already have an account. If you do not
know who your Regional ADP Coordinator is, contact User Support at
1-800-334-2405 (CML) or 629-7862 (FTS).
Procedures for signing on (or "logging on") to the IBM 3090 vary depending on
your location and on what type of terminal you are using. Contact your local
support personnel for assistance, or call User Support at the above number for
logon instructions.
The steps below assume that you have successfully logged on to the IBM and are
now at the TSO "READY" prompt.
If you have any problems gaining access to the OLS which occur after you get to
the TSO "READY" prompt, call 1-919-541-9287 and ask for the TECHLIB DATABASE
ADMINISTRATOR. If your problems occur before you see the TSO "READY" prompt,
contact your local support personnel, or call User Support.
If you have any questions regarding the contents of the Clean Lakes database
(i.e. questions directly related to the bibliographic information stored in the
database), you may call Clean Lakes User Support for assistance. The number is
(202)382-7111 (CML) or 382-7111 (FTS).
NOTE: Advanced users may wish to do all their work through ISPF. These
users should select ISPF option 6 before proceeding to the steps
below. Interpret all references to the TSO "READY" prompt as
including the ISPF option 6 prompt.
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2.1 Invoking TECHLIB
At the TSO "READY" prompt, type the word "TECHLIB" and press .
READY
TECHLIB
The system will display a bulletin which is designed to alert you to any changes
in or news about the OLS. MAKE A HABIT OF READING THIS BULLETIN. The top of
the bulletin contains the date and time it was last changed, for your
convenience.
************** teCHLIB BULLETIN: 9/26/89 17:00 EST ****************
FOR HELP, contact the TECHLIB Database Administrator at
(non-FTS) 919-541-9287, or send EMail to TECHLIB/DBA.
»»> Use N, not C, to access National Catalog database.
»»> Clean Lakes database now available with "L" option.
»>» Important EMAIL sent to all librarians today (9/26/89) RSVP...
OCLC current thru 9/08/89. Fiche thru 8/25/89 was mailed 9/07/89.
NTIS current thru 8/89. Fiche thru 8/89 was mailed 9/07/89.
HAZW current thru 6/89.
The PATRON and LIBRARIAN GUIDES are now available online.
»»» SEARCHING TIPS «««
>> You may search OCLC numbers (FIND 0CLC=...) without leading zeroes.
» SEARCH STRINGS CONTAINING BLANKS MUST BE ENCLOSED IN DOUBLE QUOTES.
» WHEN COMBINING SEARCHES, USE "AWOL" (And Without Links) rather than
"AND". See the PATRON GUIDE for an explanation.
» NTIS report number searching: Use "FIND RN0=" and don't put any
punctuation in the number. Ex: FIND RN0=EPA6701234, not EPA/670-12-34.
************************* end OF BULLETIN ***************************
PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE, Q TO QUIT -->
Press "Q" if you have changed your mind and wish to quit TECHLIB and return to
the TSO "READY" prompt. If you press , either the OUTPUT DEFAULTS MENU
or the DATABASE SELECTION MENU will appear. The DATABASE SELECTION MENU will
appear if you have already set up your output defaults. If you have never set
up any output defaults, the OUTPUT DEFAULTS MENU will appear so that you can do
so.
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2.2 The OUTPUT DEFAULTS MENU
The first time you ever use TECHLIB, you must establish where and how any output
you generate while using the OLS should be printed. Thus, if you have never
used the OLS, you will be prompted to enter certain printer output parameters.
These parameters will be saved by the OLS, and they will become your "output
defaults". You will never have to respecify these values unless you wish to
change them.
On subsequent occasions that you use TECHLIB, you may change these values by
selecting the "D" option from the DATABASE SELECTION MENU. The screens to
change output defaults look almost exactly like the screens to enter the output
defaults on the very first time you use TECHLIB. In the following example, you
will see how to change your output default values.
Your current output defaults always display on the DATABASE SELECTION MENU.
Suppose that you want to print the OLS PATRON GUIDE on 8-1/2x11 white unlined
paper punched for a three-ring binder, on a laser printer at the National
Computer Center. Your normal defaults are to print on standard forms at your
local printer, which happens to be called R222. You have consulted your local
computer support person, and so you know that the white paper you want is forms
type 0N71, that printing on the laser printer requires class F, and that the NCC
computer is RO.
Select the "D" option:
ONLINE LIBRARY
SYSTEM « DATABASE SELECTION MENU » US: DB:
N
NATIONAL CATALOG (OCLC + NTIS EXTRACTS)
H
HAZARDOUS WASTE
L
CLEAN LAKES
T
TRANSLATIONS
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REGION I
4
REGION IV
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REGION IX
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PRINT PATRON GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
G
PRINT LIBRARIAN GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
s
PRINT SHELF LIST AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
D
CHANGE DEFAULT PRINTER OUTPUT VALUES
(BIN:B132 DEST:R222 F0RM:STD CLASS:A)
ENTER SELECTION LETTER, OR Q TO QUIT --> fi
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and the OUTPUT DEFAULTS MENU appears:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « OUTPUT DEFAULTS MENU » US: DB:
"BIN" SPECIFIES WHERE PRINTED OUTPUT FROM REPORTS AND/OR PRINT
COMMANDS SHOULD GO. DEFAULT IS TO HAVE OUTPUT MAILED TO YOU
VIA 4TH CLASS U.S. MAIL, OR YOU MAY SPECIFY ANY VALID BIN
NUMBER (4 CHARACTERS STARTING WITH B, C, D, F, M OR L).
OLD BIN: B132 DEFAULT BIN: MSEC NEW BIN:
"DEST" SPECIFIES WHAT PRINTER WILL BE USED TO PRINT OUTPUT.
DEFAULT IS TO HAVE OUTPUT PRINTED AT NCC-RTP, OR YOU MAY SPECIFY
A REMOTE PRINTER NUMBER (USUALLY "R" OR "N" FOLLOWED BY NUMBER).
OLD DEST: R222 DEFAULT DEST: RO NEW DEST: RQ
"FORM" IS THE TYPE OF PAPER TO USE. DEFAULT IS STANDARD
FORMS, OR YOU MAY SPECIFY ANY FORMS TYPE WHICH IS VALID FOR
YOUR LOCATION. CONSULT YOUR LOCAL COMPUTER OPERATOR FOR HELP.
OLD FORM: STD DEFAULT FORM: STD NEW FORM: ONZI
"CLASS" IS THE OUTPUT CLASS. DEFAULT IS STANDARD PRINT CLASS,
OR YOU MAY SPECIFY ANY CLASS WHICH IS VALID FOR YOUR LOCATION.
CONSULT YOUR LOCAL COMPUTER OPERATOR FOR OPTIONS.
OLD CLASS: A DEFAULT CLASS: A NEW CLASS: F
Note that if you simply press , the "OLD" values are kept. If you
are entering output defaults for the first time, pressing will cause
the system default values to be stored for you.
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Once you have finished entering or changing your output defaults, the DATABASE
SELECTION MENU will reappear. Your changed values are shown on that screen:
ONLINE LIBRARY
SYSTEM « DATABASE SELECTION MENU » US: DB:
N
NATIONAL CATALOG (OCLC + NTIS EXTRACTS)
H
HAZARDOUS WASTE
L
CLEAN LAKES
T
TRANSLATIONS
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REGION I
4
REGION IV
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REGION IX
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PRINT PATRON GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
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PRINT LIBRARIAN GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
S
PRINT SHELF LIST AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
D
CHANGE DEFAULT PRINTER OUTPUT VALUES
(BIN:B132 DEST:RO F0RM:0N71 CLASS:F)
ENTER SELECTION LETTER, OR Q TO QUIT -->
Since the range of valid BIN, DEST, FORM and CLASS parameters is so broad, very
little validation can be done on these values. Therefore, if you entered
invalid values, you may see error messages of the following form after selecting
a database:
IKJ56875I SYSOUT DATA SET NOT ALLOCATED, DESTINATION UNDEFINED TO SUBSYSTEM
If this happens, quit the OLS or the database as soon as you are given the
opportunity, go back to the TSO "READY" prompt, and start over. If you do not
start over with valid output parameters, results are unpredictable.
Consult the EPA Online User's Guide, or call User Support (phone number in
Section 1.0) if you need more Information than is given below about BIN, DEST,
FORM, and CLASS.
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2.2.1 The BIN Parameter
The bin number ("BIN") determines where printed output is placed after printing.
The bin number is two to four characters long (leading zeroes of the numeric
portion may be omitted). The following table contains information about the
meaning of different format bin numbers.
BIN NUMBER DISTRIBUTION SITE
Bnnn National Computer Center bin at RTP for user
retrieval or RTP area courier delivery. Replace nnn
with bin number assigned by DPSS.
Cnnn To be distributed to Washington, DC area user by courier
at the user's expense. Replace nnn with courier bin
number.
Dnnn Hold at the WIC (EPA Headquarters) for user retrieval.
Replace nnn with the bin number assigned by WIC.
Fuuu To be distributed by DPSS-RTP personnel via Express
Mail, Priority 1 (overnight service), at the expense of
the user represented by the User-ID initials uuu.
Muuu To be distributed by DPSS or I/O Control personnel via
U.S. Fourth Class at RTP, to the user represented by the
User-ID initials uuu.
When the OLS asks you to enter a BIN, if you simply press , your output
will be assigned a bin number consisting of M plus your three- letter User-ID.
Since 4th class mail is slow, it is to your advantage to specify a bin number
if possible. If your group does not already have an assigned bin number, you
may request one from your Group Leader, Project Officer, or ADP Coordinator.
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2.2.2 The DEST Parameter
The destination code ("DEST") is a code that identifies a specific printer or
set of printers in a specific city and building.
The most common format for a destination code is "R" or "RMT" (for Remote
printer) or "N" (for Node) followed by a one- to three-digit number. In some
cases, both a Node and a Remote may be required.
There is one other possible format for destination code: if printouts are to
be routed to a logical mainframe (LMF), you may specify the first two letters
of the LMF city -- "DA" for Dallas, "AT" for Atlanta, etc.
The table below contains some example destination codes.
When the OLS asks you to enter a DEST, if you simply press , your output
will be assigned to print at RO. If you do not know the DEST number for the
printer closest to you, contact your Group Leader, Project Officer, or ADP
Coordinator.
Be aware that if you leave output on hold and do not explicitly release it, it
will be deleted from the system after it has been in the queue for some part of
three working days. A working day is defined as a day during which NCC
regularly processes user jobs (i.e., days other than Sundays or holidays). Do
not select a DEST of HOLD or R255 unless you are familiar with the procedures
for examining and releasing output which is in the hold queue.
DEST CODE
PRINTER LOCATION
RO
R321
N3
AT
N7
N9
N10
DA
Nil
N13
N14
N15
R320
R255
HOLD
National Computer Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
Computer Sciences Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC
WIC, Washington, DC
EPA Region 4, Atlanta, 6A
EPA Region 2, New York City, NY
EPA Region 8, Lakewood, CO
EPA Region 6, Dallas, TX
EPA Region 6, Dallas, TX
EPA Region 10, Seattle, WA
EPA Region 7, Kansas City, KS
EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
NJ EPA Water Resources, Trenton, NJ
EPA OAQPS, Mutual Bldg., Durham, NC
Electronic hold queue at NCC
Electronic hold queue at NCC
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2.2.3 The FORM Parameter
The forms type ("FORM") specifies what type of paper must be in the printer
before your output will be printed.
The table below contains some example FORM types which are valid for NCC and the
WIC:
FORM CODE SIZE DESCRIPTION
1800 14-7/8" x 11" unlined
0N71 *8-1/2" x 11" unlined, 3-hole punch
0N51 *8-1/2" x 11" unlined, no holes
STD 14-7/8" x 11" reverse side of lined paper
8381 12 x 8-1/2 unlined, compressed laser print
* Measurement without sprocket holes.
2.2.4 The CLASS Parameter
The output class ("CLASS") specifies the SYSOUT class. This parameter is
closely related to the FORM parameter, and may imply a particular FORM. Don't
worry too much about this value, as you will rarely want to change it. The most
commonly used classes at the NCC are shown in the table below.
CLASS MEANING
A Printed output on standard system printer with
single-part, unlined 14-7/8" x 11" white paper
printed at 6 lines/inch.
D Printed with upper/lower case (Washington
Information Center N3 only).
F Printed output on the IBM 3800 laser printer
(local to RTP only, not currently available at
most remote sites).
M Printed output greater than 50,000 lines.
P Printed output goes to the electronic hold queue.
1 Dummy class. Output will not be printed.
When the OLS asks you to enter a CLASS, if you simply press , your output
will be printed on STD forms. (See table above.) Available class values vary
from site to site, so consult your local computer operator for additional
options. See the EPA Online User's Guide, PNTNFORM member, for a full
discussion of NCC/WIC options.
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2.3 The DATABASE SELECTION MENU
The DATABASE SELECTION MENU allows you either to select a database for
searching, or to perform a utility function such as printing the user guide(s),
running a shelf list (for librarians only), or changing your default output
values. Your current default output values are also displayed, for easy
reference. The DATABASE SELECTION MENU looks like this:
ONLINE LIBRARY
SYSTEM « DATABASE SELECTION MENU » US: DB:
N
NATIONAL CATALOG (OCLC + NTIS EXTRACTS)
H
HAZARDOUS WASTE
L
CLEAN LAKES
T
TRANSLATIONS
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REGION I
4
REGION IV
9
REGION IX
P
PRINT PATRON GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
G
PRINT LIBRARIAN GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
S
PRINT SHELF LIST AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
D
CHANGE DEFAULT PRINTER OUTPUT VALUES
(BIN: B132 DEST-.RO F0RM:0N71 CLASS :F)
ENTER SELECTION
LETTER, OR Q TO QUIT
As usual, you may enter "Q" to quit the OLS and return to the TSO "READY"
prompt.
2.3.1 Printing Patron or Librarian Guides
If you select "P" to print the BASIS/TECHLIB OLS PATRON GUIDE, or "G" to print
the BASIS/TECHLIB OLS LIBRARIAN GUIDE, the output will be printed at the printer
and on the forms specified by your output defaults. The LIBRARIAN GUIDE may
only be printed by library staff members who know the password for this option.
Note that these are the generic user guides; the manual you are reading is the
BASIS/TECHLIB CLEAN LAKES OLS PATRON GUIDE.
2.3.2 Changing Default Printer Output Values
If you select "D" to change default printer output values, the OUTPUT DEFAULTS
MENU described in Section 2.2 above will appear. You may then re-enter each
default value.
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2.3.3 Printing a Shelf List
A shelf list is a list of holdings for an entire library or library collection
which is sorted by call number. Patrons may not request shelf lists. Contact
Clean Lakes User Support if you need to use this function.
2.3.4 Selecting a Database
If you select one of the menu options representing a database, you will be
prompted for a database id. Clean Lakes database users should type "PATRON" at
the prompt, or press (since PATRON is the default database id).
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « DATABASE SELECTION MENU » US: DB:
ENTER SELECTION LETTER, OR Q TO QUIT --> I
ENTER DATABASE ID (PATRON OR LIBXXXX, DEFAULT IS PATRON) -->
If you mistyped your database id or password, you may be shown a message which
looks like this:
USER ERROR. You are not an authorized user.
Do you want another data base?
N
H
L
T
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NATIONAL CATALOG (OCLC + NTIS EXTRACTS)
HAZARDOUS WASTE
CLEAN LAKES
TRANSLATIONS
REGION I
REGION IV
REGION IX
P
G
S
D
PRINT PATRON GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
PRINT LIBRARIAN GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
PRINT SHELF LIST AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
CHANGE DEFAULT PRINTER OUTPUT VALUES
(BIN.-B132 DEST:RO F0RM:0N71 CLASS.-F)
/
If this happens, just type the word "NO" in response to the slash prompt. You
will be returned to the DATABASE SELECTION MENU.
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After correctly specifying a database and your database id, you will be shown
a welcome message, the date on which this database was last updated, and the
total number of records In this database.
Next you will be asked what type terminal you are using. The welcome message
and terminal type prompt will look something like this:
WELCOME TO THE EPA ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM
The Last Update Was on 890817
The Total Number of Records 1s 1600
What type of terminal or terminal emulation software are you
using (V for VT100, I for IBM3270, or press ENTER for OTHER)?
—> v
If you are using an IBM 3270 or 3270-type terminal, or if you are using a
personal computer that contains a 3270 emulation card (such as an "IRMA", "DCA"
or "PCOX" card), answer "I" in response to the terminal type question. If you
are using a VT100 terminal, answer "V". If you are using a personal computer
without a 3270 emulation card or any other kind of terminal, press to
select OTHER terminal.
2.4 Opening Menu Display
You will now be shown the opening menu that 1s appropriate for your database id.
Because your database 1d 1s PATRON, the PATRON MENU will be displayed. Refer
to Section 3.0 for a discussion of the PATRON MENU.
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3.0 USING THE OLS AS A PATRON
The PATRON MENU allows you to search for Clearinghouse documents by title,
personal author, corporate source, subject, keywords (title, subject and
abstract simultaneously), call number, and year of publication. Select one of
these options by entering the two-character code that corresponds to the
selected search category.
The PATRON MENU also offers online help for all menu options, lets you display
and combine search results, lets you clear current searches from the right side
of the screen, provides additional options which would not fit on the PATRON
MENU, lets you exit to BASIS and enter BASIS commands, and provides the standard
"Q" to Quit option.
The PATRON MENU looks like this:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH RESULTS:
SEARCH
BY:
TI
Titles
AU
Authors (personal)
CS
Corporate Sources
SU
Subjects
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL
Call Number
LB
Library Code
YR
Year of Publication
DB
Database
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H Help
D Display/Print/Combine
C Clear Current Searches
A Additional Options
X Exit to BASIS
Q Quit this Database
ENTER SELECTION --> II
Search for titles containing: CARP
Results from searches performed from the PATRON MENU are displayed in a list on
the right side of the screen. An entry in this list consists of the search
request (such as "TI-CARP") and the number of items found for that request.
The OLS has room to display a maximum of sixteen document sets. If you have
created more than sixteen document sets and wish to see the complete list of
your document sets, select the "D" option from the PATRON MENU, or clear all
your existing document sets with the "C" option. All of the two-character
"SEARCH BY" options are discussed in Section 3.1. All of the single-character
"OTHER OPTIONS" are discussed in Section 3.2.
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3.1 "Search by" Options
In the OLS, an attempt has been made to have search requests constructed through
the menus match the syntax used by BASIS at the command level. For example, a
search request like the following:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH BY: 1 SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles j
AU
Authors (personal) j
CS
Corporate Sources |
SU
Subjects j
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB) |
CL
Call Number j
LB
Library Code j
YR
Year of Publication j
DB
Database j
i
OTHER
OPTIONS: |
H
Help j
D
Display/Print/Combine j
C
Clear Current Searches |
A
Additional Options j
X
Exit to BASIS |
Q
Quit this Database |
ENTER
SELECTION --> TI=CARP
is very similar to the BASIS command
FIND TI=CARP
However, the menus are designed to prompt you for the various parts of the
search request, so that you are not required to know the BASIS syntax. The
example FIND on the next page shows this prompting.
Also in the example on the next page, note that the results from the first
search appear on the right side of the subsequent display of the PATRON MENU.
There are 7 documents in the LAKE database which have the word "carp" in the
title field.
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ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH BY:
TI Titles
AU Authors (personal)
CS Corporate Sources
SU Subjects
KY Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL Call Number
LB Library Code
YR Year of Publication
DB Database
OTHER OPTIONS:
H Help
D Display/Print/Combine
C Clear Current Searches
A Additional Options
X Exit to BASIS
Q Quit this Database
ENTER SELECTION --> II
Search for titles containing: WATER
Again, the results of your search appear on the right side of the screen:
ONLINE
LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH
BY:
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles
TI-CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal)
TI=WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources
SU
Subjects
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL
Call Number
LB
Library Code
YR
Year of Publication
DB
Database
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H
Help
D
Di splay/Pri nt/Combi ne
C
Clear Current Searches
A
Additional Options
X
Exit to BASIS
Q
Quit this Database
ENTER
SELECTION -->
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SEARCH RESULTS:
TI=CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
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As you become more familiar with the OLS, you may want to start using shortcuts
such as entering "T^WATER" at the "ENTER SELECTION —>" prompt, but you always
have the choice of how to do your work.
Whether you are searching through the menus or at the BASIS command level, there
are a few things you must know about constructing searches. If you are
searching an alphabetic or alphanumeric field such as title, author, subject,
call number, etc., you may search for a single word, a phrase, or a complete
entry. If you search for any string which contains blanks, you must enclose the
entire string in double quotes:
TI="ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
AU="J0HN SMITH"
SU="ALUM TREATMENT"
CL="TD803.N34 1988"
You may also use the wildcard character ("*") to truncate a word or phrase. The
wildcard character may appear at the beginning, middle, or end of the word or
phrase. Wildcard characters and double quotes may be combined.
TI="ENV* AGENCY" (find all agencies with Env* in name)
AU="SMITH, J*H (find all Smiths with initial J)
SU=ALUM* (find alum treatment, aluminum, etc.)
CL="TD803* 1988"
Whenever you specify a phrase to be searched, BASIS actually searches for each
word of the phrase separately. Therefore, you cannot specify the order of the
words within the phrase. The capability to search for words in a particular
relationship to each other is known as "proximity searching". You cannot do
proximity searching through the menus, although you may use the SCAN command at
the BASIS command level to do so. See Section 4.2.2 for more information about
the SCAN command.
As an example of "order insensitivity", if you request TI="Env* Agency" from
BASIS, BASIS will retrieve "Agency for Environmental Protection" as well as
"Environmental Protection Agency". In the author search for "Smith, J*", BASIS
will retrieve "John Smith", "Joan Quintana Smith", "Smith Jones III", "J.B.
Smith", "Smith, J.R.", and so on. That 1s, any author with the name Smith and
the initial J somewhere in his/her name will match the search criterion "Smith,
J*".
Another concept commonly used in literature searching is "stopwords". A 11st
of common words has been defined so that these words, when they appear 1n a
phrase, do not get indexed. You would never want to search for all titles
containing the word "the", for example. Also, when entering a search request,
there 1s no need for you to have to specify "The History of the World".
Instead since "of" and "the" are stopwords, you could simply enter "History of
the World" "History World", or even "World History" and still retrieve the
title "The'History of the World". Refer to Appendix C for a complete list of
stopwords used 1n indexing OLS databases.
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One final thing to know about alphanumeric searches is that they are not
"case-sensitive". That is, you may enter your request in any combination of
upper- and lower-case letters, and regardless of the case of the data in the
database, if the sequence of letters is the same, you will get a match. For
example, if the author field of a document in the database contains "Wendy
Nelson", you may enter your search request as "WENDY NELSON" or "wendy nelson"
or even "WeNdY nElSoN", and still retrieve the same document.
When you are searching numeric fields, you may search for a single value, a
range of values, or a set of values defined with a logical operator such as
Greater Than (GT), Less Than (LT), Greater than or Equal to (GE), Less than or
Equal to (LE), or Equal to (EQ). The only numeric field which can be searched
from the PATRON MENU is the year of publication. Some examples of year searches
appear in Section 3.1.8.
The sections which follow briefly describe each "Search By" option available
from the PATRON MENU, and give an example or two of each search. These examples
are cumulative, and so you will see the results from each search displayed on
the screen of the following search. If, after reading these sections, you need
additional information on how to search a particular field, consult the Data
Dictionary in Appendix D of this manual.
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3.1.1 Search by Title
The TI option allows searching for materials by title. Enter a word, phrase or
complete title, with or without articles such as "a" and "the".
This is an alphanumeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply.
Examples of title searching are shown in Section 3.1.
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3.1.2 Search by Personal Author
The All option allows searching by personal author. (If you want to search by
corporate author, use the CS option.) The format of the name is irrelevant as
the OLS will search for all parts of the name separately. If the author's
complete name is not available, users may search with the surname, first name,
or initials.
This is an alphanumeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply.
The search AU=KLESSIG would result in the following display:
ONLINE
LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH
BY:
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles
TI-CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal)
TI=WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources
AU-KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
SU
Subjects
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL
Call Number
LB
Library Code
YR
Year of Publication
DB
Database
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H
Help
D
Display/Print/Combine
C
Clear Current Searches
A
Additional Options
X
Exit to BASIS
Q
Quit this Database
ENTER
SELECTION -->
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3.1.3 Search by Corporate Source
The CS option allows searching by corporate source. (If you want to search by
personal author, use the AU option.) The format of the name is irrelevant as
the OLS will search for all parts of the name separately. If the complete
source name is not available, users may search with a portion of the name.
This is an alphanumeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply.
The search CS="LAK*" would result in the following display:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH BY:
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles
TI-CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources
AU«KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
SU
Subjects
CS=LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL
Call Number
LB
Library Code
YR
Year of Publication
DB
Database
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H
Help
D
Oi splay/Pri nt/Combi ne
C
Clear Current Searches
A
Additional Options
X
Exit to BASIS
Q
Quit this Database
enter
SELECTION -->
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3.1.4 Search by Subject
The SU option allows searching by keyword. Keywords must be entered exactly as
they are printed in the Keyword List which can be found in the Appendix of the
Clean Lakes Clearinghouse documentation notebook. Entries may be truncated with
the wildcard symbol.
This is an alphanumeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply.
The search SU="ALUM TREATMENT" would result in the following display:
ONLINE
LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH
BY:
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles
TI-CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources
AU-KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
SU
Subjects
CS=LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 ITEM(S)
CL
Call Number
LB
Library Code
YR
Year of Publication
DB
Database
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H
Help
D
Di splay/Pri nt/Combi ne
C
Clear Current Searches
A
Additional Options
X
Exit to BASIS
Q
Quit this Database
ENTER
SELECTION -->
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3.1.5 Search by Keywords
The KY option allows searching by topic within the title field, keyword field,
and the abstract field. This search is more comprehensive than the SU search
(previously described in 3.1.4) because it adds the title and abstract words to
the pool of words or phrases searched. Note that there are 4 more documents
retrieved by the KY search (as opposed to the SU search) because of this
addition of title and abstract words.
This is an alphanumeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply.
The search KY="ALUM TREATMENT" would result in the following display:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH BY:
TI Titles
AU Authors (personal)
CS Corporate Sources
SU Subjects
KY Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL Call Number
LB Library Code
YR Year of Publication
DB Database
OTHER OPTIONS:
H Help
D Display/Print/Combine
C Clear Current Searches
A Additional Options
X Exit to BASIS
Q Quit this Database
ENTER SELECTION -->
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI=CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
AU-KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
CS=LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 ITEM(S)
KY«"ALUM TREATMENT" - 76 ITEM(S)
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3.1.6 Search by Call Number
The CL option allows searching for publications described by a particular call
number. In the Clean Lakes database the call number field contains EPAX numbers
(call numbers assigned to EPA Headquarters Library documents) as well as Library
of Congress call numbers. Due to the multiplicity of types of numbers entered
in this field it is always wise to end the call number with the wildcard
character.
This is an alphanumeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply.
The search CL="EPAX 8804-004*" would result in the following display:
ONLINE
LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH
BY:
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles
TI=CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources
AU=KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
SU
Subjects
CS=LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 1TEM(S)
CL
Call Number
KY="ALUM TREATMENT" - 76 ITEM(S)
LB
Library Code
CL="EPAX 8804-004*" - 1 ITEM(S)
YR
Year of Publication
DB
Database
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H
Help
D
Di splay/Pri nt/Combine
C
Clear Current Searches
A
Additional Options
X
Exit to BASIS
Q
Quit this Database
ENTER
SELECTION -->
3.1.7 Search by Library Code
This search is relevant only for OCLC data in the NCAT database. Therefore, the
LB option is not explained in this document.
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3.1.8 Search by Year of Publication
The YR option allows searching by year of publication. You must enter a
four-digit publication year to search for items published during a particular
year.
To search for items published within a specific time span, enter two publication
years in the format BBBB:EEEE, where BBBB is the four-digit beginning
publication year and EEEE is the four-digit ending publication year. Ending
publication years must be greater than beginning publication years. Do not
leave any spaces on either side of the colon. Range searches include both
endpoints in the resulting document set.
Another way to search a range of years is to specify a single year and a logical
operator such as GT (Greater Than), LT (Less Than), GE (Greater than or Equal
to), IE (Less than or Equal to), or EQ (EQual to).
Although the OLS will accept wildcard-truncated entries in this search category,
the resulting search will be extremely slow.
Here are some example searches and their meanings:
YR=1985 (everything published in 1985)
YR-1974:1976 (everything published in 1974, 1975, or 1976)
YR EQ 1985 (everything published in 1985)
YR LT 1980 (everything published before 1980)
YR GE 1987 (everything published in 1987 or later)
This is a numeric search, and all rules explained in Section 3.1 apply. The
search YR»1988 would result in the following display:
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ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH BY: 1
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles 1
TI=CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal) j
TI-WATER - 246 1TEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources |
AU»KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
SU
Subjects |
CS=»LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB) |
SU®"ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 ITEM(S)
CL
Call Number j
KY-"ALUM TREATMENT" - 76 ITEM(S)
LB
Library Code j
CL«MEPAX 8804-004*" - 1 ITEM(S)
YR
Year of Publication j
YR-1988 - 86 ITEM(S)
DB
Database j
OTHER
OPTIONS: i
H
Help I
D
Display/Print/Combine j
C
Clear Current Searches j
A
Additional Options |
X
Exit to BASIS j
Q
Quit this Database j
ENTER
SELECTION --> YR GT 1980
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The previous search, YR GT 1980. would result in this display:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH BY:
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles
TI-CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
AU
Authors (personal)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
CS
Corporate Sources
AU=KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
SU
Subjects
CS=LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
SU«"ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 ITEM(S)
CL
Call Number
KY="ALUM TREATMENT" - 76 ITEM(S)
LB
Library Code
CL«"EPAX 8804-004*" - 1 ITEM(S)
YR
Year of Publication
YR-1988 - 86 ITEM(S)
DB
Database
YR GT 1980 - 1201 ITEM(S)
OTHER
OPTIONS:
H
Help
D
Di splay/Print/Combine
C
Clear Current Searches
A
Additional Options
X
Exit to BASIS
Q
Quit this Database
ENTER
SELECTION -->
3.1.9 Search by Database
This search is relevant only for OCLC data in the NCAT database. Therefore, the
DB option is not explained in this document.
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3.2 Other Options
The PATRON MENU contains several "OTHER OPTIONS": Help, Display/Print/Combine,
Clear Current Searches, Additional Options, Exit to BASIS, and Quit this
Database.
3.2.1 Help
Entering "H" at the selection prompt causes general information about the Help
facility to display at the terminal. This general help will tell you how to get
help on the other menu options.
3.2.2 Display/Print/Combine
Entering "D" at the selection prompt displays search results in ever-increasing
detail. First, the OLS lists all document sets created since your OLS session
began, or since the previous Clear. Assuming that you had performed the sample
searches shown in all the above examples, the PATRON MENU would look like this:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PA
SEARCH BY:
TI Titles
AU Authors (personal)
CS Corporate Sources
SU Subjects
KY Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL Call Number
LB Library Code
YR Year of Publication
DB Database
OTHER OPTIONS:
H Help
D Display/Print/Combine
C Clear Current Searches
A Additional Options
X Exit to BASIS
Q Quit this Database
ENTER SELECTION --> Q
MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI-CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
AU-KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
CS-LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 ITEM(S)
KY="ALUM TREATMENT" - 76 ITEM(S)
CL="EPAX 8804-004*" - 1 ITEM(S)
YR-1988 - 86 ITEM(S)
YR 6T 1980 - 1201 ITEM(S)
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After selecting the "D" option, the following screen would appear:
10/ list
.ITEMS.
LINE
REQUEST
*
7
1/
TI=CARP
*
246
2/
TI=WATER
*
9
3/
AU-KLESSIG
*
26
4/
CS=LAK* ( 2 TERMS COMBINED)
*
72
5/
SU=ALUM TREATMENT
*
76
6/
KY=ALUM TREATMENT
*
1
7/
CL=EPAX 8804-004*
*
86
8/
YR=1988
*
1201
9/
YR GT 1980
Specify the document set you wish to display by its LINE NUMBER.
To combine document sets, use the connectors AWOL, OR or AWOL NOT.
AWOL stands for And WithOut Links. See Patron Guide for more.
Ex: 1 AWOL 2
You may also use parentheses to help clarify the combining logic.
Ex: (1 OR 4) AWOL NOT 2
To return to the PATRON MENU, press ENTER.
Enter line numbers(s) -->
To view the titles of the documents in a particular document set, specify the
line number of that document set at the "Enter line number(s)" prompt. For
example, entering I would display the set of documents which have the word
"carp" in the title.
To combine document sets, specify the document sets by line numbers and combine
them with connectors such as AWOL, OR, or AWOL NOT. Think of "AWOL" as a
synonym for "AND", and apply the normal rules of boolean logic when constructing
your combined search. Use parentheses as necessary to make precedence explicit.
As you might expect, if an item is part of two different document sets, the
union of those two document sets will only include one copy of the item.
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As an example, if you want to create a document set containing items with
the word "water" in the title which were published in 1988, you would type
2 AWOL 8 (or 8 AWQL 2) at the "Enter line number(s)" prompt.
10/ list
.ITEMS.
LINE
REQUEST
•k
7
1/
TI=CARP
*
246
2/
TI=WATER
*
9
3/
AU=KLESSIG
*
26
4/
CS=LAK* ( 2 TERMS COMBINED)
•k
72
5/
SU=ALUM TREATMENT
*
76
6/
KY=ALUM TREATMENT
*
1
7/
CL=EPAX 8804-004*
*
86
8/
YR=1988
*
1201
9/
YR GT 1980
Specify the document set you wish to display by its LINE NUMBER.
To combine document sets, use the connectors AWOL, OR or AWOL NOT.
AWOL stands for And Without Links. See Patron Guide for more.
Ex: 1 AWOL 2 . . . - .
You may also use parentheses to help clarify the combining logic.
Ex: (1 OR 4) AWOL NOT 2
To return to the PATRON MENU, press ENTER.
Enter line numbers(s) --> 8 AWOL 2
Note that the connectors do not have to be in capital letters.
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The resulting ITEM DISPLAY looks like this:
ITEM MAIN TITLE « TOTAL: 17 »
1 WATER QUALITY GRADIENTS IN THE SANTEE-COOPER LAKES, SOUTH CA
2 AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCE CONTROL: EXPERIENCES FROM THE R
3 MEASURING PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CONTROLLING WATER
4 BALANCING COMPETING USES FOR WATER RESOURCES - A GRIFFY LAKE
5 CHANGES IN THE MORPHOMETRY OF LAS VEGAS WASH AND THE IMPACT
6 SEDIMENT-WATER INTERACTIONS IN FARM DUGOUTS PREVIOUSLY TREAT
7 LAKE RESTORATION. JANUARY 1977-MAY 1988 (CITATIONS FROM THE
8 POTENTIAL LINKS BETWEEN EUTROPHICATION AND THE FORMATION OF
9 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINNESOTA LAKE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT M
10 EVALUATING WATER QUALITY EFFECTS OF LAKE MANAGEMENT IN FLORI
11 DETERMINING THE STATISTICAL SENSITIVITY OF THE WATER QUALITY
12 RESEARCH SCIENTIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF KESTER
13 ASSESSMENT OF WATER QUALITY IN CORPS OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIRS
14 WATER COLLECTING SYSTEM FOR UNDER-ICE SAMPLING
15 OVERVIEW OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT
Press ENTER for more, T for Top of list, V to View item(s),
P to Print item(s), Q to Quit item display -->
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As you can see, the titles of the first 15 items in your document set are shown
on the first page of the ITEM DISPLAY. The total number of items in the
document set is displayed on the top line of each page of the ITEM display. If
you wish to see subsequent pages of this list of items, simply press :
ITEM MAIN TITLE « TOTAL: 17 »
16 STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
17 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S EXPERIENCE WITH RESERVOIR WATER
Press ENTER for more, T for Top of list, V to View item(s),
P to Print item(s), Q to Quit item display -->
To return to the first page of the list, enter "T" to redisplay the Top page
of the list.
To return to the PATRON MENU, enter "Q".
To view items on your terminal screen, enter "V". Here is a sample View
request:
ITEM MAIN TITLE « TOTAL: 17 »
16 STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
17 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S EXPERIENCE WITH RESERVOIR WATER
Press ENTER for more, T for Top of list, V to View item(s),
P to Print item(s), Q to Quit item display -->
Enter item number or range of items --> 3-5,16,15
The item(s) you specify do not have to be on the page you are looking at. Also,
as you can see from the above example, you may request multiple items and/or a
range of items. You may separate items or ranges by commas, and separate the
endpoints of a range with a dash You may also use the word "ALL" to
refer to all items in the document set. Do not leave any blank spaces in the
item specification.
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The output from the above View request is as follows:
Item 3
Accession Number
Record Type
Call Number
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
Abstract
Database
GEO Code
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
ID Number
Location
Document Source
Red Last Mod Date
Year Published
Date Added
Security Code
Item 4
Accession Number
Record Type
Call Number
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
Abstract
717
CAT
SETIA, PARVEEN; MAGLEBY, RICHARD
USDA
MEASURING PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF
CONTROLLING WATER POLLUTION IN A WATERSHED
NALMS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; MODELING; GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE
POLLUTION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS
ANALYZES AGRICULTURAL (BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES) &
CONSERVATION ALTERNATIVES FOR REDUCING NONPOINT
SOURCE POLLUTION IN HIGHLAND SILVER LAKE, IL.
RESULTS SHOW COSTS & EFFECTIVENESS OF RURAL CLEAN
WATER PROGRAM. DISCUSSES PHYSICAL & MATHEMATICAL
MODELS.
LAKE
05IL
07/01/88
717
NALMS, (202)833-3382
LAKE & RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT, VOL. IV, NO. I,
1988(63)
890817
1988
890817
1
751
CAT
JONES, WILLIAM W.
INDIANA UNIV
BALANCING COMPETING USES FOR WATER RESOURCES - A
GRIFFY LAKE EXAMPLE
NALMS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
LAKE RECREATION; LAKE MANAGEMENT; DRINKING WATER;
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE USES
DESCRIBES DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-RANGE USE &
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR GRIFFY LAKE,IN UTILIZING
SOCIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DATA. GOAL OF PLANNING
WAS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS OVER COMPETING USES OF
LAKE (RECREATION , DRINKING WATER & SENSITIVE
HABITAT PROTECTION).
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Database
GEO Code
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
ID Number
Location
Document Source
Red Last Mod Date
Year Published
Date Added
Security Code
Item 5
Accession Number
Record Type
Call Number
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
Abstract
Database
GEO Code
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
ID Number
Location
Document Source
Red Last Mod Date
Year Published
Date Added
Security Code
Item 16
Accession Number
Record Type
Call Number
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
LAKE
05IN
07/01/88
751
NALMS, (202)833-3382
LAKE & RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT,VOL. IV,NO. 1,1988(73)
890817
1988
890817
1
758
CAT
########
ROLINE, RICHARD A.; SARTORIS, JAMES J,
US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
CHANGES IN THE MORPHOMETRY OF LAS VEGAS WASH AND
THE IMPACT ON WATER QUALITY
NALMS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
WATER QUALITY; EFFLUENTS; WETLANDS; NUTRIENT
LOADING; FLOODS
DESCRIBES CHANGES IN LAS VEGAS WASH (LOSS OF
WETLANDS FROM FLOODING LEADING TO CHANNELIZATION)
THAT EFFECTED WATER QUALITY IN LAKE MEAD. WETLANDS
USED TO REMOVE NUTRIENTS FROM SEWAGE TREATMENT
RUNOFF. WETLANDS DECLINE LOWERED WATER QUALITY IN
LAKE MEAD.
LAKE
09NV
07/01/88
758
NALMS, (202)833-3382
LAKE & RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT,VOL. IV,NO. 1,1988(135)
890817
1988
890817
1
1531
CAT
mum
LAPENSEE, FRANK
US EPA
STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT
NORTH EASTERN IL PLANNING COMMISSION; (NALMS),
ClEWHttTER ACT; LEGISLATION; STATE GOVERNMENT;
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Abstract
Database
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
ID Number
Location
Document Source
Red Last Mod Date
Year Published
Date Added
Security Code
Item 15
Accession Number
Record Type
Call Number
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
Abstract
Database
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
ID Number
Location
Document Source
Red Last Mod Date
Year Published
Date Added
Security Code
WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT; FUNDING; CLEAN LAKES
PROGRAM
OUTLINES LAWS AUTHORIZING CLEAN LAKES PGM & STATE
RESPONSIB TO OEVELOP LAKE WATER QUAL ASSESSMENT
REPORTS. DESCRIBES FUNDING LIMITATIONS TO EPA'S
FINAN & TECH ASSISTANCE TO STATES. CURRENT EPA
EFFORTS INCLUDE: LAKE RESTOR MANUAL; RESEARCH;
CLEARINGHOUSE.
LAKE
05/18/88
1531
NALMS, (202)833-3382
ENHANCING STATES' LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS,
1989(5-6)
890817
1988
890817
1
1530
CAT
mum
FENNER, KENNETH
US EPA, REGION V
OVERVIEW OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT
NORTH EASTERN IL PLANNING COMMISSION; (NALMS),
CHICAGO,IL
CLEAN WATER ACT; LEGISLATION; TOXIC; STANDARDS;
CLEAN LAKES PROGRAM; WATER QUALITY; STATE
GOVERNMENT; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; NONPOINT SOURCE
POLLUTION
WATER QUALITY ACT,1987 CONTINUED REGULATORY PGMS OF
CLEAN WATER ACT & FOCUSED ATTENTION ON TOXIC
CONTROLS DEVELOPED BY APPLIC OF STATE WATER QUALITY
STANDARDS. CLARIFIED/EXPANDED EPA AUTHORITY TO
MANAGE STORMWATER, ANTIDEGRADATION, NPS & CLEAN
LAKES PGMS
LAKE
05/18/88
1530
NALMS, (202)833-3382
ENHANCING STATES' LAKE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS,
1989(1-3)
890817
2988
890817
1
Press ENTER to continue
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Pressing at the preceding prompt will return you to whatever page of the
ITEM DISPLAY you were looking at when you selected the V option.
To print items on your default printer (which you specified on the OUTPUT
DEFAULTS MENU when you began this OLS session), enter "P" at the prompt. Items
vyill be printed in the same format as the Viewed items above, and you will
specify which items to Print in the same way that you specified items to View.
A sample Print request is shown below, and is followed by the resulting screen
output. The actual printed output is not included in this manual.
ITEM MAIN TITLE « TOTAL: 17 »
16 STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
17 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S EXPERIENCE WITH RESERVOIR WATER
Press ENTER for more, T for Top of list, V to View item(s),
P to Print item(s), Q to Quit item display --> P
Enter item number or range of items --> MA.
11/ print=10 all for ALL
Order number 890928-130421-PATRON -001-001 with 17 of 17 items
will be printed off-line. Number of lines per page = 54.
Press ENTER to continue
This information is shown on your screen so that you will know that your print
request has been processed. You do not need to remember the order number or any
of the other information. Pressing will return you to the ITEM DISPLAY.
ITEM MAIN TITLE « TOTAL: 17 »
16 STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
17 TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY'S EXPERIENCE WITH RESERVOIR WATER
Press ENTER for more, T for Top of list, V to View item(s),
P to Print item(s), Q to Quit item display --> Q
Pressing "Q" will return you to the PATRON MENU. All the previous searches
you did will still be available, and will still be printed on the right side of
the PATRON MENU.
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3.2.3 Clear Current Searches
Entering "C" at the selection prompt allows you to clear your list of document
sets. The "C" option clears ALL the document sets you have created, whether you
created them through the PATRON MENU or at the BASIS command level. The right
side of the PATRON MENU will be cleared as well.
Clearing your searches does NOT affect the actual documents in the database.
Once you have cleared your document sets, they are simply no longer available
for displaying, combining, or printing.
You might want to clear your searches because you wish to begin an entirely new
search strategy, and you find the presence of your previous document sets
distracting. Also, if you do not need any of the existing document sets any
longer, you may wish to have the right side of the PATRON MENU available to
display your new search results.
Before the Clear:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
OTHER OPTIONS:
H Help
D Display/Print/Combine
C Clear Current Searches
A Additional Options
X Exit to BASIS
Q Quit this Database
ENTER SELECTION --> £
SEARCH BY:
TI Titles
AU Authors (personal)
CS Corporate Sources
SU Subjects
KY Keywords (MTI+SU+AB)
CL Call Number
LB Library Code
YR Year of Publication
DB Database
SEARCH RESULTS:
TI=CARP - 7 ITEM(S)
TI-WATER - 246 ITEM(S)
AU=KLESSIG - 9 ITEM(S)
CS=LAK* - 26 ITEM(S)
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" - 72 ITEM(S)
KY="ALUM TREATMENT" - 76 ITEM(S)
CL«"EPAX 8804-004*" - 1 ITEM(S)
YR*1988 - 86 ITEM(S)
YR GT 1980 - 1201 ITEM(S)
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After the Clear:
ONLINE
LIBRARY SYSTEM « PATRON MENU » US: PATRON DB: LAKE
SEARCH
BY: | SEARCH RESULTS:
TI
Titles j
AU
Authors (personal) j
CS
Corporate Sources j
SU
Subjects j
KY
Keywords (MTI+SU+AB) |
CL
Call Number j
LB
Library Code j
YR
Year of Publication |
OB
Database j
1
OTHER OPTIONS: 1
H
Help |
D
Display/Print/Combine |
C
Clear Current Searches |
A
Additional Options j
X
Exit to BASIS |
Q
Quit this Database j -
ENTER SELECTION --> D
Now if you select the Display option, there are no document sets, and you will
receive
a message telling you so:
1/ list
.ITEMS. LINE REQUEST
None of the document sets have been defined
Specify the document set you wish to display by its LINE NUMBER.
To combine document sets, use the connectors AWOL, OR or AWOL NOT.
AWOL stands for And Without Links. See Patron Guide for more.
Ex: 1 AWOL 2
You may also use parentheses to help clarify the combining logic.
Ex: (1 OR 4) AWOL NOT 2
To return to the PATRON MENU, press ENTER.
Enter Tine numbers(s) -->
Press to return to the PATRON MENU.
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3.2.4 Additional Options
There are no additional options available at this time. When additional options
have been developed, a secondary screen will be displayed in response to the
selection of "A" from the PATRON MENU.
3.2.5 Exit to BASIS
Entering "X" at the selection prompt allows you to exit the OLS menus and enter
BASIS commands at the BASIS command prompt. The most commonly used BASIS
commands are described in Section 4.0 of this manual. When you exit the OLS
menus, you will receive a brief message reminding you how to return to the
menus.
** To Return to the Menus, Enter /PATRON
**
** Enter Your BASIS Command at the Prompt
**
1/ /PATRON
3.2.6 Quit this Database
Entering "Q" at the selection prompt returns you from the PATRON MENU to the
DATABASE SELECTION MENU (described in Section 2.3).
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4.0 WORKING AT THE BASIS COMMAND LEVEL
This section is designed to provide a brief overview to the most common uses of
the most important BASIS commands. Just as it is possible to communicate at a
rudimentary level without knowing every idiom or every syntactical detail of a
htmian language, you can "speak BASIS" without knowing every bit of the richness
of the BASIS command language. If you wish to know more about the BASIS command
language, you should obtain a copy of the BASIS USER'S REFERENCE MANUAL from
Information Dimensions, Incorporated, the vendor of BASIS. See Appendix B,
Related Documentation, for ordering information.
4.1 Basic BASIS Command Level Concepts
4.1.1 Why Work at the BASIS Command Level?
The preceding section of this manual explained how to access the Online Library
System (OLS) through the PATRON MENU. This menu was created so that users may
retrieve and examine OLS data without having to remember BASIS command syntax
or know anything about the underlying structure of a BASIS database. However,
there are a few disadvantages to working through the PATRON MENU.
As with all menu interfaces, you gain simplicity at the price of speed and
flexibility. Even though BASIS always performs searches and displays data at
the same processing speed, it takes YOU longer to enter your commands through
the PATRON MENU, because you must wait to be prompted for almost every piece of
information needed. For example, it takes several steps via the OLS menus to
ask for "all the documents written about dredging or dredge spoil by an author
named Lyman for EPA Region 1". When using BASIS directly, you can make that
request in one step:
FIND KY-DREDGE* AWOL AU-LYMAN AWOL GEOCODE-Ol*
NOTE: This command may seem very cryptic, but everything you need to know in
order to decipher it is explained below, in the section about the FIND command.
As a second example, consider the data-displaying capabilities available through
the OLS menus. From the ITEM DISPLAY (which lists item numbers and main titles
°nly), you may View or Print individual items in full detail, with every field
in each document included. However, you may wish to obtain information at a
level of detail between title-only and everything-in-the-document: "title(s),
personal author, call number and year of publication", for example. This is not
possible through the menus, but from the BASIS command level, you can make such
a request quite easily:
DISPLAY TI,AU,CL,YR FOR ALL
As a third example, you may have noticed that documents are displayed in a
seemingly random order, rather than alphabetically by title, or with most
recently published items first. In fact, documents are displayed in order of
internal BASIS number (roughly corresponding to the order in which they were
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entered into the OLS). This is not a particularly convenient order for research
and bibliographic purposes, but sorting documents before the display would slow
the display down considerably, especially if the search set contains more than
100 documents. Rather than impose an order -- and a corresponding slowdown --
on menu users, documents are simply displayed in BASIS order from the PATRON
MfNU. However, if you are working from the BASIS command level, you have access
to the SORT command, and can order your documents any way you like before
displaying or printing them. This command sorts by main title within year of
pub!ication:
SORT YR,MTI
There are other BASIS commands in addition to SORT which are not necessary in
order to retrieve or display data, and which are thus not available through the
PATRON MENU, but which may be quite useful to advanced users. Some of these
commands (SCAN, BROWSE) are explained below. A few additional commands, plus
information about creating your own reports and command procedures ("profiles")
can be found in the BASIS User's Reference Manual published by IDI, the BASIS
vendor. If you wish to use any of these commands or capabilities, you must
leave the PATRON MENU and work at the BASIS command level.
4.1.2 Manipulating Document Sets
Each time you search a BASIS database, whether from the OLS menus or from the
BASIS command level, one or more search sets (or "document sets") are created.
SCAN and SORT also create additional document sets. For easy reference, each
document set is assigned a number. Unless you specify otherwise, BASIS always
assumes that it should perform subsequent actions on the most recently created
document set (i.e., the highest-numbered set).
In order to see the contents of a document set, display the document set at your
terminal with the DISPLAY command (see Section 4.3.1), or print the document set
at your default printer with the PRINT command (see Section 4.3.2).
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4.1.2.1 The LIST command
If you need to refresh your memory about what document sets you have created
during your current BASIS session, the LIST command lists all document set
numbers and the search requests which created each set. The output from this
command will look very similar to the output from the PATRON MENU
Display/Print/Combine option:
5/ LIST
.ITEMS.
LINE
REQUEST
*
72
1/
SU=ALUM TREATMENT
*
2
2/
KY=SHADOW LAKE
*
1
3/
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" AWOL KY="SHAD0W LAKE"
*
18
V
GE0C0DE=08SD
5/
The leftmost column shows the number of documents in the document set, the
middle column of numbers shows the document set number (or "line number"), and
the rightmost column repeats the search request.
Like DISPLAY and PRINT, the LIST command does not create a new document set, and
so the BASIS prompt line number does not get incremented.
4.1.2.2 The /NEW command
If you want to delete all the document sets you have created thus far (for
example, because you wish to start a new search strategy, and don't want your
document set list to contain irrelevant sets), the /NEW command will delete the
document sets and reset the document set line counter to 1. You must type the
slash before the word NEW. When you Clear Current Searches from the PATRON
MENU, you are actually executing the /NEW command.
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4.1.3 Entering and Leaving the BASIS Command Level
You can easily move back and forth between the PATRON MENU and the BASIS command
level daring a BASIS session. Document sets created at the BASIS command level
will NOT appear on the right side of the PATRON MENU; however, they ARE still
available (until you do a "Clear from the menu or a "/NEW" from BASIS) and will
be listed whenever you do a "D"isplay from the menu or a "LIST" from BASIS).
When you exit the OLS menus and drop to the BASIS command level, you will be
greeted with a screen that looks something like this:
** To Return to the Menus, Enter /PATRON
** Enter Your BASIS Command at the Prompt
1/
The number preceding the slash is the current document set line number, and may
not be "1" when you exit the menus. As you create new document sets, BASIS will
increment the line number before redisplaying the prompt.
If you wish to exit from BASIS without going back to the PATRON MENU, enter
QUIT. If you wish to go back to the PATRON MENU, enter /PATRON.
4.1.4 Special Characters and Other Features
The following are special characters that can be used with BASIS:
* is the wildcard character. (See explanation and examples in
Section 3.1 of this manual.)
? is used to request BASIS help.
For example,
?T0PICS
shows you on which specific topics BASIS help is available.
% lets you put more than one BASIS command on a single line.
For example,
FIND KY=WATER%SORT MTI%DISPLAY ALL FOR ALL
would perform all three specified commands before redisplaying
the BASIS prompt.
+ is used at end of a line, to continue a long BASIS command.
The following example shows how use of the plus sign would
look on your screen:
1/ FIND CS="NORTH AMERICAN IAKE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY" OR +
Find... CS*"NALMS"
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4.1.5 BASIS Physical Database Organization
This section describes the organization of a BASIS database. You don't need to
know this information to use the Online Library System, but your use of the OLS
will be facilitated by a conceptual understanding of how the data 1s organized.
BASIS documents are stored in a file called the "head file".
In addition, important portions of each BASIS record are stored in a separate
file, called the "index file". Use of an index file allows fast retrieval of
textual Information, just as important words and phrases in a textbook can be
located quickly in a book's index.
BASIS also allows a second kind of Indexing. Numeric data can be retrieved more
efficiently if it is in its own special file. BASIS calls this numeric index
the "range file".
BASIS can use a thesaurus to improve access to information by clarifying
terminology, defining relationships between terms, and providing cross
references. The "thesaurus file" contains the information necessary to provide
these functions during data validation and indexing.
When records are added, deleted, or modified 1n a BASIS database, the change
does not take effect Immediately. Instead, the transaction (the add, delete,
or change) 1s stored in a holding area known as the "queue file". Until the
database 1s updated by the DBA, deleted records are not gone from the head file
and indexes, added records will not be retrieved by searching, and modified
records cannot be retrieved by any of the new Information they contain (because
they must first be relndexed during the update process).
Because the queue file 1s so important, a backup copy of it 1s maintained by
BASIS. This backup file 1s known as the "journal file".
Each OLS database is updated on a different cycle, depending on the amount of
activity it undergoes. The Clean Lakes database will be updated quarterly.
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4.1.6 Field Names, Field Prefixes and Maps
This section of the OLS Patron Guide is not applicable to Clean Lakes database
users.
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4.2 Retrieving Database Information
4.2.1 The FIND Command
By now, you already know the most important BASIS command -- FIND. The syntax
of the FIND command is:
FIND prefix="search text"
where
prefix is one of the searchable field names (See Appendix A for a
list of searchable field names);
"search text" is the information for which you are searching
(quotation marks are only needed if there is more than one
word in "search text");
and there are no spaces on either side of the equal sign.
Section 3.1 contains information about how to retrieve data from numeric and
alphanumeric fields. For brevity, that information will not be repeated here.
However, further discussion of the logic of combining document sets is in order.
Combining document sets is done using Boolean operators such as
AND, AWL, AWOL (both one and the other)
AND NOT, AWL NOT, AWOL NOT (one and not the other)
OR (one or the other or both)
You probably recognize AND, AND NOT, and OR, but the other operators may be
unfamiliar to you. AWL stands for And With Links, and AWOL stands for And
Without Links. Clean Lakes database users should only use AWOL, OR, or AWOL NOT
to combine document sets.
Here is an example of a combined search, including the commands to search a
numeric field, and the resulting output:
1/ FIND KY-LAND* AWOL AU-BROWN AWOL YR GE 1980
* 422 1/ KY=LAND* ( 9 TERMS COMBINED)
* 7 2/ AU=BROWN
* 2766 3/ YR GE 1980
* 3 4/ KY=LAND* AWOL AU=BR0WN AWOL YR GE 1980
5/
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4.2.2 The SCAN Command
Not all (but most) fields in the database are searchable with the FIND command.
The only way to search a non-searchable or "non-indexed" field is to use the
SCAN command. SCAN does a sequential search through a document set. This
implies first that you must create a document set before using SCAN, and second
that retrieval using SCAN will be slower than retrieval using FIND (because FIND
uses an index). In fact, you should not use SCAN on a document set of more than
a few hundred items, because it is so slow. However, if you should need to
search a field that is not indexed, the SCAN command is invaluable.
The basic syntax of SCAN is:
SCAN-docset fieldnames "search text"
where
docset is the line number of the document set to be scanned;
fieldnames is the name of one or more fields to be scanned,
separated by commas;
"search text" is the information for which you are searching
(quotation marks are only needed if there is more than one
word in "search text");
and there are no spaces on either side of the equal sign.
For example, the statement
SCAN-3 LOCATION NALMS
scans the LOCATION field of all items in document set 3 for the institution name
"NALMS". If you do not specify which docset to SCAN, BASIS will SCAN the most
recent previously created document set.
The statement
SCAN CORP, LOCATION NTI*
simultaneously scans the CORP (corporate author) and LOCATION fields of all
items in the previous document set for all words starting with NTI (this would
help you access documents that can be located through the National Techincal
Information Service, NTIS). The asterisk (*) acts as a wildcard. You may use
wildcard characters at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a word.
Quotes were omitted from the word NTI, since it is just one word.
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Here is an example SCAN command and its resulting output.
1/ FIND KY-DRFDGE* AWOL AU=LYMAN AWOL YR GE 1980
* 141 1/ KY=DREDGE* ( 2 TERMS COMBINED)
* 3 2/ AU=LYMAN
* 1366 3/ YR GE 1980
* 2 4/ KY=DREDGE* AWOL AU=LYMAN AWOL YR GE 1980
5/ SCAN LOCATION NTI*
* 2 5/ SCAN 4 LOCATION NTI*
6/
BASIS is telling you that it scanned the LOCATION field of document set 4 for
the word "NTI*", and found that both of the items in that document set have
"NTI*" in this field.
SCAN has several other functions. You may SCAN for the presence (PR) or absence
(AB) of a field in the records of a particular document set.
SCAN PR DOC
scans the last document set for the presence of the DOC (Document Type) field.
All documents from that set which do contain a DOC field will be saved into a
new document set. Similarly,
SCAN AB DOC
will create a document set of all documents which do not contain a DOC field
(documents from which the DOC field is ABsent).
Ambiguity could arise if you have a field in your database called PR or AB.
Using a pound sign ("#") indicates to BASIS that the following character(s)
specify a field number or a field name. It is necessary to specify the
character when you want to distinguish between a field and a meaningful
BASIS operator. Therefore, to SCAN for the absence of the abstract field,
enter:
SCAN AB #AB
To scan the abstract field for the phrase "ACID RAIN", enter:
SCAN #AB "ACID RAIN"
The SCAN command can also be used to determine whether or not two fields hold
the same data. You will need to use the pound sign in this case, too.
SCAN DTMOD EQ #DTADD
will create a document set of items which have the same value in the DTMOD and
DTADD fields.
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Relational tests may be conducted, using the standard LT, GT, LE, GE, NE and EQ
operators:
SCAN LOCATION NE EJB
finds all items with a LOCATION other than "EOB".
SCAN may also be used to do proximity searching, or "distance searching":
SCAN MTI ACID ADJ RAIN
scans the main title field for the word ACID adjacent to the word RAIN (i.e.,
with only non-alphanumeric characters between them).
Distance can be expressed in words (W) or characters (C):
SCAN #AB ACID W<20 ENV* W>4 AGENCY
scans the abstract field for the word ACID followed within twenty words by a
word starting with ENV followed at least four words later by AGENCY, while
SCAN LOCATION E C=2 P C<10 J
scans the LOCATION field for an E followed by any two characters and a P, and
within ten more characters a J.
The SCAN command also has extremely sophisticated pattern matching characters.
However, since almost all fields of the OLS databases are indexed, the
likelihood that you will ever want to search the database using SCAN is very
smal1.
If you need to find out which fields are indexed and which fields are not,
consult the Database Field Cross-Reference in Appendix A. If you need more
detailed information about SCAN, consult the BASIS USER'S REFERENCE MANUAL
(citation and ordering information in Appendix B).
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4.2.3 The SORT Command
The default order of retrieval is by accession number. SORT allows the user to
rearrange a defined document set based on the contents of a field, subfield, or
partial field. Spaces and other special symbols are considered characters by
the SORT command. Thus, the terms "REGl", "REG.l" and "REG 1" would all be
sorted differently. SORT can arrange document sets in ascending or descending
order and, if desired, write the results to an output file. The following
discussion and sort examples are based on these previously created document
sets:
1/ FIND SU»"ALUM TREATMENT" AMOL KY="SHADOW LAKE"
* 72 1/ SlhALUM TREATMENT
* 2 2/ KY-SHADOW LAKE
* 1 3/ SU-"ALUM TREATMENT" AWOL KY«"SHAD0W LAKE"
4/ FIND GE0C0DF=08SD
* 18 4/ GE0CODE=08SD
5/
When sorting, you may sort any previous document set that has been created. If
you wish to sort a document set other than the most recently created set, you
must explicitly state the line number of the document set with the "LINE=n"
parameter, where "n" is the line number. Examples of the SORT command are shown
below.
SORT MTI
sorts on one field (main title), using the most recently created document set.
SORT.L-INE-3 MTI.AUTH
sorts on two fields (main title and personal author), using the third document
set. You may add additional fields to the sort, up to 12 total sort fields, by
listing the fields (separated by commas), one after the other.
SORT NTISNU(1:4)
sorts based on only the first four positions of the NTIS order number. By
default, BASIS will only sort the first 30 characters of a field. If you need
the field to be sorted on more than 30 characters, you will need to use the
partial field notation described above.
The default sort sequence is in ascending order (alphabetical, followed by
numbers 0-9). Be aware that special characters such as or may sort to
unexpected places. The exact sort sequence is determined by the internal
numeric representation of each character in the EBCDIC character set.
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You may also sort in descending order.
S0RT,LINE=2 NTISNU/D
sorts the second document set by the NTISNU field, from highest to lowest.
When sorting a document set, you may indicate that you would like the records
that do not meet the sort criteria to be dropped from the document set.
SORT CORP DROP
sorts a document set by the corporate source field, but omits records that do
not contain a value for the corporate source from the new document set.
You may also have the results from a sort placed into an output file. You may
use any of the sort statement types described above, but you must also add the
KEEP(DATA=name) parameter. File name "name" must be a file that you have
previously created and allocated using TSO.
SORT CORP DROP KEEP(DATA="MTICORP")
sorts the previous document set by corporate author, drops documents which do
not have a corporate author, and saves the resulting document set to the file
with TSO DDNAME MTICORP.
An example document set SORT appears on the next page. A LIST of existing
document sets is shown before the SORT, for clarity. The output from a DISPLAY
of the main title field is included after the SORT, to show that the new
document set did indeed get rearranged.
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5/ USI
¦ITEMS. LINE REQUEST
72 1/ SU=ALUM TREATMENT
2 2/ KY=SHADOW LAKE
1 3/ SU="ALIIM TREATMENT" AWOL KY="SHADOW LAKE"
18 4/ GEOCODE=08SD
5/ SORT=4 MTI
* 18 5/ GE0CODE=08SD SORT=4 MTI
V DISPLAY MTI FOR 1-5
Item 1
Main Title ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT, NUTRIENTS, AND CESIUM-137
IN PRAIRIE POTHOLES IN CULTIVATED AND NONCULTIVATED
WATERSHEDS
Item 2
Main Title AGRICULTURAL SOURCES OF NITRATE CONTAMINATION IN A
SHALLOW SAND AND GRAVEL AQUIFER OF EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA
Item 3
Main Title CAPITOL LAKE FINAL REPORT
Item 4
Main Title DEVELOPING NONPOINT SOURCE CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR
BIG STONE LAKE: TWO APPROACHES
Item 5
Main Title EFFECTIVENESS OF BMP'S AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
STRUCTURES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO IN-LAKE WATER
QUALITY
6/
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4.2.4 The BROWSE Command
This command allows you to browse the thesaurus of any OLS database which has
a thesaurus. Browsing a thesaurus can help you construct more effective
database searches, since by examining the thesaurus, you will learn which terms
are valid for a particular field, and what the relationships between thesaurus
terms are.
Invoke BROWSE by typing the word "BROWSE". BROWSE will prompt you to enter the
term for which you want more information. To end BROWSE, type "END", "STOP",
or "BASIS".
Once in BROWSE, enter a term to retrieve the corresponding relationships. When
you enter a term at the BROWSE command line, BROWSE will list all existing
narrower, broader, related, and preferred terms for that term. The definition
of the selected term will also be displayed if available.
You may also do stem searching, by entering a term stem (the beginning of a term
followed by the wildcard character ("*"). When you use the wildcard character,
only preferred terms will be displayed. To see all of the relationships of a
term, the exact preferred term must be specified.
For Clean Lakes database users a print version of the Keyword List can be found
in the Appendix of the Clean Lakes Clearinghouse documentation notebook.
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4.3 Examining Search Results
You can examine the search results with either the DISPLAY command or the PRINT
command. The DISPLAY command will show you the document set at your terminal;
the PRINT command will print the document set at your default printer.
4.3.1 The DISPLAY Command
The basic syntax of the DISPLAY command is:
DISPLAY=docset field(s) FOR item(s)
where
docset is the line number of the document set to be scanned;
field(s) means one or more field names separated by commas (and no
spaces), or the word "ALL";
item(s) means an item number (a sequential number within docset), a
list of item numbers separated by commas (and no spaces), a
range of item numbers separated by a dash, a combination of
ranges and lists, or the word "ALL";
and there are no spaces on either side of the equal sign.
For DISPLAY, every field on the list, searchable or non-searchable, may be used
in field(s). See Appendix A for a list of searchable and non-searchable fields.
Below are several examples of the DISPLAY command.
DISPLAYS MTI,AUTH FOR ALL
displays the main title and personal author fields for all items in document set
3.
DISPLAY MTI,AUTH FOR 5
displays main title and personal author for the fifth item in the document set.
DISPLAY ALL FOR 2-4,17,1
displays all fields for items 2, 3, 4, 17, and 1, in that order.
DISPLAY
displays fields contained in the mapped field "QK" (accession number, main
title, personal author, call number, holdings, and ID number such as OCLC
number, PB number, or DID number) for the first 10 items. See Section 4.1.6 for
a discussion of mapped fields.
DISPLAY ALL FOR ALL
displays all fields for all items in the document set. Sample output for this
Command appears on the next page.
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Command appears on the next page.
6/ LIST
.ITEMS.
LINE
REQUEST
*
72
1/
SU=ALUM TREATMENT
*
2
2/
KY=SHAD0W LAKE
*
1
3/
SU="ALUM TREATMENT"
*
18
4/
GE0C0DE=08SD
*
18
5/
GE0CODE=08SD S0RT*4
MTI
6/ DISPLAYS ALL FOR ALL
Item 1
Accession Number
Record Type
Call Number
Personal Author
Corporate Author
Main Title
Publisher
Subject w/ Thes.
Abstract
Database
Other Number
GEO Code
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
ID Number
NTIS Number
EPA Report No
Location
ted Last Mod Date
Year Published
)ate Added
Security Code
6/
936
CAT
########
GARRISON, PAUL J.; KNAUER, DOUGLAS R.
WISCONSIN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
LAKE RESTORATION: A FIVE-YEAR EVALUATION OF THE
MIRROR AND SHADOW LAKES PROJECT, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, MADISON, WI
ALUM TREATMENT; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; PHOSPHORUS
CONCENTRATION; DIVERSION; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT;
ARTIFICIAL CIRCULATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION;
NITROGEN CONCENTRATION
DISCUSSES LAKE RESTORATION FOR MIRROR & SHADOW
LAKES,WI WHICH INCLUDED DIVERSION OF STORM SEWERS
TO REDUCE EXTERNAL PHOS LOADING & APPLICATION OF
ALUMINUM SULFATE TO REDUCE INTERNAL LOADING. BOTH
REDUCED EPILIMNETIC PHOS & NITROGEN. AERATED MIRROR
LAKE.
LAKE
EPA-R-804687
05WI
03/01/83
936
PB83-176578
EPA-600/3-83-010
NTIS, (703)487-4650
890817
1983
890817
1
Since the DISPLAY command does not create a new document set, the line number
of the BASIS prompt was not incremented.
The output from another DISPLAY command is shown on the next page.
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6/ DISPLAYS MTI
Item 1
Main Title
CONTROL OF INTERNAL PHOSPHORUS LOADING IN TWO
SHALLOW LAKES BY ALUM AND AQUATIC PLANT HARVESTING
Item 2
Main Title
DELAVAN LAKE: A RECOVERY AND MANAGEMENT STUDY
Item 3
Main Title
LONG LAKE RESTORATION PROJECT: FINAL REPORT
Item 4
Main Title
LIMNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF MEDICAL LAKE, WA
THREE YEARS AFTER A WHOLE-LAKE ALUM TREATMENT
Item 5
Main Title
RESTORATION OF MEDICAL LAKE: FINAL REPQRT
Item 6
Main Title
ALUMINUM SULFATE TREATMENT OF A EUTROPHIC
RESERVOIR: RATIONALE, APPLICATION METHODS, AND
PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Item 7
Main Title
ALUM INJECTION INTO SEDIMENTS FOR PHOSPHORUS
INACTIVATION AND MACROPHYTE CONTROL
Item 8
Main Title
WAPATO LAKE RESTORATION: A DISCUSSION OF DESIGN
CONSIDERATIONS, CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND
PERFORMANCE MONITORING, FINAAL REPORT
Item 9
Main Title
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF LAKE RESTORATION IN SPY POND,
ARLINGTON
Item 10
Main Title
6/
LAKE MOREY DIAGNOSTIC-FEASIBILITY STUDY: 1980-1984
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4.3.2 The PRINT Command
The PRINT statement syntax is exactly the same as the DISPLAY syntax. However,
output will go to your default printer instead of to your terminal screen. (See
Section 2.2 of this manual for a discussion of output default values.)
6/ LIST
¦ITEMS. LINE REQUEST
SU=ALUM TREATMENT
KY=SHAD0W LAKE
SU="ALUM TREATMENT" AWOL KY="SHAD0W LAKE"
GE0CODE=08SD
GE0C0DE=08SD SORT-4 MTI
6/ PRINT ALL FOR ALL
Order number 890928-130421-PATRON -001-002 with 18 of 18 items
will be printed off-line. Number of lines per page = 54.
6/
*
72
1/
*
2
2/
*
1
3/
*
18
4/
*
18
5/
Since the PRINT command does not create a new document set, the line number of
the BASIS prompt was not incremented.
You may quit this database from the BASIS command level, by typing QUIT at the
BASIS prompt. As you leave this database, the OLS will give you an informatory
message about any print datasets you have created during your current session.
Note that it is not possible to print these datasets without leaving the OLS.
6/ MI
Order number 890928-130421-PATRON -001 routed (2 prints)
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE TECHLIB
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR AT 919-541-9287
Goodbye
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If you used the /PATRON command to return to the PATRON MENU, and then selected
the "Q" option from the PATRON MENU, the print messages would look like this:
**** YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE LAKE DATABASE ****
GOODBYE
Order number 890928-130421-PATR0N -001 routed (2 prints).
In either case, you would be returned to the DATABASE SELECTION MENU:
ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM « DATABASE SELECTION MENU » US: DB:
N NATIONAL CATALOG (OCLC + NTIS EXTRACTS)
H HAZARDOUS WASTE
L CLEAN LAKES
T TRANSLATIONS
1 REGION I
4 REGION IV
9 REGION IX
P PRINT PATRON GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
G PRINT LIBRARIAN GUIDE AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
5 PRINT SHELF LIST AT DEFAULT OUTPUT DEVICE
D CHANGE DEFAULT PRINTER OUTPUT VALUES
(BIN:B132 DEST:RO F0RM:8381 CLASS:F)
ENTER SELECTION LETTER, OR Q TO QUIT --> Q
If you enter "Q" to quit, you will be returned to the TSO "READY" prompt.
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Appendix A
DATABASE FIELD CROSS-REFERENCE
BASIS
BASIS
BASIS
BASIS
WHICH
FIELDS
PREFIXES
LABELS
FIELD#
DBS USE?
AB
AB
Abstract
1000
-N-HL—
ACCN
ACCN
Accession Number
1
0NTHL149
AU
AU
« MAP »
0NTHL149
AUTH
AUTH
Personal Author
100
0NTHL149
CALLNO
CALLNO
Call Number
50
-NTHL149
CL
CL
« MAP »
0NTHL149
CORP
CORP
Corporate Author
110
0N-HL149
CS
CS
« MAP »
0NTHL149
DB
DB
Database
1001
0NTHLI49
DOC
DOC
Document Type
7
ONTHL-4-
DOCSRC
DOCSRC
Document Source
1015
L—
DTADD
DTADD
Date Added
1036
0NTHL149
EPARPTNU
EPARPTNU
EPA Report No
1009
—HL—
GEOCODE
GEOCODE
GEO Code
1004
—HL—
IDNO
IDNO
ID Number
1007
—HL-49
KY
KY
« MAP »
0NTHL149-
LASTMOD
LASTMOD
Red Last Mod Date
1017
0NTHL149
LOCATION
LOCATION
Location
1013
—HL 1 —
MTI
MTI
Main Title
245
0NTHL149
NTISNU
NTISNU
NTIS Number
1008
—HL—
OTHERNO
OTHERNO
Other Number
1002
1—
PRCODE
PRCODE
Project Code
1018
L—
PUBDATE
PUBDATE
Pub Date MM/DD/YY
1005
—HL—
PUBL
PUBL
Publisher
260
0--HL1--
QK
« MAP »
0NTHL149
RNO
RNO
« MAP »
0NTHL149
SU
SU
« MAP »
0NTHL149
SUBJ
SUBJ
Subjects
600
0N-HL149
SUBT
SUBT
Subject w/ Thes.
601
L—
TI
TI
« MAP »
0NTHL149
TYPE
TYPE
Record Type
2
0NTHL149
YR
YR
Year Published
1033
0NTHL149
Use BASIS FIELDS in DISPLAY statements, and use BASIS PREFIXES in FIND
statements. The BASIS LABEL is the name shown to the left of the data during
a DISPLAY or ITEM VIEW. The BASIS FIELD# is the field number assigned by BASIS.
Users more commonly use the FIELD NAME to refer to fields. WHICH DBS USE? tells
you which databases usb this BASIS field: 0=0CLC, N»NTIS, T=TRANslations,
H-HAZW (Hazardous Waste), L-LAKE (Clean Lakes), 1-EHAL (Region 1, Boston),
4-EKAL (Region 4, Atlanta), 9-ERAL (Region 9, San Francisco). DESCRIPTION
explains the origin of each field: a tag number for OCLC & NTIS, or field name
in quotes for HAZW & LAKE.
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Appendix B
RELATED DOCUMENTATION
BASIS/TECHLIB CLEAN LAKES (LAKE) ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) PATRON GUIDE
Designed for all users of the Clean Lakes OLS.
Describes accessing the OLS, using the PATRON MENU, and working
at the BASIS command level. Also includes a list of searchable
fields in the database.
FREE. May be requested from the Clean Lakes Librarian (address below).
BASIS/TECHLIB CLEAN LAKES (LAKE) ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) LIBRARIAN GUIDE
Designed for librarians and Database Administrators (DBAs) of the Clean
Lakes OLS.
Describes using the librarian menus, generating reports,
performing data entry functions, and using the SHELFLIST utility.
FREE. May be requested from the Clean Lakes Librarian (address below).
BASIS/TECHLIB CLEAN LAKES (LAKE) ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) PRODUCTION
CONTROL MANUAL
Designed for Clean Lakes DBAs and control clerks working under DBA
authority.
Describes update procedures, report generation, paper -and
microfiche product distribution, and other technical information.
FREE. May be requested from the TECHLIB/DBA (address below).
BASIS/TECHLIB ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) PATRON GUIDE
Designed for all users of the OLS.
Describes accessing the OLS, using the PATRON MENU, and working
at the BASIS command level. Also includes a list of searchable
fields in the database.
FREE. May be printed using the TECHLIB "P" option, or requested
from the TECHLIB/DBA (address below).
BASIS/TECHLIB ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) LIBRARIAN GUIDE
Designed for librarians and Database Administrators (DBAs).
Describes using the librarian menus, generating reports,
performing data entry functions, and using the SHELFLIST utility.
FREE. May be printed using the TECHLIB "G" option, or requested
from the TECHLIB/DBA (address below).
BASIS/TECHLIB ONLINE LIBRARY SYSTEM (OLS) PRODUCTION CONTROL MANUAL
Designed for DBAs and control clerks working under DBA authority.
Describes update procedures, report generation, paper and
microfiche product distribution, and other technical information.
FREE. May be requested from the TECHLIB/DBA (address below).
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RELATED DOCUMENTATION (cont.)
BASIS User's Guide
Designed for any OLS user who works at the BASIS command level
(i.e., outside the OLS menus). More generic and more exhaustive
than the Hazardous Waste Online Library System User Guide.
Describes fundamental BASIS capabilities and commands in detail.
$25. May be ordered from IDI (address below).
BASIS User's Reference Manual
Designed for DBAs or personnel updating the database.
Describes BASIS capabilities and commands in detail.
$40. May be ordered from IDI (address below).
BASIS Utilities Guide
Designed for DBAs or personnel updating the database.
Describes BASIS utility programs used for database maintenance.
$40. May be ordered from IDI (address below).
DBA Guide to BASIS
Oesigned for DBAs or personnel updating the database.
Explains how to design, load, and maintain a database, write the
DDL, and develop reports.
$40. May be ordered from IDI (address below).
DBA Topics Manual
Designed for DBAs or personnel updating the database.
Describes BASIS features and capabilities, such as data entry methods,
loading a database, database files, indexing, security, thesaurus,
validation, and messages.
$40. May be ordered from IDI (address below).
DBA Reference Manual
Designed for DBAs or personnel updating the database.
Describes capabilities and syntax of the BASIS Menu Language, Report
Language, DDLs, and profiles.
$40. May be ordered from IDI (address below).
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ORDER MANUALS FROM:
U.S. EPA
Clean Lakes Program (WH-553)
Washington, D.C. 20460
(202) 382-7111 (CML)
382-7111 (FTS)
Techlib Database Administrator
Computer Sciences Corporation
PO Box 12767
RTP, NC 27709
(919) 541-9287
EMAIL: TECHLIB/DBA
Information Dimensions, Inc.
Attn: Documentation Order Department
655 Metro Place South
Dublin, OH 43017-1396
(614) 761-8083
B-3
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Appendix C
STOPWORDS USED IN INDEXING OLS DATABASES
"A";"ABOUT";"AFFECT";"AFFECTED";"AFFECTING";"AFFECTS";
"AFTER";"AGAIN";"AGAINST";"ALL";"ALMOST";"ALSO";
"ALTHOUGH";"ALWAYS";"AMONG";"AN";"AND";"ANOTHER";
"ANY";"APPARENT";"ARE";"ARISE";"AS";"ASIDE";"AT";"AWAY";
"BE";"BECAME";"BECAUSE";"BECOME";"BECOMES"BEEN";"BEFORE";
"BEING";"BETWEEN";"BOTH";"BRIEF";"BUT";"BY";
"CAME";"CAN";"CANNOT";"CERTAIN";"COULD";
"DID";"DO";"DOES";"DONE";"DUE";"DURING";
"EACH";"ED";"EITHER";"ELSE";"ENOUGH";
"ESPECIALLY";"ETC.";"ETC";"EVER";"EVERY";
"FOLLOWING";"FOR";"FOUND";"FROM";"FURTHER";
"GAVE";"GETS";"GIVE";"GIVEN";"GIVING";"GONE";"GOT";
"HAD";"HARDLY";"HAS";"HAVE";"HAVING";"HERE";"HOW";"HOWEVER";
"IF";"IMMEDIATE";"IMMEDIATELY";"IMPORTANT";"IMPORTANTLY";
"IMPORTANCE";"IN";"INTO";"IS";"IT";"IT''S";"ITSELF";
"JUST";
"KEEP";"KEPT";
"LARGELY"•"LIKE"•
"MADE";"MAINLY";"MAKE";"MANY";"MAY";"MIGHT";"MORE";"MOST";"MOSTLY";
"MUCH";"MUST";
"NEARLY";"NEITHER";"NEXT";"NO";"NONE";"NOR";"NORMALLY";"NOT";
"NOTED";"NOW";
"OBTAIN";"OBTAINED";"OF";"OFTEN";"ON";"ONLY";"OR";"OTHER";
"OUGHT";"OUR";"OUT";"OVERALL";"OWING";
"PAST";"PERHAPS";"POOR";"PRESENT";"PREVIOUS";"PRIMARILY";"PROMPT";
"QUICK";"QUITE";
"RATHER";"READILY";"REALLY";"RECENT";"REGARDING";"RESPECTIVELY";
"RESULTED";"RESULTING";
"SAID";"SAME";"SEEM";"SEEN";"SEVERAL";"SHALL";"SHOULD";"SHOW";
"SHOWED";"SHOWN";"SHOWS";"SIMILAR";"SIMILARLY";"SINCE";
"SLIGHTLY";"SO";"SOME";"SOMEWHAT";"SOON";"STATE";"STRONGLY";"SUCH";
"THAN";"THAT";"THE";"THEIR";"THEIRS";"THEM";"THEN";"THERE";
"THEREFORE";"THESE";"THEY";"THIS";"THOSE";"THOUGH";
"THROUGH";"TO";"TOO";"TOWARD";"TOWARDS";
"UNDER";"UNLESS";"UNTIL";"UP";"UPON";"USE";"USED";
"USEFUL";"USEFULNESS";"USING";"USUALLY";
"VARIOUS"4"VERY"•
"WAS";"WERE";"WHAT";"WHEN";"WHERE";"WHETHER";"WHICH";
"WHILE";"WHOSE";"WHY";"WIDELY";"WILL";"WITH";
"WITHIN";"WITHOUT";"WOULD";
"YET";
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Appendix D
DATA DICTIONARY
The Data Dictionary has not yet been compiled.
Refer to Appendix A for all available information
about each field or prefix.
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FINDING YOUR DOCUMENT
You Have a
Citation—
Now What?
Source
Location
Once you have searched the Database you
will have a list of citations —
information about documents, but not the
documents themselves. To get the complete
document, look at your Database printout
for the two fields: 'Journal/Book Title'
and 'To borrow or purchase'.
The field labelled 'Journal/Book Title
tells you the source of the article or
paper if it is part of a larger volume.
If the document is a journal article
this field will give you the journal
name, volume, issue, and pagination.
For example, all the NALMS conference
papers referenced in the Database
have a source field that lists the title
of the conference proceedings, the date,
and page number of the desired paper.
There are several places you can borrow or
purchase documents. Your options are
listed in the field labelled 'Location' or
To borrow or purchase'.
o NALMS - the North American Lakes Manage-
ment Society will distribute copies of
its conference proceedings or individual
articles from the proceedings. Call
(202)833-3382.
o NTIS - the National Technical Informa-
tion Service sells technical government
documents. Both Clean Lakes Program
Reports and other government documents
are available through NTIS. (NTIS will
sell either photocopies or fiche copies.)
Call (703)487-4650.
o GPO - the Government Printing Office
sells a broad spectrum of general interest
and technical government publications.
Call Superintendent of Documents, Order
and Information Desk, (202)783-3238.
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o EPA libraries - some journals and
reports are available through the EPA
library network. If this is the case
the 'To borrow' field will list a 3-letter
code for one of 28 EPA regional or lab li-
braries. You can use the library list in
your Clean Lakes Clearinghouse information
packet to find the addresses and phone
numbers for these libraries. Note that
each library has its own lending pro-
cedures. Contact the library in question
for more information on borrowing their
materials.
o Clean Lakes HQ - the Clean Lakes
Program Headquarters phone number will
be listed in To borrow' for some journal
articles or conference proceedings that
are kept on file in that office. Call
(202)382-7111 or (FTS)8-3S2-7111.
o Depository libraries - many government
documents are available for use at no cost
through the Federal Depository Library
System. Call (202)382-7111 or
(202)275-3635, or write to US Government
Printing Office, Office of Marketing,
Mail Stop SM, Washington, D.C. 20401
for a list of the depository libraries
nearest you.
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EPA Libraries
Some documents represented in the Database can be borrowed
from an EPA library. If the "To borrow or purchase" field
has one of these 3-letter codes, use this list to contact
that library.
Library Code
EHA
EHB
EIA
EIC
EJA
EJB
EJC
EJD
EJE
EKA
EKB
EKC
Location
EPA Region 1
Boston, MA 02203
Environmental Res Lab
Narragansett, RI 02882
EPA Region 2
New York 10278
EPA Region 2 Field Off
Edison, NJ 08837
EPA Region 3
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone Number
(617)223-5791
(401)838-6025
(212)264-2881
(201)340-6762
(215)597-0580
EPA Headquarters Library (202)382-5921
Washington, D.C. 20460
Law Library
Washington, D.C. 20460
Central Regional Lab
Annapolis, MD 21401
OTS Non-Confidential
Information Center
Washington, D.C. 20460
EPA Region 4
Atlanta, GA 30365
Library Services Office
Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
Environmental Res Lab
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
(202)382-5919
(301)922-3752
(202)382-3944
(404)257-4216
(919)629-2777
(904)686-9011
EKD
Environmental Res Lab (404)250-3324
Athens, GA 30613
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EKE
EKF
ELA
ELB
ELC
ELD
EMA
EMB
ENA
EOA
EOB
ERA
ERB
ESA
ESB
Office of Air Quality
Planning & Standards
Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
ASRL - Meteorology Lab
Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711
EPA Region 5
Chicago, IL 60604
Environmental Res Ctr
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Motor Vehicle Emissions
Lab
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Environmental Res Lab
Duluth, MN 55804
EPA Region 6
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Robert S. Kerr
Environmental Res Lab
Ada, OK 74820
EPA Region 7
Kansas City, KS 66101
EPA Region 8
Denver, CO 80202-2413
National Enforcement
Investigations Center
Denver, CO 80225
EPA Region 9
San Francisco, CA 94105
Environmental Monitoring
and Systems Lab
Las Vegas, NV 89109
EPA Region 10
Seattle, WA 98101
Covallis Environmental
Research Lab
Corvallis, OR 97330
(919)629-5514
(919)629-4536
(312)353-2022
(513)684-7707
(313)374-8311
(218)780-5538
(214)255-6444
(405)743-2241
(816)757-2828
(303)564-1444
(303)776-3219
(415)454-8076
(702)545-2648
(206)399-1289
(503)420-4731
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KEYWORD LIST
REGION/STATE CODES
DATABASE FIELDS
APPENDIX
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CLEAN LAKES CLEARINGHOUSE DATABASE
KEYWORD LIST
The Keywords List is a compilation of the major concepts
that appear in lake restoration literature. These are the
keywords that are used to index every record, so this list
can be used as a searching aid for looking up specific
topics.
Use the "Subject Area" hierarchy in your information packet
to get a broader look at the topics included in the
Database.
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KEYWORD LIST
Acid Deposition
Acid Lakes
Acid Mine Drainage
Acid Neutralizing Capacity
Acid Precipitation see Acid Rain
Acid Rain
Acidification Mitigation
Acidity
Aeration
Aerobic Bacteria
Agricultural Runoff
Air Pollution
Algae
Algal Blooms
Algicides
Alkalinity
Allochthonous
Alum Treatment
Aluminum
Ammonia
Anaerobic Bacteria
ANC see Acid Neutralizing Capacity
Animal Waste Management
Animal Wastes
Anoxia
Aquatic Biology
Aquatic Ecosystems
Aquatic Macrophyte Harvesting
Aquatic Macrophyte Management
Aquatic Macrophytes
Aquatic Microbiology
Aquatic Organisms
Aquatic Plants
Aquatic Weeds see Aquatic Macrophytes
Aquifer
Artificial Circulation
Autochthonous
Bacteria
Barriers
Bathymetric Mapping
Benthic Zone
Benthos
Best Management Practices
Bioaccumulation
Bioassay
Bioavailability
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Biological Control
Biological Parameters
Biomanipulation see Biological Control
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Biomass
Biota
Birds
Blue-green Algae
BMPs see Best Management Practices
Boating
BOD see Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Bottom Screens see Sediment Covers
Buffer Strips
Buffering
Cadmium
Calcium
Calcium Carbonate Treatment see Uming
Calcium Nitrate Treatment see Riplox Treatment
Canals
Carbon
Carbon Dioxide
Carcinogens
Carlson's Trophic Index
Cattails
Chemical Effluents
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Chemical Parameters
Chlordane
Chlorination
Chlorophyll A Concentration
Chlorophyll Mapping
Clarity see Transparency
Clean Lakes Program
Clean Water Act
Climate
Coal Mining see Mining
COD see Chemical Oxygen Demand
Coliform Bacteria
Color
Combined Sewer Overflow
Community Support see Public Attitudes
Computer Applications
Computer Modeling
Computer Programs
Conductivity
Conservation
Conservation Districts
Conservation Tillage
Construction
Contour Farming
Copper
Copper Sulfate Treatment
Costs and Cost Analysis
Criteria
Critical Areas
Crop Rotation
Crustacea
Cultural Eutrophication
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Cyanobacteria see Blue-green Algae
Dams
Data Analysis
Data Management
DDT
Debris
Decomposition
Deep Water see Depth
Denitrification
Depth
Destratification
Detention Basins
Detergents see Phosphate Detergents
Detritus
Diatoms
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane see DDT
Dikes
Dilution
Dioxins
Dissolved Gases
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Solids
Diversion
Downstream
Drainage
Drainage Basin see Watershed
Drainage Lakes
Drawdown
Dredge Spoil
Dredging
Drinking Water
Dumps see Landfills
Dystrophic
E. Coli see Escherichia Coli
Economic Impact
Ecoregions
Ecosystems
Effluents
Emissions
Enclosure Experiments
Engine Exhausts see Emissions
Environmental Impact
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA see Environmental Protection Agency
Epilimnion
Equipment
Erosion
Erosion Control
Escherichia Coli
Estuaries
Eurasian Watermilfoil
Eutrophic
Eutrophication
Evaporation
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Experimental Design
Export
External Phosphorus Loading
Fall Overturn
Farms
Fecal Coliform see Coliform Bacteria
Fecal Material
Feeding Habits
Fertilizers
Fetch
Filtration
Fish
Fish Community
Fish Contamination
Fish Harvest
Fish Tissue Analysis see Fish Contamination
Fisheries Management
Fishing
Fishkills
Flood Control
Flood Plain
Floods
Flow Rate
Flow Volume
Flushing
Flushing Rate
Fly Ash
Food Chain
Forests
Funding
Geography
Geology
Glacial Lakes
Global Warming
Government Agencies
Government Policy Making
Government Programs
Government Regulations
Grass Carp see Biological Control
Grassed Waterways
Great Lakes
Green Algae
Greenhouse Effect see Global Warming
Groundwater
Groundwater Contamination
Habitats
Hard Water
Harvesting see Aquatic Macrophyte Harvesting
Hazardous Substances
Hazardous Waste see Hazardous Substances
Heavy Metals
Herbicides
Highway Construction see Construction
Highway Runoff
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Human Health
Hydraulic Budget
Hydraulic Residence Time
Hydrilla
Hydroelectric Power Plants
Hydrographic Mapping
Hydrologic Cycle
Hypereutrophic
Hypolimnetic Discharge
Hypolimnetic Withdrawal
Hypolimnion
Impoundment
In-Lake Treatment
Industrial Wastes
Inflow
Insecticides
Insects
Integrated Pest Management
Interagency Cooperation
Internal Phosphorus Loading
Iron
Irrigation
Isotherm
Karst Geology
Kettle Lakes
Kjeldahl Nitrogen see Nitrogen Concentration
Lake Associations
Lake Basin
Lake Level see Water Level
Lake Management
Lake Management Districts
Lake Protection
Lake Recreation
Lake Restoration
Lake Uses
Lakes
Land Development
Land Reclamation
Land Use
Land Use Planning
Landfills
Lead
Legal Aspects
Legislation
Light Penetration
Liming
Limnology
Liquid Wastes
Litter see Debris
Littoral Zone
Local Government
Macroin vertebrates
Macrophytes see Aquatic Macrophytes
Manganese
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Mapping
Marginal Zone
Marshes
Mathematical Modeling
Maximum Depth of Colonization
Mercury
Mesotrophic
Metalimnion
Metals
Methane
Methodologies
Microbes
Microcosm
Migration
Mining
Mining Waste
Mixing
Modeling
Monitoring
Morphometry
Municipal Wastes
Nitrate
Nitrite
Nitrogen Budget
Nitrogen Concentration
Nitrogen Limitation
Nitrogen Loading
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Nuclear Power Plants
Nutrient Budget
Nutrient Cycling
Nutrient Inactivation
Nutrient Limitation
Nutrient Loading
Nutrient Management
Nutrient Precipitation
Nutrients
Odor Problems
Oligotrophic
Ordinances
Organic Matter
Organochlorines
Outflow
Overturn
Oxidation
Oxidation Reduction Potential
Oxygen Concentration
Oxygen Depletion
Paleolimnology
Particulate Matter
Pathogens
PCBs see Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Pelagic Zone
Pesticides
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pH
Phosphate
Phosphate Detergents
Phosphorus Budget
Phosphorus Concentration
Phosphorus Limitation
Phosphorus Loading
Photic Zone
Photosynthesis
Physical Parameters
Phytoplankton
Piscivorous Fish
Planktivorous Fish
Plankton
PL-92-500 see Clean Water Act
Point Source Pollution
Political Aspects
Pollution Control
Pollution Laws
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Ponds
Power Plants
Predation
Pretreatment
Primary Productivity
Profundal Zone
Protozoa
Public Access
Public Attitudes
Public Education
Public Health
Public Participation
Pumping
Quarry Mining see Mining
Radioactive Wastes
Radioactivity
Rain Water
Rainfall
Range/Pasture Management
Reacidification
Recreation see Lake Recreation
Redox Potential see Oxidation Reduction Potential
Regional Lake Management
Release Waters see Reservoir Release
Reproduction
Reservoir Release
Reservoirs
Residence Time see Hydraulic Residence Time
Respiration
Retention Time see Hydraulic Residence Time
Riparian Land
Riplox Treatment
Riprap
Rivers
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Rotenone
Rototilling
Rough Fish
Runoff
Salinity
Seasonal Variations
Secchi Depth
Sediment Contamination
Sediment Control
Sediment Covers
Sediment Loading
Sediment Mapping
Sediment Oxygen Demand
Sediment Release
Sediment Removal see Dredging
Sediment Traps
Sediment Water Interface
Sedimentation
Sediments
Seepage Lakes
Septic Systems
Sewage
Sewage Disposal
Sewage Diverson
Sewage Treatment see Wastewater Treatment
Shallow Water see Depth
Shellfish Contamination
Shore Protection
Shore Stabilization
Shoreline
Siltation see Sedimentation
Silviculture
Simulation Modeling
Sociocultural Aspects
Soft Water
Absorption
Chemistry
Conservation
Contamination
Erosion see Erosion
Filtration
Mapping
Retention Capacity
Soi
Soi
Soi
Soi
Soi
Soi
Soi
Soi
Soi
Solid Waste Disposal
Solid Wastes
Species Composition
Species Diversity
Spring Overturn
Standards
State Government
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Estimation
Statistical Mean
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Statistical Probability
Statistical Samples
Stochastic Modeling
Storms
Stormvvater
Stormwater Management
Stormwater Runoff
Stratification
Streambank Stabilization
Streams
Street Cleaning
Strip Mining see Mining
Subtropical Lakes
Sulfate
Sulfide
Sulfur Dioxide
Surface Area
Surface Roughening
Surface Water Runoff
Surface Waters
Surveys
Suspended Sediments
Suspended Solids
Swimming
Taste Problems
Temperate Lakes
Temperature Effects
Terraces
Thermal Stratification
Thermocline
Total Phosphorus see Phosphorus Concentration
Toxic
Transparency
Trash see Debris
T ributaries
T rihalomethanes
Trophic State
Trophic State Indices
Tropical Lakes
Turbidity
Turnover see Overturn
Urban Development
Urban Runoff
Vegetative Stabilization
Viruses
Volcanoes
Vollenweider Modeling see Stochastic Modeling
Wastewater
Wastewater Treatment
Water Budget see Hydraulic Budget
Water Chemistry
Water Clarity see Transparency
Water Column
Water Conservation
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Water Contamination
Water Hyacinth
Water Level
Water Level Fluctuations
Water Polfution
Water Quality
Water Quality Assessment
Water Retention see Hydraulic Residence Time
Water Table
Water Temperature
Water Treatment
Waterborne Disease
Waterfowl
Watershed
Watershed Management
Weather
Weed Control see Aquatic Macrophyte Management
Wetland Contamination
Wetlands
Wind
Winterkill
Zinc
Zoning
Zooplankton
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REGION/STATE CODES
Use this list to find the proper code for searching
a region or a state.
REGION
STATE
CODE
01
Connecticut
01CT
01
Maine
01ME
01
Massachusetts
01MA
01
New Hampshire
01NH
01
Rhode Island
01RI
01
Vermont
01VT
02
New Jersey
02NJ
02
New York
02NY
02
Puerto Rico
02PR
02
Virgin Islands
02VI
03
Delaware
03DE
03
Washington, D.C.
03DC
03
Maryland
03MD
03
Pennsylvania
03PA
03
Virginia
03 VA
03
West Virginia
03WV
04
Alabama
04AL
04
Florida
04FL
04
Georgia
04GA
04
Kentucky
04KY
04
Mississippi
04MS
04
North Carolina
04NC
04
South Carolina
04SC
04
Tennessee
04TN
05
Illinois
05IL
05
Indiana
05 IN
05
Michigan
05MI
05
Minnesota
05MN
05
Ohio
05OH
05
Wisconsin
05WI
06
Arkansas
06AR
06
Louisiana
06LA
06
New Mexico
06NM
06
Oklahoma
060K
06
Texas
06TX
07
Iowa
07IA
07
Kansas
07KS
07
Missouri
07MO
07
Nebraska
07NE
08
Colorado
08C0
08
Montana
08MT
08
North Dakota
08ND
08
South Dakota
08SD
08
Utah
08UT
08
Wyoming
08WY
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09
Arizona
09AZ
09
California
09CA
09
Guam
09GU
09
Hawaii
09HI
09
Nevada
09NV
09
American Samoa
09AS
10
Alaska
10AK
10
Idaho
10ID
10
Oregon
100R
10
Washington
10WA
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CLEAN LAKES DATABASE FIELDS
FIELD NAME
DESCRIPTION
title
authors
corpauth
pubinfo
source
location
typedoc
geocodes
keywords
ntisno
epano
callno
docno
otherno
abstract
date
projectcde
title of report or paper
personal authors
work affiliations of personal
authors
publisher & publication place
title of book or journal that
contains paper
institution for borrowing/buying
documents
restoration project/diagnostic
feasibility study/classification
survey (applies to Clean Lakes
Project Reports)
region/state or "Can" for Canada,
"Eur" for Europe
keywords
NTIS document number
EPA document number
library call number
accession number
other identifying numbers such as
EPA contract numbers, Dialog
database numbers, etc.
brief abstract describing document
publication date
internal project number
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