Data Base m w Federal Technology m Machine- readable Formats available from National Technical Information Service U.S. Department of Commerce Contents Data Base Services Program 1 Magnetic Tape Products Summary 3 NTIS Bibliographic Data Base 4 Ongoing Research Data Base 5 Department of Energy Data Base 6 Water Resources Data Base 7 Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries Data Base 7 Pacific Islands Ecosystems Data Base 7 Congressional Sourcebook Data Base 8 National Science Foundation Data Base 8 Statistical Data Tabulation Service 9 Statistical Data Reference Service 9 Lawrence Berkeley Data Base 10 Economic Indicators 10 Patent Data Base 10 Federal Communications Commission Data Files 12 Computer Software Applications 14 Directory of Computer Software 15 Federal Software Exchange Program 15 National Library of Medicine Data Base 16 Integrated Library Software 17 Highway Planning Software 18 Federal Information Processing Standards 18 NTIS Price Codes 19 How to Order 20 About NTIS 22 Order Forms 24, 25 NTIS Telephone Numbers 28 5-81 NTIS programs ensure public access to Federal machine -readable data In its continuing effort to provide the widest possible access to specialized scientific, technical and business information, NTIS has been increasingly responsible for expanding the public access to the machine-readable in- formation products of Federal agencies. In the initial stages of this expansion program, special attention is being given to the following areas of concern: • Providing access to bibliographic data files produced by agencies other than NTIS. • Cataloging and indexing machine-readable statistical data files. • Providing online access to various data bases processed by Federal agencies. • Expanding the NTIS collection of available machine- readable data files and software. • Providing access to the full range of Federal statistical data files through reference and tabulation services. A wide range of machine-readable products and ser- vices already is available from NTIS in these areas: Bibliographic Data Bases • NTIS Bibliographic Data Base— All items announced by NTIS are included in the NTIS Bibliographic Data Base (on magnetic tape). It is available for lease. • Energy Data Base (EDB)-The world's largest and most comprehensive data base on energy, created and maintained by the Technical Information Center, U.S. Department of Energy, is available for lease through NTIS. • Patent Tapes— From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, the Patent Tapes are being made publicly available for the first time through NTIS. • Selected Water Resources Abstracts (SWRA) Data Base— From the Office of Water Research and Technology, U.S. Department of the Interior, the SWRA is available for lease through NTIS. The SWRA contains abstracts covering aspects of the characteristics, conservation, control, use, and j£ management of water, o Online Access Services I J2 J g^ NTIS plans to provide online access to data bases )& processed by Federal agencies when a comparable ser- f . vice is not offered by a commercial vendor. Services be- 1°*. ing considered will stem from data bases containing in- 3 formation in the areas of economics, the labor force, en- vironment, chemical substances, and others. Batch Services NTIS provides custom reports from an enormous data base of 1970 Census data developed and maintained by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the U.S. Depart- ment of Energy. The data base contains all of the employment-related information of the 1970 Census. A comparable service based on 1980 Census data is plan- ned. Magnetic Tapes The present collection of magnetic tapes contains more than 1200 data files and computer programs from more than 100 Federal agencies, covering an array of subject fields. The 1980 Directory of Computer Software and Related Technical Reports is a unique guide to machine-readable software and related technical reports available to the public from Federal agen- cies. More than 350 programs are listed and described in the Directory, along with applicable technical reports. Reference and Tabulation Services • The Statistical Data Reference Service makes infor- mation available on the full range of Federal statistical resources, covering major subject areas based on social, economic, and environmental statistical programs of the U.S. Government. • The Statistical Data Tabulation Service provides low- cost easy access to data from Federal data files, through standardization of the programs used to prepare tabulations. Foreign Technology NTIS is negotiating with foreign data base operators to make their services directly accessible in the United States. Several data bases, bibliographic and non- bibliographic, that heretofore have been accessible only in Europe and Japan are expected to centralize the U.S. availability of their information through NTIS. This specialized catalog is one of several designed for NTIS customers having similar interests. Other spec alized catalogs are listed on page 24. NTIS magnetic tape products Data files and computer software sponsored by the Federal Government have been made available by NTIS since 1967. As a result, NTIS has assembled a wide variety of software and data files, pertinent to business and scientific interests, that are available for sale or lease. The present collection contains more than 1200 data files and computer programs from more than 100 Federal agencies. These cover an array of subject fields: statistics, finance, education, demography and popula- tion, health statistics, building technology, energy sources, environmental pollution and control, and many others. Computer Software • Modeling & Simulation • Statistical Analyses & Evaluation • Operating Systems • Control Systems • Data Base Management Systems • Search/Retrieval Systems • Application Programs Examples of software available from NTIS are: • COBOL Compiler Validation System— Version 3 • FORTRAN Compiler Validation System— Version 1 • Table Producing Language (TPL)— Version 3 • Cartographic Automatic Mapping Program (CAM) • Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) • Rural Highway Transportation Planning System Data Files • Bibliographic • Numeric • Statistical • Informational Examples of data files available from NTIS are: • Standard Occupational Classification Manual • Standard Codes for Named Populated Places and Related Entities of the States of the United States • World Data Bank, Volumes 1-5 • National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle I • Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs • Inventory of Energy Research & Development Infor- mation Resources in the United States • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Bibliographic Data File For more information about computer software and data files please telephone (703) 487-4808. 800,000 NTIS titles computer -accessible through Bib Data Base All of the research summaries announced by NTIS are included in the NTIS Bibliographic Data Base (on magnetic tape). Most are complete bibliographic citations and may be used to create a wide variety of information products. Users of the NTIS Bibliographic Data Base are uniquely able to search a multiplicity of technical information input styles within the uniform NTIS format. There is no need for the user to acquire familiarity with different search strategies in order to search the several source tapes contributing to the NTIS file. Such "single" searching saves both computer and communication costs. Subscribers may search any or all of the file elements: research report title; personal or corporate author; acces- sion number or contract number; by subject, using keywords, descriptors, or subject codes. The files are arranged in the NTIS modification of the COSATI implementation of the ANSI standard (Z39.2, 1971) specifying a format for bibliographic information in- terchange on magnetic tape. The character code is con- vertible to the standard ASCII code. Tapes are available as 7-track, 800 BPI and as 9-track, 800, 1600 or 6250 BPI, odd parity only. The magnetic tape containing the data file may be leased annually and files back to 1964 may be acquired. Current tapes are shipped to subscribers biweekly. Copies of the most recently available tape may be ordered separately for testing. Use fees are charged quarterly and based on factors such as the number of citations displayed or searches performed and the possibility of third party use. For further information on leasing the data file, please telephone (703) 487-4808. The NTIS Bibliographic Data Base is available online from the following U.S. commercial vendors: • Lockheed Information Service 3460 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, California 94304 • System Development Corporation 2500 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, California 90406 • Bibliographic Retrieval Service Corporation Park, Bldg. 702 Scotia, New York 12302 NTIS DATA BASE GUIDELINES The following publications are basic guides to the NTIS collection. • NTIS Subject Classification (Past & Present) (PB-270 575) Price code A05 • A Reference Guide to the NTIS Bibliographic Data Base (NTIS-PR-253) No charge • Environmental Microthesaurus (PB-265 261) Price code E06 • Energy Microthesaurus (PB-254 800) Price code E06 • Health Care Microthesaurus (PB-290 776) Price code E06 • Standard for Cataloging of Government Scien- tific and Technical Reports (PB-277 951) Price code A04 • COSATI Corporate Author Headings (PB-198 275) Price code A99 • COSATI Subject Categories (AD-612200) Price code A04 • Computer Sciences Microthesaurus (PB80-207 81 4) Price code E04 Science Information Exchange Data Base; 200,000 projects The SIE Data Base consists of summaries of Federally- funded research in progress. The Data Base is very dynamic in that old records are retired and new records are added as projects are completed and new projects begun. There are approximately 100,000 new projects announced annually with more than 200,000 projects ex- isting in the Data Base at any one time. The SIE Data Base of information about ongoing Federal research projects is available on lease from NTIS. It is expected that management of SSIE and NTIS will be centralized so as to provide more comprehensive infor- mation from a single source at the lowest possible cost. Computerized data files and reports directory The Directory of Computerized Data Files and Related Technical Reports describes the hundreds of machine- readable data files in the NTIS collection, in 45 subject categories, from 100 Federal agencies. Order: PB80-2 17003, $40. 600,000 -item Energy Data Base from DOE The world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic data base on energy is created and main- tained by the Department of Energy's Technical Informa- tion Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee and is available for lease through NTIS. The Energy Data Base (EDB) in- cludes more than 600,000 items. This is primarily a bibliographic data file relating to research, development, and demonstration projects on all aspects of energy. EDB started in the information programs of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration (ER- DA), all since absorbed into DOE. The information is stored in digital form and includes citations, abstracts, and indexes for use by DOE and the general public in the United States. Citations consist of all the data elements that describe and uniquely identify a particular information item, such as title, author's name, issuing source, type of literature, language of the item, name of the journal (when articles are selected from journals), and page count. For report items, identifying numbers, sources of availability, and prices are also given. Abstracts are included in the data base so that users can determine whether they wish to obtain a complete text. EDB items are indexed by subject within the following categories: Solar energy (also includes tidal and wind power) Geothermal energy Fossil and synthetic fuels Coal Petroleum and natural gas Oil shales and tar sands Hydrogen Other synthetic and natural fuels Fusion energy Nuclear energy Nuclear fuels Nuclear power plants Nuclear reactor technology Energy conservation, consump- tion, and utilization Energy policy and management Energy storage Energy conversion Advanced automotive systems Electric power engineering (in- cludes MHD, cryogenics, & superconducting trans- mission) Environmental sciences Biomedical sciences, health, and safety Physical research Chemistry Physics Materials Geosciences Engineering Particle accelerators Instrumentation Explosions Isotope and radiation source technology General and miscellaneous For more information on leasing the EDB, please telephone (703) 487-4808. All of NTIS' products and services are summarized in General Catalog No. 7 (see page 24). Selected Water Resources Abstracts Data Base The Selected Water Resources Abstracts (SWRA) Data Base is available from NTIS through an Interagency Agreement with the Office of Water Research and Technology, U.S. Department of the Interior. The SWRA Data Base is updated monthly and includes abstracts of current and earlier pertinent monographs, journal articles, reports and other publication formats. The contents of the file cover the water related aspects of the life, physical and social sciences, as well as related engineering and legal aspects of the characteristics, con- servation, control, use and management of water. The data base is designed to serve the scientific and technical information needs of scientists, engineers, and managers. The technical format of the tapes basically conforms to ANSI Z39. 2-1971, American National Standard for Bibliographic Information Interchange on Magnetic Tapes. Detailed technical specifications and the fee schedule are available on request. For information on leasing the SWRA Data Base, please telephone (703) 487-4808. Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries Abstracts Data Base The ASFA Data Base covers the world's literature on the science, technology, and management of marine and freshwater environments. The product of an international cooperative effort involving three United Nations agen- cies and nine national government information centers, ASFA covers approximately 5,000 journals and other serials, as well as books, reports, and conference proceedings. The Data Base in magnetic tape covers the time period from 1978 to the present. There are approx- imately 46,000 records in the Data Base with an additional 23,000 being added annually. Pacific Islands Ecosystems Data Base covers 50 years The Pacific Island Ecosystems (PIE) is a comprehen- sive data base of nearly 20,000 references and 1,000 an- nual additions to information on the Pacific Islands. It has been designed to meet the information needs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the area of fish and wildlife management. The references in PIE (spanning the last 50 years) cover the biological, ecological, physical and socioeconomic processes and features of the coastal ecosystems of the Pacific Islands, and the impact of such processes and man's influence on the environment of the region. The geological area is defined as the Hawaiian Islands, and other Pacific Islands u-nder U.S. jurisdiction or claimed by the U.S., located approximately between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Congressional Sourcebook Series Data Base The Congressional Sourcebook Series (CSS) data base, designed by the General Accounting Office, is used to identify certain congressional information needs. The following two files, reissued annually, are being made available: • Requirements for Recurring Reports File— Describes the various requirements for approximately 2,000 recurring reports to the Congress from the Ex- ecutive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches. • Federal Information Sources and Systems File- Describes approximately 1,500 Federal sources and systems maintained by executive agencies, which contain fiscal, budgeting, and program related infor- mation. National Science Foundation Data Base contains grants The National Science Foundation (NSF) data base con- tains technical summaries of projects that were officially completed during the fiscal year. There are approximate- ly 4,000 completed grants every fiscal year. A grant is "completed" when the grant period has expired and the institution has submitted final fiscal information and a final project report to NSF. Categories of awards include research grants, grants for symposia, workshops, con- ferences, and studies, and science education grants. Watch for Price Codes Most prices in this catalog are in- dicated by Price Codes. For example: When you read Gasohol: A Technical Memorandum. NTIS Price: PCA04/M- FA01, you learn from the Price Code table on page 19 that A04 is the equivalent of $7, and the A01 is the equivalent of $3.50. PC, of course, means paper copy, and MF means microfiche. Price Code Tables may change. Current tables always are free on request from NTIS. Statistical data tabulation service based on Federal Data Files The Statistical Data Tabulation Service (SDTS) provides low-cost easy access to data from Federal data files. Often, needed information not found in printed sources must be specially derived from a data file, but the process of transforming data in a file into needed infor- mation may appear to the user to involve more effort and expense than the information is worth. Through standar- dization of the program used to prepare tabulations, SDTS provides the service of transforming the data into needed information at low cost. SDTS can rapidly make available tabulations from the following data files: • 1976 Survey of Income and Education • 1970 Census Public Use Samples • Current Population Surveys (all recent years) • National Crime Surveys Tabulations from other public data files are provided on request. These tabulations may be used to answer a wide range of questions pertaining to the problems, needs and capabilities of people, families, households, govern- ments, businesses, and health, education, and related service organizations in the United States. The service is provided by NTIS through a commercial contractor. For more information on SDTS, please telephone (703) 487-4808. Statistical data reference service The Statistical Data Reference Service (SDRS) makes information available on the full range of Federal statistical resources. The Federal Government generates a continuous flow of such information covering virtually every aspect of our national life. The major subject areas covered are based on social, economic, and environmen- tal statistical programs of the U.S. Government. For ex- ample: • Criminal Justice Statistics • Education Statistics • Energy and Energy-Related Statistics • Environmental Statistics • Health and Vital Statistics • Income Maintenance and Welfare • Labor Statistics • National Economic and Business Financial Accounts • Construction and Housing Statistics • Population Statistics • Price Statistics and Price Indexes • Production, Distribution, and Service Statistics An Information Specialist processes each request con- ducting a thorough search of all available references, consulting with knowledgeable persons in the Federal statistical system, and identifying appropriate statistical resources. The user receives a report describing every data source identified and its contents. The SDRS service is sponsored by NTIS through a commercial contractor. For more information, please telephone (703) 487-4808. LBL Data Base The Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) data base contains all of the employment related information produced by the 1970 Census and will be updated with the 1980 Census data in mid 1981. This data can be used in planning for school vocational training, market projec- tion when population or salary levels are a consideration, transportation planning, and so forth. Reports can also be produced that reflect the labor force by various breakouts such as industry, salary levels, age, education, and so forth. Custom reports by any Census area are available. The data is computed and produced by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory of the Department of Energy with NTIS handling all orders, billing users, and producing the required packages on demand. For more information please telephone (703) 487-4808. Patent Data Base The Patent Data Base from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce is now available through NTIS. It is available in three files: Full Text, Bibliographic, and Classification. • The Full Text File covers August 1970 through the current year. The file contains all wording of each pa- tent. —The retrospective portion, 1970-1979, is available as a total file or by calendar year. The total file is on approximately 40 reels of magnetic tape, 4 or 5 reels for each year. —The current year file is issued weekly. It contains the information described above for each patent issued during the week. The file is available on an annual subscription/lease basis. Subscribers will receive about 104 tapes a year. • The Bibliographic File covers the same issue periods 10 as the Full Text File, but it is a subset of the Full Text File, including the patent title, inventor's name, owner of the patent, date of issuance, filing date, abstract, assignee, and other information. —The retrospective portion, 1970-1979, is available as a total file or by calendar year. The total file is on approximately 100 reels of magnetic tape, 4 or 5 reels for each year. —The current year file is issued weekly. It contains the information described above for each patent issued during the week. The file is available on an annual subscription/lease basis. Subscribers will receive about 52 tapes a year. • The Classification File contains classification infor- mation on all patents issued by the Patent and Trademark Office. The file is issued twice each year, at the end of June and at the end of December. Each issuance includes all new patents and reclassifica- tion actions. The Classification File is available in Classification and/or Patent Number Sequence. Segments of the Full Text or Bibliographic Files (mechanical patents, electrical patents, chemical patents, etc.) may be made available if users indicate their in- terests. Please telephone (703) 487-4808. Bibliographic and Nonbibliographic Engineering Index (Ei) recently characterized bibliographic data bases as pointers which refer users somewhere else for detailed information. Ei then listed the contrasting elements of a non- bibliographic data base, as follows: • the base itself holds the written or numeric infor- mation; • access is frequently restricted to a particular user community or to a particular communica- tions carrier; • it is likely to be coupled with a particular kind of software or computer; • about 79% of its use is performed by the end user, while information Intermediaries are the prime users of bibliographic data bases; • initially, users tend to be commercial enterprises; and the cost of producing a non- bibliographic data base is greater than for a bibliographic one. "We could not have developed anything that would have been a* accurate In this short period of time. The NTIS computer program saved us 5-10 project years. The first application gave us a $350,000 savings."— James M. Kis- sane, Mining Machinery Division, Joy Manufacturing Company 11 FCC data files The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data files of licensees are available through NTIS in two formats — computer magnetic tape and microfiche. The magnetic tape files are sold only as whole files. Order as follows: Title Order Number VHF-TV Computer Assigned Input File PB-237 321 Citizens Radio Service Transaction File PB80-117112 Aviation (Aircraft) Radio Station License Data Base PB-235 961 Chicago Land Mobile Licensee Data File PB-235 966 Broadcast Ownership Master File PB-239 807 FCC Frequency Master File PB-297 341 Common Carrier Microwave Transmitter, Antenna and Licensee File PB80-1 16940 Common Carrier Microwave Data Base PB80-111123 Broadcast AM Data Base PB-301 260 TV Programming Data Master File PB80-111115 FCC Radio Equipment Type Acceptance List File PB-266 500 Physical System (Trunk Distribution) File PB-292 987 Broadcast Log Master File PB-269 897 Antenna Survey Power File PB-272 252 FCC Citizen's Master File, Call Sign Sequence PB-272 995 FCC Citizen's Master File, Honeywell BCD Version PB-284 248 Marine (Telephone) Radio Station License Data File PB80-1 25321 Broadcast TV Data Base PB-287 267 Cable Television Community Unit, Station and Mail Address Files PB-292 988 CB Radio Study PB-276 610 Common Carrier Overseas Telecommunications Traffic Data (excluding AT&T) PB-282 075 Industry Equal Employment Opportunity Master File PB-294 872 Broadcast FM Data Base PB80-111149 Amateur Radio Service Data File PB80-134083 Common Carrier Individual Land Mobile Data Base PB80-1 1 5207 Amateur Radio Service Master File Updates PB-286 960 12 Land Mobile Base Station Data Base (Common Carrier) PB-295 973 Broadcast Applications Address List (BAPS) PB80-108731 Each of the FCC microfiche files is available in a set of 48X microfiche sheets, on demand or a standing order basis. A demand sale consists of the latest master file and supplements to the master file current at the time of the sale. A standing order ensures that the customer will automatically receive the master file with supplements, plus semiannual or quarterly updates and subsequent supplements received by NTIS (as long as an active NTIS deposit account is maintained with sufficient funds to cover the cost of the updates). The following FCC microfiche files are available: TITLE Amateur Master File Commercial Master File Frequency Master File (Frequ.) Frequency Master File (SVC) Community Unit Full Record Marine Master File Aviation Master File Frequency Auxiliary (Call Sign) Frequency Auxiliary (State) Individual Land Mobile TV Station Authorization Report Citizen Master File TV Station Distribution File ORDER NUMBER NTISUB/E/191 NTISUB/E/192 NTISUB/E/193 NTISUB/E/194 NTISUB/E/196 NTISUB/E/198 NTISUB/E/199 NTISUB/E/222 NTISUB/E/223 NTISUB/E/240 NTISUB/E/455 PB80-919001 PB80-945601 Common Carrier Microwave Construction Permit File PB80-945701 Common Carrier Microwave Authorization (Licenses) PB80-945801 Citizens Index PB80-945901 Citizens Cumulative PB80-946001 Common Carrier Land Mobile Base Stations (Suppliers) PB80-946101 Common Carrier Individual Land Mobile — Name Sequence (Subscribers) PB80-946201 Common Carrier Individual Land Mobile — License Sequence (Subscribers) PB80-946301 For price information please telephone (703) 487-4763. 13 Directories of computer software applications The technical reports announced by NTIS often contain listings of computer programs and documentation cover- ing a wide variety of applications. Scientists, systems analysts, and programmers are usually unaware of these programs unless they happen to acquire the technical report in which the program is listed. These computer programs are not in machine-readable form. They are programs and documentation which are included in the technical report and must be converted into machine- readable form to have workable software. The 30 Directories of Computer Software Applications refer readers to the technical reports in which the com- puter programs and documentation are listed. The programs can then be ordered at the regular price of the technical reports, in paper or microfiche. Software Applications Directories are available as follows: Administration and Management - PB-283 714 Aeronautics, Aerodynamics & Air- craft System Design - PB-286 825 Agriculture & Food - PB-291 552 Astronomy & Astrophysics - PB-294 832 Atmospheric Sciences - PB-286 256 Behavior, Training & Education - PB-282 229 Biomedical Technology A Human Factors - PB-292 724 Chemistry - PB-283 183 Civil and Structural Engineering - PB-278 125 Communications - PB-289 952 Detection & Countermeasures - PB-297 095 Economics and Business - PB-277 800 Electrical & Electronics En- gineering - PB-284 924 Energy, 19 77 -March 1980 - PB80-105497 Energy - PB-284 200 Environmental Pollution and Control - PB-270 018 Environmental Pollution and Control, 1977-March 1980 - PB80-105505 Library & Information Sciences - PB-278 452 Marine Engineering - PB-294 014 Mathematics - PB-293 184 Medicine & Biology - PB-287 825 Minicomputers and Micro- computers - PB-272 972 Minicomputers and Micro- computers, 1977-March 1980 - PB80-105513 Natural Resources & Earth Sci- ences - PB-288 486 Navigation & Guidance - PB-289 390 Oceanography - PB-283 210 Physics - PB-281 642 Space Technology - PB-296 039 Transportation - PB-279 570 Urban & Regional Technology A Development - PB-284 165 For more information on the telephone (703) 487-4808. directories, please Do you produce highly specialized NTIS-type data that would benefit scientists, technicians, economists, business people, or social planners? Ask how your research reports may enter the NTIS distribution system. Address your remarks to Product Management, NTIS, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. 14 Latest Directory of Computer Software & Related Technical Reports The Directory of Computer Software and Related Technical Reports is a unique guide to machine-readable software and related technical reports available to the public from Federal agencies. The information contained in the Directory has been compiled in cooperation with more than 100 U.S. agencies. More than 350 programs are described as are the applicable technical reports. The directory contains five indexes for easy reference, including an Agency Index listing the originating agency for the specific program, and a Subject Index listing all programs by their major subject concepts. In the Abstract Section, a complete abstract entry is found on each software program. Also included in this section are keywords used for indexing and searching, and an Availability Statement to determine if the item can be ordered through NTIS or from the originating agency. Price: $40. Order: PB80-1 10232. For more information on the directory, please telephone (703) 487-4808. Federal software exchange program The Federal Software Exchange Program was es- tablished in 1976 by General Services Administration (GSA) to promote Government-wide sharing of common use software owned by Federal agencies. In order to provide a central location and bibliographic control for the collection, GSA established the Federal Software Ex- change Center (FSEC) at NTIS. State and local Govern- ments also participate in the program under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. FSEC products are limited to governmental buyers. The vehicle for Federal software information and dis- semination is the Federal Software Exchange Center catalog. It contains software abstracts covering numerous application areas on programs that are written in a broad range of computer languages for a wide variety of hardware. The 1980 edition contains approximately 700 abstracts. According to FPMR 101-36.1068 and 101-36.1609, before a Government agency can obtain a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) to acquire software from commercial sources, it must screen available Federal ADP resources by reviewing the Federal Software Ex- change Center catalog. 15 If a suitable system or program can be found in the catalog, FSEC will make it available to government users at the published price. Prices for software obtained from the exchange are nominal compared to the cost of in- house development or outside procurement. Limited technical assistance in installation and maintenance is normally available from the contributing agency or from GSA Agency Services Coordination Division on a reim- bursable basis. The 1980 edition of the catalog is available on sub- scription at $75 annually but may be used for ordering purposes only by government agencies. A subscription is comprised of a cumulative issue distributed in January followed by two noncumulative update issues in May and September. Your subscription will be entered for a period covering January through December. For more information on the Federal Software Ex- change Center program, please telephone (703) 487- 4808. Library of Medicine's MEDUNE/TOXLINE and TOX-TIPS MEDLINE is an online data base maintained by the National Library of Medicine containing references to ap- proximately half a million citations from 3,000 biomedical journals. It is designed to help health professionals find out easily and quickly what has been published recently on any specific biomedical subject. The magnetic tape is available through NTIS. MEDLINE contains the current year's citations plus two previous years. Further coverage is provided by ancillary files which cover some 2.8 million citations from the biomedical literature from 1966 to 1977. MEDLINE is up- dated monthly. TOXLINE, also available from NTIS, is the National Library of Medicine's extensive online collection of com- puterized toxicology information containing more than 650,000 references to published human and animal tox- icity studies, effects of environmental chemicals and pollutants, adverse drug reactions, and analytical methodology. TOXLINE contains bibliographic citations and abstracts from 1965 to the current year, depending on the secondary source. For further information, please inquire to the MEDLINE/TOXLINE Product Manager, (703) 487- 4808. TOX-TIPS is produced by the Toxicology Information Program of the National Library of Medicine. TOX-TIPS covers all areas of long-term toxicology testing in its Notices of Research Projects. Testing is listed by com- pound, species (strain), route of administration, and duration. Published monthly with cumulative index. Price $35 annually. Order PB81-915000. 16 Integrated library system software originated by NLM The Integrated Library System (ILS) software was developed at the Lister Hill National Center for Bio- medical communications, at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), to enable health science librarians to better manage their collections and promote more effec- tive resource sharing. The ILS is applicable by any library, not only health science libraries. The design objectives were: (1) modular integration of functions and files, (2) operation on a range of hardware affordable even in small libraries, (3) software that is responsive to varying demand, (4) transportability of programs, (5) multi-level user interfaces, (6) system network access, and (7) compatibility with NLM's planned MEDLARS III. The ILS software was written to operate on several different minicomputers with the MIIS operating system in the MUMPS programming language. The basic capabilities are: • Master Bibliographic File (MBF)— supports all functions- circulation, serials control, acquisitions, cataloging, and authority files. • The Circulation Subsystem— indicates the current status of any item in the collection, whether in process or cataloged. • Searching Capabilities on Online Catalog— allows limited search of the Master Bibliographic File through the use of a variety of terminals (more extensive search capabilities will be part of future release). • Serials Check -in— allows the check-in of serials. Future enhancements of the ILS which remain to be developed include: serials control, acquisitions, catalog- ing, authority file, generalized network access module, patron level interface, and enhancements to existing modules. For more information request NTIS-PR-619 on page 24. "Service is great, you really get things to us fast. I know people complain about prices going up. But we have no complaints because of your prompt delivery on Items ordered."— W.T. Durr, Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center 17 Highway planning software package covers all aspects This software package was developed by the Department of Transportation's Rural Highway Transpor- tation Planning System. It consists of six magnetic tape reels of software and test data, a user manual and a guidebook to highway planning. The elements of the program, aside from the test data, are indicated by the coverage of the guidebook. Its six sections cover: The Highway Planning Process; Instructions for Road Inventory; Instructions for Traffic Surveys; Functional Classification of Highways; Highway Adequacy Rating; and Measuring Highway Improvement Needs and Priority Analysis. The guidebook is also available in Spanish. Telephone the Product Manager, (703) 487-4808 for details and prices. Federal Information Processing Standards Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are computer standards adopted by the U.S. Government. FIPS are developed by a consensus of industry, academia, and Government. They deal with hardware, software, data, and ADP operation standards. NTIS offers FIPS publications on demand and by standing order. With standing order service, new and revised FIPS, along with any change notices and as- sociated industry standards issued during the year, are sent to subscribers automatically. Price annually: $40. For more information request PR- 357. Back issues price (FIPS Set 79) $120 For more information on leasing the data bases described in this catalog, please telephone (703) 487-4808. 18 NTIS Domestic Price Codes The prices below are for customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. All other addressees please write for an appropriate price list. 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