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Tjhe report tabulates tor several library locations in
the Natioiial Capital area, those data bases wh'ich are
accessible and a short description of their contents.
SOMMATRE 0.
Pour les quelques services libraires clans
l'agglom~ration de la (apitale nationaie, le rapport
catalogue ces bases de donn~es qui sont accessibles et,
aussi, une courte description de leur. contents.
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ACKNOWL EDG EMENTC
In the assemblying of. material, the kind assistance
of he following is gjratefully acknowledged:
a. Mrs. Christa Collin, ORAE Library
b. Mr. Paul Caldwell, USIS
C. Mr. John Flood, De~partment of External Aftairs
a. Ms. Susan lBlevins, NL)HQ Library Jb
e. Ms. Redo Widstrand, Carleton University
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A TABULATIUN OF DATA BASES:
ACCESS AND CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
The paper is a tabulation of data bases that a
researcher in the National Capital Area rQight call upon and
where they might be found.
For oints of access, both inside and outside ot the
Department f ational Detence, the reader should not make
any assumptjofls rerlarding cost of seirch, general
accessibiliqy, timeliness of response or the quality of the p
resulting m~terial.
AIM/
The'aim of this paper is to assemble information
describing data bases and to give the location of access to
these resources.
SCOPE
IL-With the fantastic gjrowth r't inf -rmnation, it is
possible 6o spend an enoqmrous amnount ..f time and eftort just
on the tabulation osourC' n without anyt.t.ing more than a
Guperticial contact with the recordedi information.
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Since this paper is in support of the wo~k program of
*ORAE, quite nat~irally then, the set of -locations that have
been included are those which would be considered within
easy access by the members of D) Strat A and USPP.
For the set of sources, those data basL-s which are
available at the various locations have been included.
only unclassified data bases are considered.
Clearly' the scope ot this paper is defined only for
the time of writin,., a snapshot. Because of the continuing
*production of infcrmation, data bases will generally
continue to grow although some may fail tor economic
reasons. This scope will become outdated for se'veral
* reasons including the following obvious onei:
a. for a particular location, a new data base is
added;
b. for an existingr data base, its range of interest
and/or publicati.oims consulted expands;
c. f or an mimbre I a sys te (Vg Ul I.LOG)) , another data
basv is adned.
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For the purposes of this paper, the term aata base is
tak n in a broad sense, including not only a collection of
int rmat ion on a specific topic but also a system~ which
se es as an umbrella for several specific collections.
TAB3ULATION
The set Of locations, after consultation, was taken
s the following.;
a. ORAE Library
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C. DHQ Library
d- Dept of External Aftairs Library
e. Carleton University, Norman Patterson School of
Internatioral Aftairs, Resource Centre.
Each location will be taken in turn and given a
listing of its major datai bases. These data bases ar" Lnose
which appear important to- the wide-ranging ,;tuaiL-s of D)
*Strat A and which ac- ofter. electronically svarchable. For
each data base, th reader is referred co a speciic annex
wherein a short description of the data bast is provite.
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LIST OF LOCATIONS
ORAE LIBRARY has DIALOG which is describea at Annex
A.
DSIS.(Defence Scientific Information Services) has
the following available:
a. DIALOG.(see Annex A)
I.AN/OLE (see Aainex B) p
C. Q-/SE~ARCH (see Annex C)
d. IRBIT (see Annex D)
e. )ROLS (see Annex E)
f. USIS Retro (see Annex F)
g. Info GLOBE (see Annex G)
h. ;NYTIS Timies Information Servicel'Intorrnatic.n Bank
(see Annex H)
J.NEXIS (see Annex J)
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NDHQ Library has the following available:.4
a. DIALOG (see iinnex A)
b. CAN/OL& (see Annex B)
The Department of External Affairs Library has the
following available:
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a. CANSIM (see Annex K)
b. QL!SEARCH (see Annex C)
C. INFO GLOBE (see Annex G)
d. NYTIS, NY Times Information Setvice/Informnatiofl
dank (see Annex H)
e. DMS/ONLINE (see Annex L)
Sf. UJRI International Data Banks (Annex %1)
g. DIALOG (see Annex A)
h. Dow Jone'S News!RETKIEVAL 'see Annex N)
,'.CAN/OLE (see Annex 8)
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k. ORBIT (see Annex D)
1. International Trade Data Bank (Annex P)
m. Canada's Bilateral Relatins: Some Key Statistics
(Annex Q)
n. (under development) Fact Sheets for Selected
Countries.
At the Norman Patterson School of International
Affairs, Carleton University, the tollowing are Available:
a. DIALOG (see Annex A)
b. (near future) the School's holdings will be
online with a major shift in search strategy from
key words in context (titles) to a controllea
vocabulary/thesaurus.
C. through the Main L.ibrary, involving
i CATSUP (Catalog System Update Projrami which
will place the complete holdings at Cdrltton '
University online.
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ii, 1I4LT (to be availaule soon) which~ will allow
easy access to nmarsy data bases (e'j. I)IALOG,
ORBIT, Info CLOBE etc.)
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OTHER REFERENCES 0
With growth of information, it is not surprisin that
i is now neLessary to have indexes to inoexes of
intormation. For those who feel the Annexes hervwit. are too
ft'w or incomplete, the following short list ot expanding
references is given:S
a. Computer-readible Databases: A Directory and
Data Sourcebrok, (Washiniton, D.C.: Americanr
Society for Information Science).
b. MJ Brown and JL Hall, Online 8iW.~ojrahic Data
Bases: An International. Directory, Second
Edition, (Gale Research Co., 1481).
C. HC Campbell, The EsLial Data Base Directory: A
Guide to Current Canadian Information Containec
in National and international atd Bases and Data
Banks, (Toronto: Espial Pr')ductions, 19d1).
d. VS Sessions, Directory of Data Bases in the
Social and Behnvioural Sciences, (New Y,-,rK:
Science Associates/International and the City
University of New York, 1974).
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e. COIN: A Directory of Computerized information in
Canada, (Edmonton: Alberta Information Retrieval
Association, 1982).
f. RN Cuadra, DM Abels and J wanger (editors and
compilers), Directory of Online Data Bases (Vol. "
* ~, no 1), (Santa Monica, Calit.: Cuadra
~Associates Inc., Fall 1982).
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ANNEX A
DIALOG
1. DIALOG is an umbrella system which is composed ot
about 20 data bases each created Cor a specific area of
interest. Tabulated subsequently is a short list of some ot
the data bases, pertinent to the interests of D Strat A.
The intormation includea is obtained from the descriptions
presented in DIALOG materidl.
a. NTIS is produced by the NaLional Technical
Information Service of the US -epartment oL
Commerce, the central source for the public sale
and di.%semination of US governmenc - sponsored
research. The data base consists of research,
development and engineering reports as well as
other analyses prepared by government agencies,
their contractors or grantees (particulary the US
Department of Environment, DOE; US Department ot
Defense, DOD; ana National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, NASA)
b. SOCIAL SCISEARCH database is an international,
multidisciplinary index to the literature ot the
social, behavioural and related sciences
represented by more than 1W0 important
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* journals. Additional relevant material from 2400
journals in the natural, physical and biomedical
sciences is selected.
c. OCEANIC ABSTRACTS organizes and inaexes worldwide
technical literature in all aspects of the
oceans, including uut not limited to sub3ect
areas of ships and shipping and governiment and
law.
d. (O.MPRF': iESI *'E DISSEITATION INDEX is a definitive
sutject, title, and author guide to virtually/ every American dissertation accepted at an
accredited institution since 1861 (first US
doctoral degrees). Master theses are selectively
indexed. Some Canadian dissertations are
included.
e. SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, which corresponds to the
printed index of the same name, covers the
world's literaturt in sociology and related
disciplines in the s;)cial and behavioural
sciences.
f. AMEKiC.: -- HI:;TORY ANDT LIFE is a comprehensive
fil., inc tudir, the full range ot US and Can3"ian
history, area stadies and current atfairs. A
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list is available showing fields of specitic
emphasis which includes military histo-y,
politics and government.
g. HISTORICAL A13STRACTS includes the world's
periodical literature in histnry and related
iocial sciences and humanities. Coverage
excludes US and Canada but includes, among other
sub]ect areas, military history, international
Irelations and diplomatic history. Consideration
us given to 2,000 3ournals published in 90
ountries in some Jo languages.
h. ENVIROLINE, produced by Environment Information
Center (EIC), provides interdisciplinary coverage
.of the scientific, technical and socio-economic
aspects of the major English and non-English
language environmental and resources literature.
Among the Subjects covered are general
environmental topics, oceans and estuaries.
Material is drawn from approximately 5,0U
primary and secondary sourcos (i intormation.
j. AQUATIC SC!EtNCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS is a
comprehen;ive database on tne science, technol(OgyV
and manaement of marina and freshwater
environme nts, and includes such subjects as law
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of the sea, vessels, underwater vessels arid
buoys.
k. MAGAZINE IMDEX provides cover-to-cover indexing
of over 370 popular American magazines, includirng
national and international current affairs.
1. PAIS INTERNATIONAL, the data base of Public
Attfairs Information Service, covers the full
range of the socil sciences with emphasis on
Contemporary public issues adr- the making and
evaluating of public policy. Worldwide in scope,
this databasc lists publications in English,
French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish,
and typically indexes more than 1200 journals and
8000 monographs each year.
m. SSIE CURRENT RESEARCII is produced by the
• 4Smithsonian Science Information LxehIng5. TV his
data bare contains summaries of rese!cch oither
in progress or completed in the past t%'o years.
The tile consists of Notices of Researcht Project
(NRP) that art- usually available ror retrieval
well before progress on final relrorts appear in
the open literature. The data base encom.,v; es
all fields of basic and applied research in thu
physical, social, engineering and life sciences.
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Ocer 100,000 NRPs are reyiste-ed each year, -
two-thirds of which are updates of continuing
research and are re-indexed as necessary to
reflect shifts in emphasis and scope. As a
research-in-progress database, this offers a
unique non-bibliographic intormation resource.
n. CONFERENCE PAPERS INDEX covers about 100,OUO
papers of approximately 80U scientific and
te,:hnical meetings worldwide each year.
Infurmation entries are based upon the final
pri'jram or abstract publication, supplemented by
responses to questionnairvis sent by staft.
Materia) reterenced may include papers presented
at conferences but not yet published and some not
intended for publication.
p. PTS TIME SERIES is composed of two data bases
cr.eated by PTS (Predicast.c Terminal System). The
f irst, PTS US TIME SERIES, contai ns US. data whi le
the .secona, PTs INTERNATIONAL TIME SERIES
contains data on the world, regions and
individual ctc.untries. Each ot these two data "
bastS contains an annu:il time series of
historical data and a time series ot historical -
and prolecteO data with covera;e including "
I production consumption, price and usage
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statistics for agriculture, mining, manufacturing
and service industries as well as general
economic, demographic and national income series.
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g. ECONOMICS ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL offers
world-wide economic information concerning market
trends, ecrnomic developments, particular
economic climates, managment problems and S
economic science. Over half the
geographic-specific material concerns Europe,
with 20% on Asia, 15% on North American and the
remainder on Africa, South American and Oceania.
The language distribution ot the sources is about
53% English, 20% German, 17% Dutch, 9% French and
1% other. Titles are generally given in the
I language of the original; all descriptors are in
English only.
UNITED STATES POLITICAL S(IENCE DOCUMENTS is
devoted to the in-depth coverage of thie most
widely used political science journals published
in the U.S. All articles (d cuver-to-cover
selection qolicy is used) from approximately 150
US journals are included.
s. CIS (Congressional Information Service) is a
master guide and index to the Vublications of the
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nearly 3OO United States House, Senate, and Joint
committees and sub-committees. These
publications include: reports, documents,
hearings, prints and special publications. The
CIS includes descriptive abstracts for each
publication, including abstracts for both main "
hearing records and each analytic (or witness)
hearing record.
t. TRADE OPPORTUNITIES WEEKLY (TOW) contains live
purchase requests by the international market tor
US goods and services. This time-critical . -
information is upaated weekly ano describes the
specific products or services which foreign
governments or companies want to purchase or
represent. TRADE OPPORTUNITIES (TO) contains the
historical information taken quarttrly from the
database, TOW. The data base TO includes
information in direct sales leads, ,)verseas
representation opportunities and foreign
government cails tor tender trom more than 120
countries.
u. BI/DATA TIME SERIES is a data base of ecoiomic
indicators which are used by busiress analysts to
demonstrate and forecast tluctuatihs in business
conditions. This data ba.:e consists ofii/1
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historical time series data on lip to 315
indicators for each of 131 countries. These
records are numeric ir nature and c5 not c,'ntain
narrative abstracts.
v. BI/DATA FORECASTS data base consists of SU
forecast reports, each contai-ing a narrative
t(.eXt anj a table of numerical forecasts.
*/ Short-term forecasts are available for -ill 35
countri'- ana meuiufn-zerm forecasts are av. i la!
fJ r 15. Each foreca;.t recocd provides a concise
report on current and expected government
policies, political, social and fi..ancial
conpition!e which are likely to affect economic
ierformanch over the forecast erioc, and also
presents specific torecasts for a number of
economic ino icat,')r3.i
W. GPO (Government Pr ntin Office) PUBLICATIONS
REFERENCE FILE(PRF) imiexes the public documents
currently for sale by the Superintendent of
Documents, US GPO, as well as torthcoming an(!
recertly out-ot-pri.t publications. These
publicati,)ns are :;enerattU hy the legislative and
vxecutive hranchis (A the 1;1j fedt.,ral government.
C.ojresnionl p,.nlications include bills,
hearings, r-'p-rtLS, 'locuimnnts t'om the comrnittct ,e!
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Executive branch publications include
Presidential statements as well as agency annual
reports, general informational ana operational
reports, long-established statistical series,
technical reports, maps, administrative
regulations, treaties and periodicals. Other
sources include independently - established
agencies and government corporations and various
boar(Is and committees.
x. NEWSEAkCH is thu daily upelate of .MAGAZINE INDEX,
NATIGNAL NEWSPAPER INDEX and LEGAL RESOURCE
INDEX. It providies front page to back page
irdeving of the Christian Science Monitor, New
Y)rk Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times
as w l as cover-to-cover indexing of over 370
popular American magazines, 66U law journals and
6 law newspapers. All articles, news reports,
editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries,
project evaluations, biographical pieces, poetry.
recipes, columns, cartoons, illustrations and
review- and included.
y. NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX provides front-page to _
back-page indexing of the Christian icj,!ncc"
Monitor, New York Times, Will Street Journalt
Washington Post and Los Angeles Times. All
articles, news reports, editorials, letters to
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CAN/OLE
1 CAN/OLE whose title derives from Canadian online
+quiry system, is an umbrella system which is composed of
S bout 20 Canadian and international data bases. This system
'is a Canadian designed and operate;d national online
irformation retrieval systeim for the retrospective searching
of bibliographical reference filers in all major fields of p
science and technology. This system is produced by the
Canada Institute fir Scientific and Technical Information
(CISTI), a division of the Nati.onal Research Council.
Interactive conservation during gs arch/retrieval may be
conducted in English or French.
2. Tabulated subsequently is the list of data bases with
a short description of each, based on a CISTI pamphlet.
a. BIOSIS PREVIEW (IBA) prepared by the Bioscience
Information Service, contains references on all
aspects of the life sciences, including i' part,
agriculture, botany, biopihysics, bioengineering,
ecology, biochemistry, toxicology, pharmacology,
microbiology, and exp(,rimental medicine. Over
8000 journals are monitored, accounting for 95%
of the references.
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0. CA CONDENSATES (CAC), produced oy the Chemical
Abstracts Service, America.i Chemical Society,
contains references on all aspects of chemistry
and chemical engineering. Over 14000 journals
from 150 countries and in 50 languages are
mon. torer.
c. 'CA SEARCH (CAS), .produced by the Chemical
lAbstract Service, American Chemical Society,
1 represents the merger of the two files CASIA and
CA Condensates. This data base contains the CA rP!Volume Index entries, keyword Index entries and
the complete bibliographic citation for the
original document.
d. CHEMICAL INDEX (CHEMX), produced by the Chemical
Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society, is
a chemical index derived from the CA search file
and contains Pegistry Numbers, molecular formulas
in the Hill System Order and the CA Chemical
Substance Nomenclature. Se.; COMPENDEX (ET), produced by the Engineering Index
Inc, contains references to all aspects of
er.gineering including civil, mining, inCuStria.],
electronic, mechanical and chemical. Over 3000
journals are monitored whIch account for 53% ot
the references of wnicn 72t are Engli.zh Iariq~uaie
i tems.
f. COAL is published by the Technical Informaticn
Service, IEA Coal Research and is provided by the
Canada. Center for Mineral and Energy Technologjy.
Thijs file includles coverage of the coal industry,
resLerves and exploration, mining, transport and
handling, properties, processing, comblusti--n,
waste management, products, health and safety,
and environment aspects trom over 600 journals,
book, reports, dissertationg and conference
proceed ings.
g. GEOREF, published by the American Geological
Institute, contains relerences on all aspects of
the geoscience or earth science literature.
h. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR INFORMATION SYSTEM(INIS),
database, developed by the International Atomic
Energjy Agency, provides worldwide cov4erage of the
literature dealing with peaceful uses of nuclear
science ano technology. It contains over 650.,000
records contributed by over 50 countries and
* internatiortal organizations.
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j. INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES FOR THE
PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING COMMUNITIES (INSPEC),
produced by the (British) Institution of
Electrical Engineers, contains references on all
aspects of physics, electL-ical and electronic
engineering, computer technology and control
* "engineering. Over 23 journals are reviewed
including translations of Russian journals.
These account for 8Ut of the references of which
72' are Englibh language items.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NTIS), is
an organizational element of the US Uepartment of
Commerce and serves as the primary source for the
public sale of iovernment-sponsored research,
development, engirneering reports and machine
processable data files ano related suftware. The
data base, while covering items originating from
over 300 US federal agencies, concentrates w,
science and tecnnology but also covers health, 7
education, ecnnomics, sociology ana benavioural
sciences. "
1. ALBERTA OIL SANDS INDEX (AOSI), prodluced by the
Aloerta R" ;,arch Council, is the key tp
documents on or related to all aspects of Alberta
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general articles and reviews; history; geology;
geography analysis and properties; in situ
recovery; mining; separation; upgrading; products
and by-products; commercial development;
economics; environment; socia] impact;
government; and related technology and topics.
m. COOPERATIVE DOCUMENT PROJECT (CODOC), file is
produced by the academic libraries of Ontario,
providing access to the combined governmental
publication collections of 12 participating
libraries in Ontario. The publications of
Canadian federal iknd provincial governments.as
well as municipal governments are included. In
addition publications of US (Fceral, State and
local), UK, British Commonwealth, France,
Germany, USSR and the UN (with its agencies) are
ie stored.
n. ENVIRONMENT LTMRARIES AUTOMATED SYSTEM tE.IAS),
file, created through the automated in-houst-
library system at the Departmental Library,
Environment Canada, proviaes access to holain is
of libraries participating its network. The
major sub]ect areas incluae: conservation and
natural resources; environmental impact analysis;
environment manaremont! fnrpstrv. lAnd 'i#b
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meteorology and climatology; pollution; water
resources and wildlife.
p. DIRECTORY OF FEDERALLY SUPPORTED RESEARCH IN
UNIVERSITIES (IEC), contains the essential data
on current university-based research projects as
reporLed to the Information Exchange Center (IEC)
Of CISTI, NRC.
q. MICROLOG, data base provides access to Canadian
federal, provincial ano local government
publications and also publications of
non-government research institutions,
professional associations and special interest.
I 3roups. The subject areas include .agriculture,
behavioural and social sciences, business and
economics, Canada North of 600, communications,
culture and humanities, education, ener-,
environment, external affairs, fisheries,
forestry, health care, justice labor, land use
and planning, life sciences, natural resources
and earth sciences, physical sciences, public
administration, public works, social affairs ano
transportation.
r. NORTHERN RESEARCI1 INFORMArION SERVICE (NRIS),
file, created by the No.-thern Social Research
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Division, Northern Affairs Program gathers
together and disseminates information on current
research relating to social concerns in the
Canadian worth. ."Social" is interpreted in its
broadest sense, to include at least environment,
health, education, law, -and communications.
s.1 CISTI CURRENT CATALOG (OON), file provides access
to a subset of CISTI's holdings and the holdings
of its branch libraries. This conversion of
CISTI's card catalogue is a g.radual process with
various types of material being phased in over a
period of time and will assist users in the
identification of material hela.
t!. CAN/MARC" (OONL), whose name drives trom CANadian
MAchine Readable Cata q-g'swas createa by the
National Library of Canada and is a file -
containing bibliojraphic intormarion on all
materials published in Canada since 1973 iritten
by Canadians or of Canadian interest. Material
includes books, pamphlets,
federal/provincial/municipal government
documents, report literature and Canadian theses
available on mnicroform.
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U. CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM
(QOT) file, created by The Library and
Information Centre, Transport Canada, contains
the coded portion of its holdings which includes
all non-restricted Transport Canada documents, as
well as transportation and management related
reports from other tederal anc provincial
governments, universities and associitions and
selected toreign and Ameri!- an reports.
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V. UNION LIST OF SCIENTIiIC SERIALS IN CANADIAN
LIBRARIES (UNION), published by CISTI, contains
the locations of aj)proximately 49,UOU serials p
held by over 250 Canadian libraries.
w. CANUCS database is the on-line version of the
Union List of Serials in the Social scitnc, s and
Humanities heid by Canadian Universities and is
intended tor locating journals in Lanadian
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QL/SEARCH
OL/SEARCH is an umbrella system which is composea ot
about 69 data base, created tor a specific interest with
emphasis on Canadian topics. Tabulated subsequen~tly is a
short list at some of the no~ta bases, pertinent to the
interests of " Strat A. The information inclu.ed is
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obtainod from the descriptions prepared by OL systems Ltd.
a. AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTKACIS (ASFA)
is an internati-mnal data base for the science,
technology and management of marine and
freshwater environments and is supported by the
Canadi..' Federal Department of Fisheries and
Oceans and WATI)OC of Environment Canala.
b. CANADIAN NEWS INDEX (CNI) contains mna)or storites
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from the Montrual Star, Torcnto Globe an,- Mail,
* Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Winnipei; tree Press,
Calgary Herald adr( Hal ifax Chroniclo-Herild and
is updated monithly.
c. COUNCIL OF '-NI'AIO UNIVH,:,TILS (xJ-uvf.iAr;VE
DOCUMSENTS aPnuEmbrs (CODOC) is a bibio.oraphcal
. buI9dt ae rae o pcfc neetwtemphsison anadan opis. Tbultedsubsquetlyis
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data base containing government document
collections of university libraries in Ontario.
d. COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION (COMM) covers
communications, mass media, propoganaa and
telecommunications. The focus is contemporary .
I political, social and legal aspects with some
technical information also included.
e.1 CANADIAN PRESS NEWSTEX (CPN) lists the cumplete
CP News Wire Service from I May 19d! up to
midnight last night.
f. ENERGY (ENG) is the Canadian Energy Pro3ects
Information Data base prepared by Energy, Mines
* and Resources Canada in co-operation with the
provinces and the private sector, consisting of
summaries of significant energy research, 9-
development and demonstration projects in Canada.
g, HANSARD ORAL QUESTIONS (HUQ) contains both the
oral '4uestions and responses in. the Canadiarn
House of Co-mmons and is upoated biweukly with the
inclusion ,A the full text.
h. HA'ISARD WRITTbN QULSTIONS (HWQ) contains both the
written questions and responses in the Canadian
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House of Commons and is updated biweekly with thle
inclusion of the full text.
0j. INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
(IBSS) is an experimental database of items to be
published in the 1979 and 1980 International
Bibliography of Economics and 1980 International
Bibliography of Sociology and will be editea by
Dr. J. Viet for the International Committee for
Soci al Science Information and Documentation.
k. SOLID WASTE (SOL) contains detailed references to
solid waste management projects uncertaken inp
Canada since 1970 and is produced by Environment
Protection Service and WATDOC, Environment
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ORBIT .,,
1. ORBIT is an online irnteractive bibliographic
\ /~rutrieval system designed and implemented by the Search_
Iservice Division of System Development Corporation, Santa 0
M onica, California. The name, ORBIT, is derived from online
.retrievai of bibliographic information timeshared. This
umbrella system is continually being improved to provide
ever greater retrieval power and today has over 60 data
bdsoeS covering almost every aspect of scientific,- technical,
business and research endeavor.
2. A selection of some of the data bases with an
indication of the subject area follows:
a. APILIT, supplied by Central Abstracting andIndexing Service of The American Petroleum
Institute- (API), contains citations to literature
relating to the petroleum refining ana petro-
chemical industry, including information an
alternate energy sources and environment effects
of energy. Coverage includes both scientific and
technical developments ana enginvering and
process level work. Source d'zu'nints include
trade magazines, technical journals, meeting
paper and government reports.
b. ASI, is suppliea by the Conjressional intormation
Service, Inc., and is equivalent to the printenpublication, American Statistics Index. The
source documents are continuinj serials,
!. perionicals, annuals and bier*aals, and special
publications containing the entire spectrum of
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social, economic and demographic data collecteua* and analyzed by all branches ana agencies of the
US government. included are publications
generated by tne major US federal government
statistical agencies: Bureau of Census, BureauIof Labor Statistics, National Center for SocialStatistics and the Statistical Reporting service
of The Department of Agriculture.
C1 BUSINESS is suppliedI by Intomart (Souc~hamj4 Inc/Tarstar Corp) Ond is equivalent to Businessand Gove rnm~ent News which indexes 14 major
Canadian newspapers. The datibase Covers every)type of Ousiness - and gove rnment- relatedjinfyrmation including tl;i, economy, energy,
environin'pit., tinance industry, labour, taxation
anu trade.
a.CDI, sup~plied by Xerox university Microtilms, isI equivalent to the printed publications,
Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI) anfl
American Doctoral Dissertations (ADD). Thisdatabase provides a comrprehensive index to all
dissertations accepted for doctoral degreesIL (excluding professional or honorary degrees)
granted by US educational institutions and over%125 non-tjS institutions. The Subject coverage ismulti-disci~dinary ancd includes the humanities,social scie inces, sciences and engineering.
e. CIS is supplied by the Congressional informationService inc. and is equivalent to the printedpublication cis Index. The material covers
I publication emanatinq from 1t-h6 work of.committees --
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Reports, Committee Prints and other documents.
Public Laws are added on an annual basis.
Cross-disciplinary coverage includes public
services programs, raw materials and consumer
products, industry technology, legal questions,
national and international government policies
and events, conservation and the full range of
issues and topics of legislative concern. p
f. CNI, is supplied by Information Access which is a
joint project of Data Base Publishing Corporation
and Micromedia. This database covers 7 major
Canadian newspapers: Montreal Star, Toronto
Globe ana Mail, Toronto Star., Vancouver Sun,
Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald and Halifax
Chronicle-Herala. The aata base indexes all
facets of the news, including national and
international news, provincial aftairs, local
news, editorials, letters, obituaries, world
hews, government activities, labour news, fires,
accidents, sports, biography and reviews.
g. COMPENDEX, supplied by Engineering Index Inc, is
equivalent to the Engineering Index Monthly.
This database covers.world-wide significant
engineering literature from approximately 2,00U
* ser ials and over 900 monographic publications
(including books and conference proceedings).
Fields of engineering and related subject areas
include: aerospace engineering; agricultural
engineering and food technology; auto.-otive
engineering; bioengineering; chemical
engineering; civil engineering; computers and
.data processing; construction materials; control
engineering; electrical engineering; electronics• I
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and communications enginbeering; engineering
geology; engineering physics;, 4luid flow; heat
and thermodynamics; industrial aild. management
applications; instruments and measurements; light
and optical technology; marine engineering-.,
materials' properties and testing; mechanical
engineering, metallurgical engineering; mining
engineering; nuclear techno logy; ocean and
underwater technology; petroleum engineering; N
porlution; sanitary engineering and waste;
railroad engineering; transportation; and water
and waterworks engineering.
p.
h. COLD, supplied by the US Army Corps of Engineers
(Cold Regions Research and Engineering
*Laboratory), is equivalent to Antarctic
gBibliography and Bibliography on Cold Regions
Science ard Technology. The data base covers all
disciplines dealing with Antarctica, the
Antarctic Ocean and subantarctic islands; snow,
ice ant frozen ground; navigation in ice; civil
engineering in cold regions; behavior and
operation of materials and equipment in cold
* temperatures. The source materials include
monographs, technical reports, journal articles,
conference papers, patents and maps from
* world-wide agencies.
j. CRECORD, suplied by Capitol Services Inc, is
equivalent to the printed Congressional Record
SSection of eeral Abstracts. This data b e
sprovides a ccmprehensive index, with abstracts,
of the Congressional Record, the official journal
Sof proceedings of the US Congress including the
House, Senate, Extension of Remarks and Digest
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Sections. It contains references to bills ano
resolutions, amendments to bills and resolutions,
committee and sub-commitee reports, legislation
recently signed into law (Public Law), flooractions, schedules of committee and floor
activities, executive communications anda
/speeches, participation in debates, and insertedimaterials by member of Congress.
k. IELCOM, supplied by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Inc, is equivalent to Electronics and
Communtications Abstracts Journal and Computer andInformation Syitems Abstracts Journal. The
subject material includes electronic physics,Ielectronic systems and applications, electroniccircuits, electronic devices, communications,
computer software, computer applications,
computer mathematics, and computer electronics
from internatpional sources including periodicals,
government re ports, conference proceedings,
books, dissertations and patents.
1. ENERGYLINE, is supplied by Environment
Information Center Inc, based upon energy
materials from Environment Abstracts and all
materials fromi Enetrgy Information Abstracts. Thedata base screens over 2,000 journals and
* 'research reprts, urveys, hearings, irregularserials, moographs and conference proceedings to
provide comprehensive coverage of some 20
different energy-relatedareas: econo ic-s; USpolicy and planning, international political and
economic issues; and 0; resources and reserves, Ipetroleum and natural gas resources; coal
nc, i equivalent - Ao Eec trron a ltactric
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power; nuclear power; thermonuclear power; 5
industrial, transportation and residential
consumption; and environmental impact.
is. ENVIROLINE, supplied by Environment Information
Center Inc, is equivalent to Environment
Abstracts. This data base provides coverage in
the environmental and resources areas of the
journal literature, conference proceedings,
governmental and institutional reports,
newspapers, the Federal Register, books, and some
films. Major topics coverea are Air Environment
(including air pollution, noise pollution ana
weather modification); Environmental Health
(including food and drugs, porulation planning
and control, chemical biological and radiological
contamination); Land Environment. (including land.-
use and misuse, terrestrial resources, solid.
wastes, transportation and wildlife management); S.-Resource Manage'.ent (including renewable and
non-renewabale resources); and Water Environment
(including watet pollution, water resources.
oceans and estuaries).
n. ERIC, supplied hy the National Institute of
Education, comprises report literature ano
journal literature in educationally revelant
areas: career education; adult and vocational IL-
and technical education; counselling and
personnel services; reading ano communication
skills; educational management; handicapped anagifted children; information resources (including I__educational media/technology and
library/information science); languages ind"
linguistics; early childhood education; rural
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education; rural education and small schools;
science, mathematics and environmental education;
social science/social studies: te achter education;tests, measurement, ano evaluation; disacivantaiwa
a nd junior colleges.
P. FEDEX, (derived trom Federal Index, its printed
equivalent), suppliea by Predicatts Inc, contains
information on federal governmenit activities from
the Congressional Record, the Federal Register.
the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documentst
Commerce Business Daily anJ the Wash'.ngto. Post.
The citations provide access to the Code of
Federal Regulations, tile US Code, Public Laws,
Congressional bill's, Resolutions and Reports.
The information i~s indexed by acting government
agency, affected industry or institution and type
of ,overnment action ur tunction.
q. FSTA (its prinred equiva1.ont Foo-i Science analechnolojy Abstracts) is supplied by
Internerional Ficill !nforrm-tion service. '0115)a bs e woere h ent i r- t jt-ld o"ftooG scie nce
and technol-gy 'from, the tirmr )ato to the
packay;ed product...rnr al1 L'r-s -): .o,d i.,teriaed
tor h~uman ri. u 1o~J~) t i -* ri 1opic s ictclude
composicion and prc::erti,s of tood(!, toon'
handlIi ig, and transpnrt. food enginlering, tood
processing -~no pre-prv-,iessinq, illalysis, quality
control, legislation, hygiene, storage, packagingand the management of processes and plants.
Primary fooc 3ourni1s are abstracted cover to
cover and frinqe journals are included on a-..- ~el %-% rip.1w vt twAkq.
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r. FEDREQ, is supplied by Capitol Services Inc, with
coverage including agriculture, arts and
humanities, athletics, business, constitutional
rights, consumer affairs, contracts, defense.
environment, foreign affairs, law enforcement,
parks and recreation, taxation, technology, •
trade, transportation and ',eterans' affairs.
Documents surveyed included Rules, Proposed
Rules, Public Law Notices,, Meetings, Hearuings and
Presidential Proclamations.
s. INSPEC, supplied by Inspec, (UK), institution of
Electrical Engineers, is based upon the printed
Physics Abstracts, Electrical and Electronics
Abstracts and Computer and ContrQl Abstracts.
This data base provides world wide coverage of
the literature in physics, electrical and
electronics engineering. The source oocuments
are primarily journal articles; however,
government reports, patents and monouraphs are
included.
t. LABORX)UC, is supplied oy the International Labour
Organization. The cata base covers worlowice
journal and monographic literature in the field
of economic and social development and industrial
relations including such topics as irternational
relations, economic conditions and pohicies,
aemogjraphy, management, education, law,
* agriculture, environment and earth sciences./.
U. LZBCON. is supplied by SDC Search Service and
nrnvirlac avt,3h= va onvorap nf the monooiraohic;/i
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included are MARC records distributed by LC ana
*main entry/title records keyed by 3M from the .C
depository card set.
V. MONITOR, is supplied by Bell and Howell and
provides coverage of all articles and many of the
regular columns that appear in all the regular
editions of the Christian Science Monitor.
w. NDEX, (based on Newspaper Indexes) is supplied by
Bell and Howell. The coverage is general news
(international, national, state and local)published in 7 major US newspapers: Chicago
Tribune, Detroit News, Boston Post, Los Angeles
Times, New Orleans Time Picayune, San Francisco
Chronicle, Washington Post.
x. NTIS, supplied the (US) National Technical
Information Service, covers US
government-sponsorea research and Uevelopment
- --.' technical reports from over 2000 Federal agencivs
ana some reprints, teaerally-sponsored
translations, and foreign-language reports in
areas of major technical interest.
Multi-disciplinary scope includes aeronautics;
agriculture; astronomy ano astrophysics;
atmospheric sciencos; benavioural and social
sciences; biological and medical sciences,
chemistry: earth sciences and Qceanography;
electronics and electrical engineering; energy
conversion (non-propulsive): materials;
mathematical sciences; mechanical, industrial,
" '.civil and marine engineering; methods and
equipment; military sciences; missile technology; --
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crunter-measures; nuclear science and technology;
ordnance; physics; propulsion ana fuels; ana
space technology.
y. POLLUTION, is supplied by Pollution, a division
of Data Courier Inc, and contains reterences to
worldwide technical literatur- covering some S2500 journals, conference proceedings and papers,
and monographs in the subject areas of air
pollution, water pollution, solia wastes, noise,
pesticides, radiation and general environr.iental
quality.
PROMT, supplied bV Predicasts Inc, is based on
the printed form PROMT (derived form PredicastsOverview of Markets ana Technology) which, in
turn, derives from the US Bureau of Census'
Censas of Manutactures. The recoroea material
includes source, tables, abstracts and assi, ,id
cods and vocabulary.
aa. QUEIB C, is supplied by Microror Inc, and cons sts
ot extracts from three major French-language
newspapers of North Arerica: Le Devoir, La
Presse and Le Soliel. rhe coverage includes
cultural, economic, political, relijons and
social aspects of life in Quebec Province, zswell as ikternational news items.
bb. SSCI, supplied by (Ui) Institute to'r Scientific
Information and is Dased on the printed SocialSciences Citation Index. This data nase provides
references to journal literature in all areas otthp sneial Aniences includinQ the followinl
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and finance, communications, community health,
criminology, economics, uemographics. education,
ethnic group studies, geography, history, •
information and library science, internationalrelations, law, linguistics, management,
marketing, philosophy, political science,
psychology, psychiatry, sociology, statistics and
urban planning and development.
cc. SSIE, supplied by the Smithsonian Science
Information Exchange Inc, covers reseach in
progress and recently completed research -
sponsored by over 1300 (US) federal, state, and
local government agencies; associations and
foundations; indiviaual investigators;
universities and colleges and some industrial and .
nor-US organizations. The subjects include basic
and applied research in all areas of the lite,
physical, social behavioral and engineering
sciences.p
dd. TULSA, preparea at the University eL Tulsa and
equivalent to Petroleum Abstracts-, provides
worldwide covercege ot literature and patents
related.-to the exploration, development, and
production of oil and natural jas including the
fields of geology, geophysics and geochemistry;
drilling, well logging, well completion and
services; oil and gas production; reservoir
studies and recovery methods; petroleumtransportation and storage; ecology and
pollution; ano alternate fuels and energy
sources.
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ee. USCA, prepared by the Washington Representat,,ive
-/ Services, is equivalent to the printed USContract Awards which is based on data in the
Commerce Business Daily (CbD), Sections A, H and
~U. The information recorded includes pro]ect
title, awardee, sponsoring organization, fundin.j,
CBD date, contract and RFP numbers and categoLy/ codes.-
ff .SPSD, is supplied by the University of
Pittsburgh (Center for International Studies)
and is equivalent to the printed United States
Political Science Documents. This data base
provides cover-to-cover analysis of 150 major US
- IJc rnals devoted to political science
world-wide. Subjects include foreign aftairs an,
international relations, defense and strategi.c
studies, "area" studies(Lati.n American, Africa,
Middle East, etc.), urban and governmental
affairs and the traditional concerns of voting,
power, authority, legitimacy, etc.
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DkOLS
I. The Defense research ann development (R and U) in
technology and engineering (T and E) On-line System (DROLS)
provides access to informatior maintained at the US Detense
Documentation Center. The -nrrious number and entries, with
emphas s on the physical and social science, has a monthly
update ecause of the classification and sensitivity of
materi l, access by Canada is through DSIS.
2. A search technique may employ author, sourco
(origihating agency), kuy word in the title ana descriptors.
Boolear logic may be *uscd in searchinj which may also be
-imite' by security classificat'ion and time periods.
I C,3. The material includes products from defense agencies
and co. tractors. There are some abstracts provided for the
riumber d series AD (unclassified) ADb (unclassified but
limite, distribution) a.nd ADc (confidential, secret). There
is no .top secret material includea. Following a successful
searcty, DSIS will forward cocuments if they are held,
otherwise a need-to-know is required to supprort a requtest to
the USi authorities.
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RETRO
1.The OSIS Retrospective Search System (RETRO) contains
information on all documents held by Us15 which have been
collected since 1946 and now total approximately 5IJU,UO0.
*Fhe collection* is approximately 25% Canadian by source that
includes the Defence Research Establishments ana ORAE, rtherIND establishments, the CF Commands, the military staft
colleges and contractors. Other important sources are the,
US, British, Australian government agencies (pruiarily
defdnce) ana NATO.
2. The search methods may incluae key woras in the
* - title, by author and by source. As well, a set of
14-scriptors trIm a controlled vocabulary (based on
TEST-ThesauruF of Engineering and Scientific Termns) may be
employed. Boolean logjic (AND, OR~, NOT) may be usea to aid
S.One (if the features of kETRO is that it leadis to the
Iarje bank of microfiches available locally prodcLIed fly (US)
Natinal Technical Information Service (N'tIS) under the ADa
nurlbered0 series which is unclassifieo and unLestrictea
coverirgj US defense-sponsored activity.
4. As a result of a successful IRE'RO search, one obtains
title, author, MSIS Accession number and. I list ot
descriptors. This information provides in entry into the
COM system (Computer Output Film) which will Provide an
abstract. This system permits a manual siearch through tapes
whose gubject material is orgjanizeu by source, author,
(Wscritors, and 0515 accession number.
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INFO GLOBE
INFO GLOBE is an on-line data base containing the
full text of articles published in the Globe and Mail from
Nove rber 1977 to the present. The Report on Business was
added in January 1978. Virtually every article which
appears in the Final Edition of the Globe and Mail is
/ contained in the data base including subjects of nvws,
sports, business news. entertainment, t-ditoria].s, columns,
features, fashion, letters to the editor. etc. Info Globe
usus free text inde::ing wlich mneans that every word in every
story is a searchable item.
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NYTIS/Information bank
1. The New York Times Information Service (NYTI! ) is a
subsiduary of the New York Times Company which pruduces
several databanks including the Information Hank. This is a
comprehensive current affairs database providini coverage of
national and international news and relat .ed topics. Input
is deh'ved from the final late city edition of the NYT,
inelulIng Sunday and rejional teature sections,'plus more
titan 10 other newspapers and p.eriodicals. Priority inputs
are m.de for items from the NYT, Wall Street Journal, P
Washi gjton Post, Businaess Week, and the Financial Times of
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AN.NEX J
NEXIS
1. This database, NEXIS, is an umbrella system produced
by M.EAD Data Central.. This is a computerized information.
retri,.aI service provicing on-line access to full-text
inform~ation from newspapers, news nad business magazines,
newsletters, wire services, encyclopecias and other sources
totalling altogether about 60. The subject areas include
business, finance, economics, banking, petroleum, coal,
mining, engineering, electronics, space technology,
chemistry, US government anid foreign, alftairs.
ANNEX K
CANS I H
1. CANSII4 (Canadian Socio-economic Information
Management System) is Statistics Canada's publicly
accessible computerized data bank and suppdrting sottware.
The CANSIM SUMMARY REFERENCE INDEX provrides a general
content outline of the data base and is the primary tool
necessary to determine the availability of data and the LIATA
bank identification numbers. The CANSI Main Base contains
appro~ximately 300,000 time series which are organized in
groups and is equivalent to a, "table" in a publication..
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DMS/ONLINEa
.. DMS/ONLINE is an umbrella system jointly offered by
DMS Inc. and Data Resources Ince. and which describes
activity in th defense and aerospace industries with
services as follows:
p. Contract Awards/ONLINE provides total coverage
for all nonclassified military and aerospace
prime contracts in excess of $lU,O00 awarded by
federal agencies, departments or procurement
offices that are responsible tor developing,
producing or procuring high-technology equipment.
Detailed information is provided for each
contract o! the average total-of about O,000'
which are awarded annually. -
b. DMS Market Intelligence/ONLINE will provi,.
- information about 19 key markets as follows -
i Aerospace Agencies
d , ii Aerospace Companies
iii "AN" Equipment
iv Civil Aircratt
41 Defense Market
vi Electronic Systems
vii Military Aircraft
viii Missiles/Spacecraft
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x Electronic Wartare
xi Gas Turbine Engines
xii Middle East/Africa
Xiii Military Laser ana EQ
xiv. Military Simulators
xv Missiles and Satellites (Europe)
xvi NATO/Europe
Xvii NATO/Weapons
xviii Radar and Sonar
Xix Pauth America/Australasia
Each report contains all the aefenceprograms
relating to the report topic. Each program has a data
section (er;. funding, mission characteristics and
specifications etc.) and an analysis section (eg
background, current activity, commants, forecast).
Currently only 4 of these reports are online and thus2 are:
Electronic Systems; Military Aircratt; Missile/Spacecraft
and Ships/Vehicles/Ordnance.
c. Special Services/ONLUNE contains all other
publications produc3l by DMS, -which incluae!:
DMS Newsletters
International Defense Intelligence
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Contracting Intelligence
Aerospace Intelligence
Turbine intell~igence
iiDms special stuuies
World Aircraift Forecast
worlco HeI.cn-pter Forecast
Milit-ry LaSer and E:O Europe 19d2
US Code Name hanabooK
Ar.-i:-r.ed Vehicles
Others pa2blished tr-ri 1932 onwaro:-..
ifaddition. other servico-s art- available as
iii Official Defenge Oocu.-ient Service, S~
Feb 198.1, contains every- otticial (nocunent
release" f~rom the ihjite Pose the State
Departme'nt or Departmnent ,:,f Dotvnse relatingj
*to defensoe policy or the detense dua et.
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iv Agency and Inoustry Otficials, startea in
1982, is an online organization chart service
of aefence agencies ana top officials in
defense and aerospace industries.
v Aerospace Intelligence Daily, started in
1982, gives a oai~y online newsletter
N •(electronic ,ail of important activities
that have occurruo wccloI wiele in the oetense
ana aerospace industries.
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DRI's INTE'NATIONAL DATA BANKS
1. These data banks available from Data Resources, Inc,
encompass a broad range of economic, financial and
trade-oriented statistics for virtually every nation.
Sources include both international agencies (such as IMF,
Work ,rank and OECD) as well as national statistical agencies
and centra] banks.
2. Within the wide number and variety of proaucts
available from DRI, the Department of External Affairs has
chosen to subscribe to the followinj:
a. Full Off-Line Cana'iin Economic Service
b. Limited On-line Canadian Economic Servic:
C. Limited Off-line Euro;ean Economic Service
a. Limited Off-line Japanese Economic bervice
e. ITS - interrationdl ,'r,..e Intc.rmatxL)n Serv9ce
f. I.MF,,,), - WF Direction )f Trade Data Bank*1
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g. IMF/BOP - IMF balance ot Payments Uata Bank
3. The selection indicated in the previous paragrapni
comes from a lar,;er number of interestinq data bases wlsich
is listed fully below for information.
a. IBRD Worhi Deot Tables Data Bank
b. IMF Balance of Payments Data bank
C. IMF Direction of Traoc Data Bank
d. I RF International Financial Statistics Data Bank
e. IMF International Financial Statistics Restateo
Data Bank
f. International Energy Data Banks
"' International Trade Information service Data
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h. .OECD Economic Indicators Data Bank
. OECD National Income Accounts Data Bank
k. OECD Series A Data Bank
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1. Current Economic indicdtors Data bank
M. European National Sources Data Bank
n. Japanese Data Bank-
p. Japanese E~nergy Data Bank
q. Developing Countries Data Bank
r. Asian-Data Bank
S. Latin America Data Bank
't. US Central Data bank
u. US Prices Data Bank
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DOW JONES NLWS/RETRIE'vAL
1. This data base, with information fram one business
* quarter (90 days;. containst
a. articles from the Wall Street Journal, Barron's
and the Dow Jones NVews Service (the "Broadtape")
b. Stock Quote a9eporter with current day market
quotes
Historical Quotes
d. DISCLUSURL Ki.ls company prof ile-.
e. Media General ssvrv ices detajle-3 firtancial
information on NY. AMEX and top OTC companies.
2. This data nase is trvv-text searchable usinj woras
* phrases r.r d~tes.
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CANADA's BILATERAL KELA IONS: SOME KEY STATISTICS
1. This aatazase, puolishea annuall7 by the Library of
the Canadian Department of External Atfaird, is an automated
reference juice to the statistics coveringj certain of
Canada's bilaterre, relations under the following general
heacirtgs:
( a. horla Perspectives (Imports, exports, Canacian
collar exchangje rate)
I ~ * Canapian Traue
c. Canaca-Balance Ot Paym"11ts
d.canadiin ana Fo2reig~n Investntnt SLatistics
e. I.ruiration-Triavel
f. Developmrent Assistance
'.Demnolrapnic Statistics
hl. Li'h-ng Stancards -OECD) Counteits
ANNEX
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK
1. This data bank, prepared by the International
Economic Policy Secretariat Canadian Department of External-
Affairs, incorporates a flexible data manipulation and
reporting system to provide annual data on the imports and
exports of 66 individual major trading countries as well as
for both the EEC of 9 as a group and the Aggregate of OECDS.
member countries. The material is publis'hed as a hard
COPY.
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