Federal Government Documents Tutorial
Specialized Indexes
There are several areas of specialized information resources
located within the federal government that are not well-covered by the
Monthly Catalog's indexing. If these areas are of interest to
you, consult the resources noted here.
ERIC = Education
The primary database for the education discipline, ERIC is the world's largest
source of education information. The ERIC database consists of two
files: the Resources in Education (RIE) file of document (ED) citations
and the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) file of journal article
(EJ) citations from over 750 professional journals. The database
contains more than 1 million abstracts (and some full text) of education-
related documents and journal articles, with coverage back to 1966.
NTIS = Government Reports
The National Technical Information Service issued Government
Reports Announcements in paper through 1995. This bibliography
indexes technical report literature produced for the federal government by
private contractors. A set of GRA is in the Documents stacks at C
51.9/3: You can search more current technical literature using the
NTIS database.
ERA = Energy
The Energy Department published Energy Research Abstracts through
1995. A paper set of the bibliography is in the Documents stacks at E
1.17: You can search more recent energy-related technical reports,
primarily 1995 to present, using the Information Bridge maintained
by DOE's Office of Scientific & Technical Information.
STAR = Aerospace
NASA also produced a printed bibliography through 1995,
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports. A file of it is
available in the Documents stacks at NAS 1.9/4: More recent NASA reports
can be located using the Aerospace & high technology database.
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