From: kristoff@NET.BIO.NET (Dave Kristofferson)
Newsgroups: bionet.sci-resources
Subject: NSF - Summary of new documents on STIS - 4 October 1992
Date: 5 Oct 92 16:27:30 GMT
Distribution: bionet


This message contains a summary of the documents added to the NSF STIS
system in the previous week.  Reference material concerning STIS
and this message follows the summary.
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                     ** NEW DOCUMENTS ON STIS **

Document Type: Issuance

   Title: SUMMARY OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NSB COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE NSF
               File size (bytes):       24459
               STIS Filename:           ilpa925   

Document Type: Recruit

   Title: Dir. Division of Polar Programs, GEO
               File size (bytes):       6763
               STIS Filename:           vep9216   

Document Type: Report

   Title: NSF 92-109 Research Priorities in Networking and Communications Research (Workshop Report)
               File size (bytes):       84735
               STIS Filename:           nsf92109   

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                ** UPDATES TO EXISTING STIS DOCUMENTS **

Document Type: General Publication

   Title: NSF9119 - STIS User's Guide
               File size (bytes):       58851
               STIS Filename:           nsf9119   

Document Type: Phone Book

   Title: NSF Phone Book - Alphabetical
               File size (bytes):       71757
               STIS Filename:           phnalpha   

   Title: NSF Phone Book - Organizational
               File size (bytes):       106186
               STIS Filename:           phnorg   

Document Type: STIS

   Title: Document Types on STIS
               File size (bytes):       2679
               STIS Filename:           stistype   

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                       ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
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HOW TO OBTAIN DOCUMENTS

The above files can be retrieved in electronic form using the STIS
system.  If you don't know how to use STIS, send an E-mail message to
stisinfo@nsf.gov (Internet) or stisinfo@NSF (BITNET).  You will receive
a copy of the STIS flyer via E-mail.

If you are already using STIS, you can use the information above to retrieve
these files:

Documents via E-mail:

     Send a message to stisserv@nsf.gov (Internet) or stisserv@NSF
     (BITNET).  Use the "STIS Filename" shown above in the "get" command.
     For example, to retrieve stistype, the text of your message should be 
     as follows:
                       get stistype

Anonymous FTP:

     FTP to stis.nsf.gov.  Use the "STIS Filename" shown above to
     retrieve a file.  For example, to retrieve stistype, you would
     enter:
                       ftp> get stistype

WAIS or Gopher:

     Do a word search on the filename as shown in the summary.

If you want a *printed* copy of a document:

     Send your name and postal mailing address, and the document title
     and number to "pubs@nsf.gov" (Internet) or "pubs@nsf" (BITNET).

If you have problems with the above procedures:

     Send a message to "stis@nsf.gov" (Internet) or "stis@NSF"
     (BITNET).  
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