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BULLETIN, 1984-1988 (NASA) 200 p

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1984

1983 Index to

NASA RECON User's Bulletin

(Issues for January, February, and March)

and

NASA STI-RECON Bulletin & Tech Info News

(Issues for May, June/July, August/September, October, and November)

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"Access to NASA/RECON"

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

"Answer to a Frequently Asked Question"

"Attention Telenet User's"

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"A Bit of Boolean"

"Bulletin to Cover STI Activities"

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"Chemical Substances Information Network (CSIN)"

"Citations Listed Daily on NASA/RECON"

"Climate Data Added to DND"

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Conference Publications

"Continuing Bibliographies under Review"

"Contracts and RTOP's Text Searchable"

COSATI Cataloging

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"NASA S'S-p-ec'ial Publications, Reference Publications,

and Conference Publications"

"NASA STI Data Base"

"NASA ST! Managers Meet"

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"New Remote Sensing Paper"

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"Recent Changes in the STI Branch"

"Recent Publications"

"Recent Publications"

"Recent Translations"

"RECON Access Charges Modified"

"Red Rowsome Citation"

Reference Publications

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Pioneer Venus (NASA SP-461)

Records o-T-A-chievement - NASA Special

Publications (NASA SP-470)

"Standa_I Cataloging Explored"

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TS_F)_RIssues I & 2 for 1983"

"Th-e-STAR Series"

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fN/ A STI-RECON Bulletin

Nabonal Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Scientific and Technical

information Branch

& Tech Info News

January 1984

NASA STI Conference: Focus on Publications

The NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch (STIB) held its

autumn 1983 conference of Center STI

managers at the Capitol Holiday Inn,

October 25-27. Mr. Van Wente, Chief,

STIB was chairman. The purpose of

these meetings is to help coordinate

NASA Headquarters and Center STI activities, assure that NASA directives are

being carried out, to project trends,

and to give Center STI managers the

opportunity to present the#r problems

and seek solutions, either cooperatively between Centers or with Headquarters

assistance.

Publications

Formal Report Series to be Reviewed

NASA Centers are very sensitive to

assuring that the results of their

work are published and widely distributed, but may find it difficult

to fit them into a standard series.

A basic responsibility of Center STI

managers is to maintain acceptable

quality in each type of report, so

that the R&D results of that Center

are distributed to the right people

in the right format and reflect the

Center in the best light. These range

from quickly prepared reports to

thoroughly reviewed and edited topical

reports, state of the art studies,

text books, translations, and mission

summaries. Each type of publication

should have its own distinctive

criteria.

Representatives of Center publication

activities are to forma group to review the situation. A review of the

technical publications procedures at

the Centers may be made in order to

suggest techniques to provide better

delineation between types. Definitions

that really do not fit anymore may

have to be modified.

Pro_ect Monitor Review

Prior to January 1983, no formal

direction had been given to NASA

contractors as to where reports were

to be sent other than to their

Technical Monitors. However, as of

September 9, 1983, in accordaqce

with PRD 83-1, all reports should be

submitted to the Contract Technical

Monitor and after approval by the

Technical-_onitor, to the NASA STI

Facility.

Report Preparation Guides

The Centers are interested in reformatting and updating guides to report

preparation: SPs 7007, 7008, 7010,

and 7013. The consensus was that the

content of each should be reviewed

and consolidated into one publication.

STIB will take the initiative to proceed with this task as soon as

practicable.

Initiatives 1984-1989

STIB's planned initiatives for the

1984-1989 timeframe include: marketing by AIAA of the Aerospace Data Base

(STAR and IAA); NASA-wide showing of

numerical -d'a_abases; timeliness

of document request ordering; development of a new Document Input System

at the STI Facility; enhancements to

NASA RECON and replacement of RECON

terminals; optical disk storage for

document delivery; the implementation

of an interagency gateway information

system; and a NASA-wide Integrated Library System.
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• D_sconnect Telenet

NASA/RECON users that utilize Telenet

are reminded that Telenet will not

automatically disconnect when they

signoff NASA/RECON *

• Failure to disconnect Telenet has re- •

• sulted in users being billed for *

• much longer Telenet time than time on ,

NASA/RECON.

_ _ t t _ t t t _ t t _ _ _r _ t t t t ttt II" t t _ IF

NASA/RECON Training

New Session Scheduled

NASA/RECON Training has been scheduled as follows:

February 7 - 8, 1984 -- Basic training

at the Facility, BWI Airport, MD.

March 13 - 14, 1984 -- Advanced

training at the Facility, BWI

Airport, MD.

April 17 - 18, 1984 -- Basic training

at Kennedy Space Center, FL.

For further information, contact

Philip F. Eckert, (202) 621-0140.

Distribution Service

The Automatic Document Distribution

Service (ADDS) makes available NASA

reports to registered organizations

for a yearly subscription fee. The

documents available through this NASA

STI Facility service consist of reports on research and development

prepared by scientists and engineers

working on NASA supported projects

in Government agencies, universities,

and private sector organizations.

These documents (available in both

paper copy and microfiche formats)

are abstracted and indexed in the

semi-monthly issues of Scientific

and Technical Aerospace Reports(STAR).

Thus, twice each month about 300 NASA

reports are announced in STAR and become available for distrib'ut-Ton through

ADDS. The subjects covered include

all aspects of aerospace interest from

aeronautics through social sciences.

For announcement in STAR, the reports

are collected in eleven subject

divisions as follows:

Aeronautics

Astronautics

Chemistry and

Materials

Engineering

Geosciences

Life Sciences

Mathematical and

Computer Sciences

Physics

Social Sciences

Space Sciences

General

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Directory of

Numerical Databases

Search Strategy

The Directory of Numerical Databases

can be established as a set on

NASA/RECON, then can be manipulated

to meet your needs•

Here are the steps:

ENTER: BEGIN BYPASS Q

(or BBQ)

ENTER: SELECT NNN/NASA

The entire data base is then available as Set 1.

For efficiency of distribution and

convenience of use and storage, the

reports are available in microfiche.

Original documents are photoreduced

in the standard National Microfilm

Association (NMA)format of 98 frames

per fiche (24:1 reduction). About

3,000 reports ace made available on

microfiche each year. The distribution fiche is in negativeform on

archival quality diazo film thus

permitting high quality viewing and

blow back capability.

For ADDS subscription fees, please contact the NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Facility, Attn: Registration Activity, P. O. Box 8757, BWI

Airport, MD 21240.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Atlas

Special Publication

Issued

NASA-SP-459, Antarctic Sea Ice Atlas_

1973-1976: Satellite PassiveMicrowave Observations, has been published by the Scientific and Technical

Information Branch and Goddard Space

Flight Center.

The publication summarizes Antarctic

sea ice cover observed by Nimbus 5

over a four-year period. While it is

primarily intended to be a useful

reference for climatologists and

cryospheric scientists, it is also

interesting reading for a technically

educated audience. Data are presented

in the form of color maps of the

Antarctic and southern oceans.

The book was coauthored by

H. J. Zwally, Josefino C. Comiso,

Claire Parkinson, and Per Gloersen

of GSFC, William J. Campbell of the

USGS, and Frank D. Carsey of the JPL.

Copies may be obtained for $21.00 from

the Superintendent of Documents, U. S.

Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402;

Document Deposit

Accounts Available

The NASA STI Facility is prepared to

establish Document Ordering Deposit

Accounts. These may cover online

ordering via NASA/RECON or other

orders for documents, either hard copy

or microfiche. Any amount may be used

in such accounts to provide for future

needs. Funds deposited now will continue to be available when needed,

regardless of the advent of a new

fiscal year. As noted in the August/

September Bulletin, deposit accounts

may also be opened for NASA/RECON.

For further information, contact

Ms. Mary Jo Minnick at the Facility:

(301) 859-5300, ext. 222.

Inter-Agency Cooperation

The Department of Defense Technical

Information Center, Department of

Commerce National Technical Information Service, National Aeronautics

and Space Administration Scientific

and Technical Information Facility,

and Department of Energy Technical

Information Center--the major federal

processors of scientific and technical

information--are cooperating to determine a coordinated set of rules for

cataloging, abstracting, and indexing

report literature, including development and maintenance of cataloging

standards and thesauri.

The agencies are supporting this

effort out of a realization that simultaneous searching of diverse data

bases is necessary for the support

of their R&D efforts. The need to

contain costs of data base preparation

and the need for timely announcement

of scientific and technical reports

mandate the creation of standards

and coordinated procedures that are

economical to use and which adequately

cover the materials which are made

available to a diverse audience of

researchers, program managers, information specialists, the general public,

and commercial and industrial users.

Goals of the cooperative effort are:

o Minimize the cost of transferring

data among the agencies, and reduce the complexity faced by users

in accessing multiple systems.

o Encourage fast and timely announcement of new material. Allow technical report processing agencies to

make bibliographic information

about reports available quickly, by

speeding up processing and discouraging backlogs.

o To the extent possible, consistent

with the missions of the different

agencies, create and use standard

rules and guides for cataloging,

abstracting, and indexing, to improve the interchangeability of

bibliographic records.

o Publish and keep current guides

to cataloging, indexing, and

abstracting of reports.

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References of Interest

Corporate Author

Authority List

The NTIS Corporate Author Authorit_

List - 1983 is now available. This

publication has been in development

for several years and updates the

earlier edition, NTIS Corporate

Author Headings (March 1970). It is

actually much more than the 1970 version, however, since the new CAAL

contains approximately 35,000 main

entries and cross-references triple

the number of entries.

Initially designed as an authority

file to meet NTIS' internal cataloging

needs, this reference tool carries

corporate names in both the COSATI

and AACR2 formats. Additionally,

entries include the numeric or alphanumeric codes assigned by source

agencies such as NASA for use in transmitting data digitally.

The 1,456 page hard-bound volume sells

for $175.00 and can be ordered from

the National Technical Information

Service, 5285 Port Royal Road,

Springfield, VA 22161. Reference

accession number PB83-156034 in your

correspondence.

Contributors to this issue of the

Bulletin include: R. Buchan, J. Gignac,

T. Kelly, Y. Turner, and J. Wilson.

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Photography Index

An updated index of NASA photographs

is now available.

Color 4-by-5 inch transparencies and

black-and-white 8-by-lO inch glossies

are available free to information

media or to noninformation media for

a fee. These photographs are government publications--not subject to

copyright.

For a copy of the index, contact NASA

Public Affairs Division, Audio Visual

Section, LFD-IO, 400 Maryland Avenue,

S.W., Washington, DC 20546.

RECONBulletin andSTINews isdistdbutedtoestablished users to keep them informed.about NASA's scientificand technical informationproducts_:l services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

Suggestior_, matedal to be considered for inclusion, end

comments may be directed to Yvonne Turner at the above

address or telephone (301)621-0240, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202)755-3465.

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NA.RA STI-RECON Bulletin

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Administration

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Information Branch February 1984

CENDI to Assist R&D Productivity

A cooperative effort is being undertaken to provide an organized program

to take positive, coordinated actions

to improve the productivity of Federal

R&D through an efficient and responsive technical information programs.

Organizations cooperating are the

National Technical Information Service

(NTIS), Department of Energy Technical

Information Center, (DOE/TIC) Defense

Technical Information Center (DTIC),

and Scientific and Technical Informac

tion Branch, National Aeronautical and

Space Administration (NASA/STIB). The

name, CENDI, is taken from departmental

initials. Participating members are:

Joseph Caponio, Director NTIS;

Joseph Coyne, Manager, DOE/TIC;

Hubert Sauter, Administrator, DTIC;

and Van Wente, Chief, NASA/STIB.

Objectives of the program are to:

o Work with Federal R&D managers to

improve the productivity of R&D

and supporting scientific and

technical information (STI) programs.

o Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of STI programs through

resource-sharing.

Establish systems andprocedures

and recommend policies to maximize the acquisition of foreign

technology in exchange for designated technology produced by

Federal R&D programs.

0 Investigate ways of interacting

closely with the private information sector.

Encourage cross-training and rotational assignments for agency scientific and technical information personnel.

Familiarize R&D managers and policymakers with the value and use of modern information systems and resources.

To undertake the coordiantion agreed

upon by CENDI members, ad hoc groups

will be established drawn fromCENDI

organizations. On occasion, other

Federal agencies will be invited to

furnish members for task groups when

their interests are involved. The

Planning Group will be a continuing

group to articulate CENDI projected

activities and coordinate ad hoc

groups. Current projects inc_e:

o Accessing and post-processing

data from. multiple data bases

o Optical Disk Systems

o Descriptive Cataloging Rules

o Indexing Coordination

Limitations to STI access required for

security and protection against unauthorized foreign use.

o STI support for Space Reactor Project

Improve the management of Federal

scientific and technical information

programs through sharing information

and keeping restraints on costs.

Buford Smith, Head, System and Retrieval Section is NASA representative on

the CENDI Planning Group.
Lexical Dictionary Developed at STI Facility

Approximately half of the report literature added to the NASA STI Facility

data bases each year has been previously cataloged, abstracted, and indexed by another agency. Much of this

previously processed material is

received at the NASA STI Facility in

machine-readable form on magnetic

tape. In order to make the most efficient use of this material, the NASA

STI Facility's objective is to accept,

as much as possible, the work done by

other agencies and to minimize inhouse handling.

The NASA lexical Dictionary (NLD)

System is part of this overall effort.

The NLD accepts words and phrases from

the document record created by another

agency and translates them into valid

NASA indexing-terms which express the

same concepts. These NLD translated

terms are then reviewed by NASA

Indexers.;

The NLD System has two major goals:

to improve productivity and to insure _

quality. Productivity is improved because indexers no longer need to

"index from scratch," but only to edit

the terms presented to them by the

system and add anything missing that

is important to the NASA environment.

Because every term suggested by

the system is a valid NASA term,

time spent looking terms up in the

Thesaurus is kept to a minimum.

Quality is insured because the system

translates the contributingagency's

terms consistently and may suggest

terms that would have been otherwise

overlooked.

The first stage accomplished was

development of the capability to

translate the biweekly DTIC Technical

Abstract Bulletin (TAB) tape into NASA

Thesaurus terms. Work is progressing

on the capability to translate the DOE

Energy Data Base tape.

Planning has begun to builda Recognition Dictionary. This would allow

translation of any text received in

electronic form, including titles and

abstracts, into NASA Thesaurus vocabulary utilizing the NASA Lexical Dictionary. This will involve modification of an existing DTIC Recognition

Dictionary to NASA specifications,

creation of a NASA grammar to replace

the DTIC grammar resident in a COBOL

program obtained from DTIC, and modification of an existing COBOL program

to run in an IBM rather than UNIVAC

environment.

NASA/RECON Aids Small

Business Innovative Research

Access to NASA/RECON is being offered

to 103 high technology firms under a

new program established by the Small

Business Innovation Development Act of

1982 (Public Law 97-219).

The program is aimed at stimulating

technological innovation in the private

sector, strengthening the role of small

businesses in meeting NASA's research

and development needs, and contributing to the growth and strength of the

nation's economy.

I

The companies were selected on their

technical merit from nearly 1,000 who

submitted proposals.

NASA/RECON will be of considerable

assistance to these smaller research

organizations for this program. The

purpose is to have them help NASA in

its advanced research, and to do so,

they need to have quickly available

material that will show them what is

being done and has been done. This is

another example of the use of NASA/RECON to increase R&D productivity.

Symbols Return to SCAN

At the request of several SCAN users,

the pound (#) sign indicating microfiche availability and the asterisk

(*) indicating NASA-funded have been

restored in the SCAN citations.

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Text Searching on Imbedded Punctuation

Just as with searching text which contain stopwords, internal punctuation

poses a problem to the unwary searcher.

Numeric "words" may be textually

searched if certain rules are observed.

Decimal points or periods and other

special characters, e.g., slashes and

commas, are treated as blank characters. The expression "1.06" becomes

two words: I and 06.

Below are two methods of searching on

1.06-micron lasers in the abstract

field. The mnemonics reflect that the

user is searching in file collection F.

Method I

ENTER:

S AX/I *+1 06

RECEIVED: S AX/1 *+1 06

4 324 368 AX/I *+I 06

In the above proximity search, the word

"06" must follow the word "1" by one

word. The search forms set 4 with 324

occurrences.

Method 2

ENTER:

S AX/'I 06'

RECEIVED: S AX/'I 06'

5 324 368 AX/I *+I 06

This is a phrase search on the phrase

1 06. Note that set 5 has the same

number of occurrences as set 4 had above. Below are two methods of searching for 10.6 micron lasers in the abstract field.

Method 1

ENTER:

S AX/IO *+1 6

RECEIVED: S AX/IO *+I 6

6 605 711AX/IO *+1 6

Method 2

ENTER:

S AX/'IO 6'

RECEIVED: S AX/IO *+I 6

7 605 711AX/IO *+1 6

Again, note that the results are the

same for both the proximity search

(Method I) and the phrase search

(Method 2). To identify all the

documents that mention both types of

lasers in their abstracts, COMBINE

sets 4 and 6 as below:

ENTER:

C 4 AND 6

RECEIVED: C 4 AND 6

Alphanumeric words may also be searched. For example, references containing

data concerning the pH 6 through pH 6.99

range of acidity measurements in fluids

(specifically the percentage of hydrogen concentration) may be retrieved by

using the appropriate mnemonics to

search the titles or the abstracts. In

the example below, the user is searching in file collection D for occurrences

in the abstract (AX) and unclassified

title (UTP):

SELECT AX/PH *+1 6

SELECT UTP/PH *+I 6

Searches on D16 alloys may be entered

as:

S AX/D16

S TX/D16

S ATL/D16 -

S UTP/D16

To ensure that variant references to

D16 alloys are retrieved, the

searcher should also enter phrase

searches for 'D-16'.

Correction:ProjectMonitorReview

In the January Bulletin it was

erroneously stated that under a new

procedure NASA contractor reports

would be sent to the NASA STI Facility

after approval by the Technical

Monitor. In September 1983 a request

was made to the NASA Officer of Procurement to again revise the standard

contract language giving the Technical

Monitor the option of accepting reports prior to sending them to STIF.

Implementation of this option and

other alternatives is being discussed

for possible inclusion in the NASA

supplement to the new Federal

Acquisition Regulation.

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Foreign Exchange Program

NASA has bilateral scientific and

technical exchange agreements with

221 organizations in 43 countries.

In addition, there are special

document exchange relationships

with another 75 organizations involved in space research or

related activities. _

Under a special arrangement with the

Information Retrieval Service (IRS)

of the European Space Agency, NASA

makes its STAR and IAA files available to the IRS. Qu_fied European

organizations which have completed a

"tripartite agreement" with NASA and

the IRS have onlineaccess to these

files at an exchange rate of one in

scope technical report for each hour

of online access time.

There are approximately 400 organitions in 17 countries participating

in this program. These exchanges bring

into the NASA STI System approximately

8,000 quality titles per year.

For additional information about the

Foreign Exchange Program, contact Mr.

Phil Thibideau, NASA's Manager for

International STI Activities, Code

NIT-4, or telephone (202) 453-2939.

Contributors to this issue of the Bulletin include: P. Eckert, P. Thibideau,

Y. Turner, and J. Wilson.

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Heat Capacity Mapping

Mission (HCMM) Anthology

SPECIAL PUBLICATION

NASA SP-465, The Heat Capacity Mapping

Mission (HCMM 1 Anthology, has been published by the Scientific and Technical

Information Branch and Goddard Space

Flight Center. The publication describes and illustrates information

gained through measurement of the intensity of thermal infrared radiation

emitted from the ground.

This book was co-authored by Nicholas

M. Short and Locke M. Stuart, Jr. of

Goddard Space Flight Center.

Copies may be obtained for $24 from the

Superintendent of Documents, U.S.

Government Printing Office, Washington,

D.C. 20402.

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Family of RECON User Documentation Announced

In an effort to meet the changing

needs of the NASA/RECON user community,

the NASA STI Facility conducted an extensive review of the current documentation available to users of RECON.

Areas of study included content, organization, and physical format as

required by the full range of users.

For instance, the new user may have no

online data base searching experience

or may be an experienced searcher of

one or more other data bases who wants

to learn the NASA/RECON system. Experienced users may be occasional or

frequent NASA/RECON searchers, thus

having different reference tool needs.

It is with a sensitivity to the requirements of all of these members of

the RECON community that the following

family of documents is designed:

o NASA/RECON User's Reference Manual

serves as a comprehensive guide to

all of the intricacies of RECON.

Sections include What Information

Is Available on NASA/RECON?, Computer System, Commands, Searching,

Problem Solving, and Key Contact

Points. The manual will be looseleaf to facilitate updating, and

tabs are included for easier location of text, appendixes, glossary,

and index.

o NASA/RECON User Introduction describes searching on RECON and is

designed for the novice who wants to

learn or the infrequent user who

needs to brush up on search skills.

Features of the workbook will include an overview of RECON and related documentation, task-oriented

organization so the user can begin

searches as early as possible,

"cookbook" approach so that all information required for a task is in

a particular section, references to

parallel sections in other documentation, ample terminal sections, and

exercises.

o NASA/RECON Pocket Guides help as a

ready seference for novice and intermediate users. Content will not

significantly change from the existing pocket guides, but organization

and readability will be improved.

o NASA/RECON Handbook aids the expert

user by including technical depth of

information in a compact, portable

package. It will include summaries

of commands with all intricacies,

tables of reference data, and similar "bare bones" information with

little or no connective narration.

The document will be well indexed to

ensure easy accessibility of reference information. Quite simply, it

will be more than a pocket guide but

less than the User's Reference

Manual. This is, it will have the

information depth of the User's

Reference Manual and the portability

and convenience of a Pocket Guide.

Common to all of these publications is

a need for a more unified presentation

of NASA/RECON information. A sketch of

a CRT terminal serves to identify the

User's Reference Manual, User Introduction, Pocket Guides, and Handbook as

a family of documents. Color is also a

unifying tool, Paper, cover, and print

will carry a color theme.

The NASA/RECON User's Reference Manual

has been completed and is undergoing

final review. Publication of this and

the other members of this family will

begin in the spring. For additional

information, contact Yvonne Turner at

the Facility (301) 859-5300, ext. 240.
Requirements Analysis Underway for NASA

Integrated Library System

NASA's Scientific and Technical Information Branch has been tasked to complete a requirements analysis for a

NASA-wide Integrated Library System

(ILS) by June 30. ILS has been

conceptually formulated within the

NASA library community over the

last several months. In order to

provide a framework for discussion, a

proposed system network (see diagram

on page 3) along with a compilation

of ILS features and characteristics

has been identified that can serve

as an initial reference to be employed

in the development of a detailed design.

At the onset of this activity, it has

always been understood that the

NASA-wide ILS must satisfy the needs

stipulated by the libraries it will

serve.

The NASA-wide ILS would be developed

as a centralized capability with distributed processing features. Utilizing existing IBM 4341 host computers

at the NASA STI Facility, the NASA

libraries would communicate with the

standard protocols in IBM 3270,

IBM 2780/3780, and TTY. To implement

this system, candidate cdnfigurations

at the participating libraries may include minicomputers employing off-theshelf library support systems, microcomputers utilizing standard operating

systems (e.g., MP/M), and standalone

intelligent terminals. Local peripherals may include disks, printers, bar

code readers, as well as communications equipment and other libraryoriented devices. Specific configurations will be derived from the

functional needs of the individual

libraries.

Distributed processing will support

the need for processing and local

control of selected data. Users of the

system will be able to switch between

their local equipment and the host

processor to perform a variety of

library-oriented functions. This

study must therefore determine what

is needed in all areas (cataloging,

serials processing, compatibility

with MARC II, OCLC and RLIN interface,

etc.).

The first step toward the realization

of a NASA-wide ILS is the development

of a definitive set of requirements.

In the compiling of the requirements

analysis, Project Teams will communicate and coordinate with cognizant

individuals and groups (e.g., library

committees, NASA Center management,

budget and accounting oriented personnel, contracting and personnel

relations staff), in addition to those

directly associated with the library

operations. The Project Teams will

include systems analysts and designers, librarians and library service

managers, and experts in library

systems automation. Current library

systems, both in place and under development, will be examined to determine

if they meet the needs identified by

the requirements analysis.

The ILS requirements analysis will be

performed by two Project Teams under

the overall management of Buford Smith,

Head of Systems and Retrieval, and

under the guidance of a Steering

Committee.

The NASA-wide ILS will provide centralized, cost effective services for the

participating libraries. These

services will include: data entry,

acquisitions, online cataloging, information retrieval, circulation control, authority file maintenance,

interlibrary loan, electronic mail,

and library management information.

0 Travel Team. This group will

consist of a NASA representative

and three contractor (PRC) employees. The main objective of

this team is to gather the data

from the NASA library organizations needed to complete the requirements analysis and to facilitate an implementation plan.

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0 Support Team. This group, with

NASA representation, will consist

of contractor (PRC) employees

from the NASA STI Facility.

Their main objective will be to

analyze the data gathered by the

Travel Team and form it into a

cohesive set of ILS system requirements. A task force selected from this group and augmented

by specialized expertise will

perform its own information

gathering functions in order to

document the currently available

ILS software packages, evaluate

appropriate remote processing

units, identify communications

alternatives, etc.

The Steering Committee will consist of NASA Center and Headquarters representatives, a NASA

Headquarters coordinator, and a

contractor (PRC) liaison representative. This committee's main objective will be to oversee the entire

project. The following persons have

been appointed to the ILS Steering

Committee:

James Phillips

Headquarters Representative

Paul Bennett

Ames Research Center

Adelaide DeIFrate

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jane Hess

Langley Research Center

Marie Kiely

National Space Technology Laboratory

Mike Konjevich

Kennedy Space Center

George Mandel

Lewis Research Center

Lois Robertson

Marshall Space Flight Center

Adel Wilder

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mary Huffer

PRC/STIF Contractor Liaison

Rexford H. Talbert

Headquarters Coordinator

The ILS Steering Committee is critical

to the success of the requirements

analysis. It will interface with the

NASA Center libraries and act as a

decision-making body on ILS policy

issues. For additional information,

contact Mary Huffer at the Facility

(301) 859-5300, ext. 202.

Potential ILS Network

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New Equipment and Procedures at AIAA/TIS

The American Institute of Aeronautics

and Astronautics/Technical Information

Service, located in New York City,

compiles on the first and fifteenth

of each month issues of the bibliographical journal International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA I.

Each issue of IAA consists of approximately 1600 cit-a-tions,with every

citation averaging 2000 characters in

length,including the abstract.

AIAA/TIS has recently installed a new

word processing system of seven data

entry terminals with local storage.

The system has the capability to

transmit data directly to the NASA

STI Facility mainframe IBM 4341

computer.

AIAA/TIS transmits issue batches to

the NASA STI Facility twice a month.

Also twice a month, AIAA/TIS prepares

a magnetic tape containing data processed and formatted for the photocomposition of the abstract section

of IAA.

Production procedures for the IAA have

been streamlined to take maximum advantage of the system's capabilities.

Remaining machine-detectable errors,

flagged by the NASA STI Facility, are

stored in a data set for remote

examination and correction by AIAA.

Upon completion of the cycle, the

NASA STI Facility prepares computerized IAA indexes and forwards them to

GPO for'_video-composition. The

resulting negatives are sent to AIAA/

TIS in New York City where, together

with the photocomposed pages, they

are processed for printing and publication.

For additional information,

contact Irene Bogolubski at AIAA

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April/May 1984

Current Awareness Review: Focus on SCAN

Since Scientific and Technical Aerospace

Reports (STAR) and International Aerospace Abs_ts (IAA) announce more than

65,000 documents a--year, busy individuals expressed a need for a more

specific supplementary announcement

service. Consequently, STAR and IAA's

broad aerospace coverage_slic_

into 186 specific and significant subject areas to produce Selected Current

Aerospace Notices (SCAN) almost ten

years ago. Speciallz-_z-6_periodic bibliographies were also produced. The bibliographies include Aeronautical Engineer-

' Aerospace Medicine and Biology,

h Resources, Large Space Structures

Technology, Patents, and Management.

Twice a month, a participant receives

computer-generated listings of new

documents on one or more of the 186

topics of special interest to him.

SCAN helps scientists and engineers with

prompt notification of recently issued

reports, journal articles, translations,

and conference papers in their own

specific aerospace areas. By carefully choosing one or more SCAN topics,

a participant has an excellent probability

of obtaining good coverage of new literature interests without excessive duplication of announcement or excessive nonrelevant materials.

In the aerospace field, a decade has

brought in a new age, and it is time

this popular current awareness product

was reviewed. Actually, this evaluation

is a part of an overa]l review of NASA's

bibliographical announcement and current

awareness series, following on a recent

survey of NASA Centers and contractors

(see related article in the May 1983

issue of the Bulletin). SCAN and the

periodic bibliographies rated lower in

the survey than anticipated. Since

these are more focused cuts of the data

bases available online on NASA/RECON

and as published in STAR and IAA, one

would expect them to-'a-s-sistuser----s to

zero in on documents they need.

A major purpose of the review of the

announcement and current awareness

services is to bring them in line

with NASA's mission. For instance,

with the reduced energy program in

NASA, the Energyquarterly has been

discontinued after the issue covering

the last quarter of 1983.

Changes in NASA's mission indicate directions to be reviewed as potential new

thrusts for SCAN. Recent announcement

of the space station effort provides a

major new initiative for NASA. The

earth resources program has shifted to

emphasis on development and testing of

instrumentation and data handling procedures. Managers have increasing needs

for STI -- particularly in NASA, where

management means running R&D and engineering projects. There is also a worry that

the U.S. industry is not making all the

use it might of foreign technology. What

does this mean for SCAN?

Well, it means we look to see if we

shouldn't have topics related to the

space station, and the space reactor

SP-1 project, and to foreign technology. It means we should descope

energy topics and shift the emphasis

of earth resource-related subjects.

It means we need to try to find topics

that will help managers be better

managers.

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Changes in STI presentation, access,

and use af:fect current awareness services such asSCAN. For example,

expansion of usage of NASA/RECON and

UPDATE, the monthly service for individual profiles, has probably had some

impact on users' requirements for a

product such as SCAN. UPDATE is now

being provided to the principal invesgators on NASA R&D contracts from a

profile based on the technical description in the contract.

We want to make SCAN easier to produce

and at the same time continue to reflect NASA's mission. So we're looking

at simplifying the profiles, making them

easier to update. We should compare

the topics annually against documents

that reflect NASA's overall mission,

such as the yearly Research and Technology Objectives and Plans (RTOP) Summary

and the budget documents. And we want to

get SCAN out faster. Producing SCAN

via laser printer, in the next year or

two, we would hope literally to have

SCAN in the mail overnight. Days are

dollars for NASA's R&D programs,

SCAN is available to all NASA employees,

other U.S. Government agencies, contractors, and universities. For registration, contact Joe Gignac at the

Facility (301) 859-5300, extension 160.

Additional questions about SCAN should

be directed to John Wilson, Code NIT-2,

Washington, D.C. 20546, or telephone

(202) 453-2933.

Aviation Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy in Aviation, NASA SP-462

(84N15144}, has been published by the

Headquarters Scientific and Technical

Information Branch. The publication

is an account of the origins and successes of the nation's Aircraft Energy

Efficiency(ACEE) program authorized by

the U.S. Congress in 1975, and carried

out by NASA.

The author is Jeffrey L. Ethell, an

aviation writer, and the book has a

foreword by William S. Aiken, Jr.,

Director of the Aeronautical Systems

Division. Copies may be obtained for

$15.0@from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,

Washington, D.C. 20402.

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Value of S & T Documentation

Those of us in the information profession

at NASA don't need to have proved the

great value of the information data base

we build and maintain and the products

issued and services performed. Response

from the users is felt to be sufficient

proof of need. But over the years, there

has been the nagging concern to put a

dollar value on that data base and those

products and services. And our management

would like to have some indication of the

return on investment.

With National Science Foundation support,

King Research, Inc. developed a methodology

and applied it to the Department of

Energy Technical Information Center, Oak

Ridge, and the Department of Defense

Technical Information Center. A few inferences from these studies can be applied

to NASA's STI activities.

The resultlng_ollar values indicate that

NASA's STI operations give impressive returns on investment, As important are the

projected activities in relation to what

has been called the "information explosion,"

and more recently, the "information economy

NASA's STI system also has great current ana

potential value in looking forward to STI

needs of the Space Station.

Value of Data Base

Since 1959 NASA has expended $67.9

billion for R&D. NASA/STIB's data base

includes all-documents issued as a result

of this research. In addition, results

of all R&D from all over the world related

to NASA's mission are also included. Since

NASA documents represent about 25% of the

file, the data base actually represents

several times the $67.9 billion. Certainly a value of $150 billion is conservative. There are about 250,000 NASA

>reports and papers in the data base. This

means that on the average, each document

contains about $270,000 worth of R&D,

inflationary increases in value being

offset by the natural decay in value of

older material.

Cost-Avoidance Attributable to Readin 9

Of a total of approximately 120,000 employees of NASA and its contractors, an

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estimated 38,500 are scientists and engineers (S&E) and 13,500 are professional

administrative. These are the potential

users of the NASA data base."

If as DOE found, each NASA S&E does 20

technical report and 20 journal article

readings a year attributable to use of

NASA STI data products and services, there

are a total of 770,000 readings. At

$1,280 saved per report reading and $590

saved per journal article read, $1.4

billion is saved by virtue of NASA STI

data base products and services. Total

costs attributable to use of NASA STI

data base products and services are

something less than $100,000,000 per

year. The cost avoidance is $1.3 billion

per

year. Thus, NASA's R&D outlay for 1983 of

$5.3 billion would have required $6.6

billion without the NASA STI data base

services.

Probably 50% of readings result from NASA/

RECON searches or current awareness service, and 50% from announcement publications, with savings of, perhaps, $650

million per year each. Online use is increasing. There are approximately 45,000

NASA/RECON searches annually related to

readings, giving such searches a value of

$14,000 each. Estimating an average search

Anticipated Increase In Value

Use of STI products and services by administrative professionals constitutes value

added to that of S&E use. Use of NASA/

RECON is increasing for managers and administration and is an area in which considerable growth can be expected. The

availability of the Aerospace Database,

through the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, to vendors or

for private use will increase the access

to the NASA STI data base and the number

of readings attributable to it throughout

the public and private sectors.

References

Scientific Journals in the United

States: Their Production Use, and

Economics. D. W. King, D_ D. McDonald,

and N. K. Roderer. Stroundsburg, PA,

Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co, 1981.

Value of the Energy Data Base. D.W.

King, et. al. U.S. Department of Energy,

Technical Information Center, Oak

Ridge, March 1982. DOE/OR/11232-1

(DE82014250) 83N77686

The Use and Value of Defense Technical

Information Center Products and Services.

N. K. Roderer, D. W. King, and S. E.

costs $200, including work time and system Brouard. King Research, Inc.

costs, the ratio of return is about 70 to 1. ADA130805 84N11061

Integrated Library System Visits In Progress

The Integrated Library System Travel Team has begun site visits to gather data

for the requirements analysis (see related article in March 1984 issue). The

following schedule is being used.

Week of Center(s) Located Near

Feb. 27

March 5

NASA Headquarters

Goddard/Wallops

March 12 Langley

April 2 Johnson

April 5 NSTL

April 9 Lewis

April 16 Kennedy

April 30 Ames/Dryden

May 7 JPL

May 21 Redstone/Marshall

May 28 AIAA

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C./

Wallops Island, VA

Hampton, VA

Houston, TX

New Orleans, LA

Cleveland, OH

Cape Canaveral, FL

San Francisco, CA

Pasadena, CA

Huntsville, AL

New York, NY

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The NASA/REC0N family of official

users now stands at about 330. This

figure does not count secondary users

who request searches from the NASA

STI Facility, Industrial Applications

Centers, and State Technology Application Centers. Above is a representation

of current teminals or passwords which

includes:

NASA (including JPL, RSIC) 61

NASA Facility 29

IACs/STACs 21

AIAA 4

DOE Exchanges I

U. S. Government 51

Industry 125

Universities 40

Total (April 1984) 332

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Space Nuclear Power Program Supported by CENDI

NASA/STIB is participating in an inter agency effort to mobilize the

combined STI resources and data bases

of the Departments of Commerce, Energy,

NASA, and Defense (CENDI) to build a

computerized bibliographic data base

relevant to the Space Nuclear Reactor

(SP-IO0) Program. Such a data base

will serve as a centralized resource

for real-time searches and the preparation of selected subject bibliographic reference documents.

The SP-IO0 program was initiated in

February 1983 through a Memorandum of

Agreement signed by DARPA (Defense

Advanced Research Projects Agency),

NASA, and DOE. The Jet Propulsion

Laboratory provides project management and is the contracting agency.

Material for this file will come from

selected subject searches and subsequent

transferral from the various CENDI data

bases. As a result of the breadth of

subjects relevant to such a data base

and the short time in which to accomplish the objective, this effort will

require a high level of coordination,

cooperation, and communication by all

participants.

To assure that the results of these

efforts will be pertinent to the

SP-IO0 technical community, under

CENDI direction, with the DOE Technical Information Center as lead,

the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

(ORNL) will coordinate the development of the data system for the

CENDI group.

Now in the critical technology phase

(also called the technology assessment

and advancement phase), mission concepts that are enabled or greatly

enhanced by the use of IOOKW nuclear

reactor system are being identified

and characterized. Space nuclear power

technology is over 20 years old and

some 20 military space missions were

dependent upon nuclear power systems

between 1961 and 1977.

Currently, material essential to the

SP-IO0 Program exists on several

data bases managed by DOE, DOD, and

NASA. No single bibliographic search

will yield all the relevant citations

from all of these data bases. In order

to provide the SP-IO0 technical community ready access to the maximum number

of relevant documents while demonstrating the cooperative efforts of the CENDI

agencies, a separate, centralized space

nuclear power bibliography file will

be established by the end of CY 1984.

Recognizing that (1) references relevant to a given subject may exist

on all the CENDI data bases, and

that (2) the technical contacts within the SP-IO0 Program will have limited

time to provide assistance, a "key

agency" approach will be used. Using

this approach, subject areas will be

divided among CENDI agencies. Each

agency will have subject areas for

which it has lead search responsibility. An information specialist

from the CENDI key agency will work

with a SP-IO0 technical specialist

to establish search strategies and,

where possible, do preliminary

searches at the technical contact's

location.

However, there are some potentially

relevant references from the 1960's

and 1970's that may not exist on

any data base. These references

will be investigated by CENDI staff

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ARIN Steering Committee Meets

The Aerospace Research Information Network (ARIN)* took an important step toward

evolving into a NASA-wide system with the

first meeting of the Steering Committee on

June,20, 21, and 22.

The _teering Committee (comprised of librarians from the NASA Centers) established

the following four sub-comittees to analyze major issues:

• Standards

• Data Base Conversion

• Cost/Schedule

• User Group

Each subcommittee will be augmented with

staff from the participating NASA Center

libraries and STIB and STIF for specific

technical assistance.

It was jointly agreed that documents currently in the NASA/RECON system will be

made available to the circulation system

under ARIN. Cost responsibilities were

allocated for Data Conversion, Site Preparation, and Maintenance.

The selection of a software package for

ARIN was narrowed down to candidate systems that meet requirements.

Several items require action on the part

of each Center library in order to properly estimate costs:

• Identify any changes required in

the proposed equipment list.

• Validate the recent synopsis of

their library so it can be compiled

into a consolidated overview.

• Identify all ADP costs associated

with their library operation.

• Independently provide a list of what

_s considered the primary benefits

pg ARIN for their library and Center.

• M_ke corrections to consolidate collec-

¢ion of statistics regarding library

operation.

*In previous issues of the Bulletin

referred to as the Integrated Library

System (ILS).

_The next several months will require

wrestling with the analysis, compilation, and presentation of data related to the ARIN Project. The successful implementation of ARIN will provide

a much needed network for the libraries,

and is the initial stage of a truly

NASA-wide interactive STI system.

Call for Suggestions:

User Group Starts Up

As reported in the November 1983

Bulletin, the STI Branch is forming a User Group for NASA/RECON.

The first meeting is scheduled for

September 27 and 28 at NASA Headquarters. For further information or

to make agenda suggestions, contact

John Wilson, telephone (202) 453-2933.

NASAJRECON Hours Extended

NASA/RECON hours of availability

have been extended. Effective

immediately, the system will be

up from 8 am to 8 pm Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

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and entered into the computerized

system as appropriate.

Benefits undeniably accrue when relevant information is available to

a researcher or project. In the case

of the SP-IO0 Program, research and

development activities worth over

$1 billion have been performed previously in relevant areas. The

ability to locate and use such information will prevent unnecessary

duplication of effort and will provide substantial cost avoidance

opportunities.

An additional benefit to the SP-IO0

Program as it grows in the coming

years will be that the data base

system and basic publication processing and control systems will

have already been developed. Such

interagency support systems will

be critical to the success of the

Program.

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Three New Special Publications Announced

- The following three Special Publications

have recently been released by NASA:

Stellar Atmospheric Structural Patterns,

NASA SP-471(N84-19253), is the fourth

volume in the NASA (Goddard) and National Center for Scientific Research (Paris,

France) monograph series, "Nonthermal

Phenomena in Stellar Atmospheres."

This volume summarizes current theories

of stellar-atmospheric structure and

then offers empirically-based "patterns"

of stellar-atmospheric structure as a

basis for substantially improving

existing theory. It was authored by

Richard N. Thomas of the CNRS. Copies

may be obtained for $29.50 from the

National Technical Information Service,

5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA

22161.

Lon 9 Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF):

Mission I Experiments, NASA SP-473, has

been published by the Scientific and

Technical Information Branch and the

_ Langley Research Center. The LDEF

contains 57 experiments developed by

the United States and eight other

countries and was launched on the

STS-13 mission in April 1984. It was

edited by Lenwood G. Clark, William H.

Kinard, David L. Carter, Jr., and

James L. Jones, Jr., of Langley.

Copies may be obtained for $19.00 from

the National Technical Information

Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161.

Copies may be obtained for $12.00 from

the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.

Government Printing Office, Washington,

D.C. 20402.

As a reminder, these publications can

also be ordered online using the NASA/

RECON ORDER command.

Thesaurus Supplement

Published

A new publication entitled the NASA

Thesaurus Supplement provides a-'r-egufar update to hierarchies of new terms,

an access vocabulary of new terms, and

a listing of deletions which includes

changes and transfers. This semiannual

publication dated January 1984 will be

superseded by a cumulative supplement

dated July 1984. New terms to that

issue will be indicated with a bullet

beside the new term in the Hierarchical

Listing.

Readers are urged to submit suggestions

for new terms to Ronald L. Buchan, Lexicograper, NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Facility, P.O. Box 8757, BWI

Airport, MD 21240 or telephone (301)

859-5300, extension 103. A form for requesting new terms is available. This

form facilitates the process of entering

a new term. Each recommended term is

subject to extensive scrutiny and research

and not every term that is suggested is

added to the NASA Thesaurus.

NASA SP-466, The Star Splitters: The

High-Energy Astronomy Observatories

(N84-22516), has been published by the

Scientific and Technical Information

Branch. The book summarizes the agency's HEAO program which produced major

astronomical discoveries. Three HEAO

satellites were launched for further

scientific understanding of the high

energy universe. One of the Earth

orbiting satellites, HEAO 2 launched

in 1978, is popularly known as the

Einstein Observatory. The author,

Mr. Wallace H. Tucker, is an independent writer with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

BROWSE: New Command

The BROWSE command allows the dial-up

user to display accession numbers,

citations, and parts of citations continuously from the user's sets with one

command:

To BROWSE:

set number

set number/format

set number/format/range

set number/format/all

Enter:

BR I/2

BR 1/2/150-200

BR 1/2/ALL

To stop the BROWSE command before the

range specified is complete, hit the

BREAK key.

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European Space Agency's Bond with NASA

NASA's close STI ties to the European

Space Agency (ESA) had their origin

in a simple exchange of letters in

1964 between NASA's Deputy Administrator, Dr. H. L. Dryden, and Brofessor

P. Auger, Director General of the European Preparatory Commission for Space

Research. Professor Auger was subsequently Director General of the

European Space Research Organization [ESRO], ESA's predecessor.

That arrangement called for the usual

exchange of technical reports and publications. It was later expanded to

include microfiche and computer tapes.

In 1972, both parties agreed to test an

online system in Europe which would provide qualified Western European organizations with online access to the NASA STAR

and IAA files. This new system was to---B-e

mana_by what became known as ESA's

Information Retrieval Service (IRS)

located in Frascati, Italy, just outside

Rome. In return, these European organizations were to provide at least one

inscope technical report for each hour of

online access time.

This exchange arrangement has proven

to be an outstanding success, and as

a result, the IRS is now sending

approximately 3,500 technical reports

per year into the NASA STI system.

Today, more than 400 European organizations participate.

For additional information, contact

Mr. Phil Thibideau, Manager for International STI Activities, Code NIT-4, or

telephone (202) 453-2939.

Soviet Aeronautics

Bibliography Planned

The NASA STI Facility is producing

a special bibliography with abstracts

for aeronautical entries with USSR

as country of origin. Using 1975 to

date accessions, Aeronautical

Engineerin 9 profile terms will be

used for subject matter selection.

Regular STAR categories will be included. -lSu'b-licationis anticipated

for Fall 1984.

RECONBulletin andSTINews isdistributedtoestablishedusersto keepthem informedaboutNASA'sscientificandtechnicalinformationproductsand services.

RECON operationalproblemsmay be directedto the

RECONCoordinatorat:

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(301)621-0300

Suggestions,matedaito be consideredfor inclusion,and

commentsmaybe directedto YvonneTurneratthe above

address or telephone (301)621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

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AUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBER 1984

Password Control for UTS-400 Users

Password control of access to

limited distribution documents

now includes all NASA/RECON user

sites. Dial-in passwords have

previously been controlled according to personal or Facility

clearances. Control has now

been extended to the hardwire

terminals.

Due to the fact that some UTS-4OO's

are available to library patron's

in unrestricted areas, it has

become necessary to develop a

capability to restrict access to

sensitive files on hardwire devices.

with the password in order to

gain access to classification permitted.

New HELP Messages

Two levels of HELP messages are now

provided for RECON users when RECON

encounters difficulty processing their

commands. For expert users, an abbreviated description of the error is

used. For intermediate users, a more

extensive explanation of the error

plus possible ways of correcting it,

or examples of the acceptable input

format are given.

To accomplish this, a new parameter has been added to the

UTS-400 that will require hardwire

users of NASA/RECON to use passwords to control security access.

Entering a BEGIN command without

a password or with an invalid password will result in the default

security classification and default

affiliation code assigned to the

device. Default for each device

is determined by the Library management.

Users are given the option to choose

their level of expertise at the beginning

of the RECON search. Entering an I will

provide the user with intermediate level

messages. An E will provide expert level

messages. Any other character or a blank

will cause the system to default to expert

level user.

For example, if an expert user created a

set 1 and then entered:

LIMIT 1/X

A maximum of four password levels

plus one default may be given for

each UTS-400. UTS-40O users may

choose any security level as the

default for individual devices.

There is currently a 15-minute

timeout for passwords if an END

SEARCH or new BEGIN SEARCH is

not used to close a session. After

15 minutes, if there has been no

activity, the UTS-400 reverts

automatically to the default

security and affiliation. Users

should be instructed to use BEGIN

that user would receive the message:

INVALID YEAR RANGE.

If an intermediate user had entered the

same transaction, the message would read:

INVALID YEAR RANGE

Requested year or range of years is

invalid. You probably typed an

alphabetic character(s) instead of

a numeric character(s) or you have

asked for i_igh to low year range.

Correct errors and reenter LIMIT

command.
RECON Operating Notes

If, for any reason (power failures

or otherwise), RECON becomes inactive and the downtime can be predicted, the Facility will attempt

to warn users that RECON will become temporarily inactive and for

how long.

When RECON resumes processing after

downtime, the user must do the

following in order to reestablish

the same specifications that were

set before the downtime:

Reenter any SPECIFY FORMAT

which was active before the

downtime.

If a dial-up user, reenter

any LIMIT ALL which was

active before the downtime.

Note that previously developed sets

are preserved, including the KEEP

set.

In the event that a dial-up user

signs off and signs on later, all

previous SPECIFY FORMAT and LIMIT

ALL commands must be reentered if

still needed.

An END SEARCH automatically nullifies SPECIFY FORMAT and LIMIT ALL

for all RECON users.

Use the SS (SET STATUS) and the CU

(CURRENT) commands to verify the

settings of your RECON search when

unsure about your search status.

NASA Lexical Dictionary

Publication to Press

NASA CR-3838, An Operational System for

Subject Switchin 9 Between Controlled

Vocabularies: A Computational Linguistics Approach has gone to press. The

volume was prepared by June Silvester,

Roxanne Newton, and Paul Klingbiel to

document implementation of the NASA

Lexical Dictionary (see related article in February 1984 Bulletin).

The NASA Lexical Dictionary (NLD), a

system that automatically translates

input subject terms to those of NASA,

was developed in four phases. Phase One

provided Phrase Matching, a context

sensitive word-matching process that

matches input phrase words with any NASA

Thesaurus posting (i.e., index) term or

Use reference. Other Use references

have been added to enable the matching of

synonyms, variant spellings, and some

words with the same root. Phase Two

provided the capability of translating

any individual DTIC term to one or more

NASA terms having the same meaning.

Phase Three provided NASA terms having

equivalent concepts for two or more

DTIC terms, i.e. coordinations of DTIC

terms. Phase Four was concerned with

indexer feedback and maintenance.

Although the original NLD construction

involved much manual data entry, ways

were found to automate nearly all but

the intellectual decision-making

processes. In addition to finding

improved ways to construct a lexical

dictionary, new applications for the NLD

have been found and are being developed.

Work on the NLD, done by Planning

Research Corporation/Government Information Systems, was supported by the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Scientific and Technical

Information Branch under contract

NASw-3330. The period of performance

covered by this report is from

November 2, 1981 to December 31, 1983.

STAR/IAA on DIALOG

Lockheed Information Systems has

signed an agreement with American

Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to make available

the Aerospace Database on DIALOG. AIAA

is the agent for NASA's Scientific and

Technical Information Branch to lease

the Aerospace Database, which contains

all items included in Scientific and

Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) and

International Aerospace Abstra-'cT_(IAA).|

It is anticipated that the Database w_ll|

be accessible online early in 1985. |

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User Reference Manual Is on Its Way

The new NASA/RECON User's Reference Manual announced in the March 1984

Bulletin has been sent to the printer, and users can expect to receive their

copies on automatic distribution as soon as they become available. Just

as a sneak preview, below is a sample page from one of the new sections: a

guide to telecommunications problems. The solutions are organized in the

most logical sequence for trial. But this is just an appetizer. You'll

have your own copy in an estimated four weeks.

Problem

No "Power On" indication on

terminal or modem.

When dialing computer or

Telenet, phone rings

continuously.

When dialing the RECON number,

a busy signal is received.

When dialing your Telenet access

number, a busy signal is received.

Solution

• Check switch, power, and fuse.

If these are okay, call terminal

or modem maintenance.

• May be dialing wrong number.

Ensure you are dialing a RECON

Computer number or a Telenet

access number.

• If dialing a RECON number, RECON

may be down temporarily. If

dialing a Telenet access number,

your local Telenet mode is probably experiencing problems. In

either case, if the problem persists for a half hour or longer,

please contact the RECON

Coordinator and report the

problem.

• This indicates that all of the

dial-up ports are busy. If the

condition persists for 20 minutes

or longer, please contact the

RECON Coordinator and report

the problem.

• This indicates that all of the

local Telenet ports are busy.

You might:

• Keep trying until the number

is not busy.

• Dial the RECON number directly

(long distance).

• If you are dialing the low

speed (300 bps) number, try

dialing your local Telenet

1200 bps number, if one is

available. This number should

also work for low speed modems.

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International CENDI

Working Group Formed

The Commerce (NTIS), Energy (OSTI),

NASA (STIB), and Defense (DTIC)

Information Group (CENDI) principals •have established a Working

Group on International Scientific

and Technical Information Activities

which will address such issues as

the coordination of international

STI acquisitions and the impact on

STI of the prospective U.S. withdrawal

from UNESCO. The Working Group will

have other issues assigned to it

from time to time and will also

serve as a forum for the continuing exchange of information on

international STI.

The Working Group participants

include Philip A. Thibideau

(NASA/STIB), chairman; Gladys A.

Cotter (DOD/DTIC); David B.

Shonyo (DOC/NTIS); and Charles E.

Stuber (DOE/OSTI). Ray Bedford

from DOE/OSTI's Washington office

will also be assisting the Working

Group.

Updateon BROWSE

As a follow-up to the BROWSE command

article in the June/July issue

of the Bulletin, here are additional guidelines.

As mentioned before, the BROWSE command

allows the dial-up user to display

accession numbers, citations, and parts

of citations continuously from the user's

sets with one command:

To BROWSE: Enter:

set number

set number/format

set number/format/range

setnumber/format/all

BR I

BR I/2

BR I/2/2-8

BR I/2/ALL

The default for the BROWSE command,

if a range is not specified, is one

accession or a page size for format 1.

For dial-up users who wish to stop

BROWSE display screen from scrolling,

simply enter CNTL (or ATL) and S simultaneously. To restart the scrolling,

enter CNTL (ATL) and Q simultaneously.

This may be done as often as you wish

during the execution of BROWSE.

To stop the BROWSE command before the

range specified is complete, hit the

BREAK key two times.

RECON Bulletin and ST/News isdistributedtoestablisheclusers to keep them informed about NASA's scientificand technical informationproducts and services, ,_=

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions, matedal to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Yvonne Turner at the above

address or telephone (301)621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1984

First NASA/RECON User's Conference a Success

In response to requests from many users,

the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch sponsored a NASA/RECON

User's Conference in Washington D.C. on

September 27 and 28, 1984, at the Twin

Bridges Marriott Hotel.

An information-rich two days enhanced

attendees' knowledge of the system,

acquainted them with new and planned

features and applications, and increased the usefulness of NASA/RECON. There

were workshop sessions on techniques and

approaches, presentations on special applications, and formal and informal opportunities for users to exchange experience

and expertise with fellow users. Personnel who build, maintain, and provide

access to the data base were on hand to

conduct sessions, answer questions, and

provide information to enable users to

make optimum use of RECON.

!

/

The NASA/RECON system continues to be a

pace setter in the advancement of information technology as an online, bibliographic

retrieval system. This information tool

has greatly enhanced R&D productivity and

contributed savings in time and money on

aerospace and related research projects.

One of the objectives of the conference

was to provide a format for users to give

managers of the system an increased understanding of present and future requirements,of the system. Users were encouraged to provide {nsignt into the

techniques found to be successful to

better tailor the system's needs.

Over 140 users registered for the

Conference. Mission Specialist Richard

Mullane from the Space Shuttle mission

41D gave a firsthand account of what

confronts an astronaut. Congressman

George Brown, of California, provided

an overview of Congressional thinking

on our national information problems.

A hands-on area furnished with terminals and microcomputers gave users a

chance to demonstrate to one another

their special ways of searching.

Luncheon round-tables provided opportunit_ to exchange views and focus on

issues and problems not addressed in

the plenary sessions or the workshops.

Response was enthusiastic.

A NASA/RECON Working Group representing

users was established to work with

other users, help address their problems,

and assist ST[B in planning major improvements in NASA/RECON. They will

work with other users to help address

their problems and insure their requirements are met with future NASA/RECON

development activities.

It is anticipated that a second

NASA/RECON users' conference will be

held in mid September of 1985. You

are encouraged to make plans to attend.

We "hope to see you there!
Retrospective Indexing for New Terms

Beginning November 19, 1984, new Thesaurus term retrieval became even more

effective. The Facility has developed

a computerized technique for applying

new Thesaurus terms to existing records.

We call it retrospective indexing. When

we adopt a new term as a valid Thesaurus

term, our indexers begin using it immediately for new documents being processed

into the NASA data base. We now have a

cost effective method of adding the new

term to document references already in the

data base.

If the new term occurs in the title, or

title and abstract, of any existing record, the record becomes a candidate

for major term assignment. If the term

occurs in the abstract only, it is a

candidate for minor term assignment.

We look for variations of the term, not

just for an exact occurrence of the term.

For example, in checking for "numerical

data bases", we look for "numeric" and

"numerical", and "data bases" as one

and two words, for singular and plural

occurrences. All references containing

the term and its variant forms are listed

Register Your Contract

Register your NASA R&D contract with NASA

for added services. NASA contractors,

registered as such with NASA, are entitled to STAR, continuing bibliographies,

and NASA's c--u'Frentawareness announcement

notices (SCAN) free of charge. Unclassified unlimited-distribution NASA-funded

reports in the "X" accession series, nonNASA items in the "N" series that carry

an availability from NTIS, the National

Technical Information Service, and access

to NASA's online interactive information

system (NASA/RECON) are available on a

charge basis.

So get the help you deserve. Call or

write today for registration forms:

NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Facility

P. O. Box 8757

BWI Airport, MD 21240

Phone: (301) 859-5300, x153

with the computer assigned major/m_nor

designation. We review the listings,

make any changes via an online terminal,

and then execute a transaction that adds

the new term to all the records in which

it has been found.

Retrospective indexing is now an integral part of our procedure for intro"

ducing a new Thesaurus term. It is applied across the NASA data base, that is

for all files except the old file (the

G file). At this time we are retrospectively indexing records with new terms

only, that is those adopted after November 19, 1984.

Corporate Source

Searchable

A new searchable Corporate Source File

(file code CT) has been added to RECON.

This allows expansion and selection of

a Corporate Source without the code.

The format for these commands is:

NAME OPERAND EXAMPLES

I_]_P-J[ND(file code)/ ](-L_r-/A-BI_RDEEN

(index term) PROVING GROUND,

MD.

(file code)/ X CT/ABERDEEN

(index term) PROVING GROUND,

*(number pre- MD. "7"10

ceding)

*(number following)

(file code)/

(alias term)

X CT/NASA, GODDARD

SPACE FLIGHT

CENTER, GREENBELT,

MD

(file code)/

(alias term)

*(number preceding)

*(number following)

X CT/NASA, GODDARD

SPACE FLIGHT

CENTER, GREENBELT,

MD. "7"10

SELECT (file code)/

(index term)

S CT/ABERDEEN

PROVING GROUND, MD.

reference

numbers

S E07

S EO7-E09

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Training for NASA/RECON Evaluated

The Facility hosted a training session

September 25 and 26, just before the

Users Conference. Both Basic and Advanced sessions were given, 28 attended

Basic, 7 attended Advanced.

Several new approaches were tried for

these sessions.

• Attendees were assigned to tutorial

groups based on their experience

level, which was determined by their

responses on a skills questionnaire

completed at the beginning of the

session. People with comparable

levels of experience were grouped

together.

• Trainees appreciated having copies

of the viewgraphs.

A terminal with a projector or large

monitor would be a valuable addition

to the lectures.

• Brief searching guides (cheat sheets)

are needed.

We have applied some of the comments and

lessons we learned to the training

given in California in early November.

Some of these enhancements are:

• Minor reorder of the presentation to

be more logical.

• The amount of hands-on time in Basic

was increased 47 percent over the

amount scheduled in earlier sessions,

from 295 minutes to 435 minutes. The

Advanced group also had more hands-on

time.

• Some new and/or modified viewgraphs

added for greater clarity.

• All lecture and tutorial materials

have been bound into a workbook for

ease of use.

• The lectures were tightened up, and

the lecture time decreased from 375

minutes to 290 minutes, to allow for

the increased hands-on time. Major

points were covered during the lectures, with details covered during

the tutorials. Some new viewgraphs

were produced for increased clarity.

A detailed evaluation form was used,

asking for evaluations of lectures,

viewgraphs, tutorials, and the overall program. Those evaluations were

studied to determine improvements

needed in the training program.

Some of the thoughts expressed on the

evaluation forms were:

• Liked the balance of lecture and

hands-on time.

People attending Basic preferred

maximum of 4 per tutorial group and

appreciated the tutor rotation.

People attending Advanced felt

groups of 2-3 were best, and preferred to stay with the same tutor

for the whole session.

• Exercises have been added for all

tutorial sessions.

• The mix of lectures and hands-on

time has stayed the same.

• The evaluation form has been shortened some, but it is still detailed

since we want additional input for

further improvements to the Training

program.

Mars SP Published

ON MARS: EXPLORATION OF THE RED PLANET_

1958-1978, NASA SP-4212, has been published by the Scientific and Technical Information Branch and the NASA History Office.

Written by independent authors Edward

Ezell and Linda Ezell, this is a valuable

history of the Viking orbiter-lander project. The complex interactions of people,

organizations, and innovative technology

are examined in the context of the evolution of unmanned space exploration.

Copies may be obtained for $20.00 from the

Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government

Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

The GPO Stock Number is 033-000-00869-4.

It was announced in STAR 24 as N84-35248.

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Twenty Years of NASA/ESA Cooperation

Senior officials from NASA and the

European Space Agency (ESA) met recently to review the progress achieved in

the 20 years of collaboration in the exchange of publicly available scientific

and technical information (STI) and to

chart future steps in this joint endeavor.

This exchange has proven to be an

outstanding success. It has given

broad exposure to a large number of

NASA/ESA luncheon celebrates 20 years

of STI cooperation: Van A. Wente,

STIB Chief; Francis Roscian, ESA/ESRIN

Head; Philip A. Thibideau, STIB International Activities Manager; Marino

Saksida, ESA Information Retrieval

Service Head; and John Sakss, NASA's

International Affairs Division.

scientific and technical reports that

otherwise might have remained inaccessible and has made them available in

both the United States and Europe.

Over the years, the NASA/ESA relationship has evolved to fully reflect the

objectives of both parties and to

ensure that the cooperation remains

effective and mutually beneficial.

The NASA system is managed by its

Scientific and Technical Information

Branch. The ESA system is managed by

its Information Retrieval Service, installed at ESRIN (the former European

Space Research Institute, which is now

an ESA establishment located at Frascati, Italy).

RECON Bulletin and STI News isdistributedto estab,shed users to keep them informed about NASA's scientificand technical informationproductsand services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301)621-o30o

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Yvonne Turner at the above

address or telephone (301)621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202)453-2904.

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N/ SA STI-RECON Bulletin

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Report Number Authority File to be Established

The CENDI Group (NTIS, TIC Oak

Ridge, DTIC, and NASA/STIB) is

supporting the automation of a

master report number authority

file. NTIS has partially completed computer programming necessary to extract a machinereadable report number file from

the NTIS data base and mounted

the information onto a discreet

retrieval system. This file

will require extensive editing

to become an authoritative

file. However, once the editing

has been done, the file can be

used by all CENDI agencies, who

now maintain their own files,

mostly manual and frequently

inconsistent.

The file will contain the edited

report number formats for corporate sources issuing reports

processed by each of the four

CENDI agencies. The file will

initially be available as a

publication which may be endorsed by the Special Libraries

Association, and so be available

as a general reference tool for

the technical information community. The actual computerized

file will be made available

within a year to all CENDI agencies for retrieval and input

with update.

By having CENDI agencies using

this same data, report numbers

formats can be consistent among

all four agencies. Because the

information will also be available in machine form, each

agency will be in a position to

offer the information as a reference tool in paper and online,

for assistance in retrieval.

How Does NASA/RECON Work for You?

We have asked attendees at

the first annual NASA/RECON

Users Conference held last

September to tell us what

NASA/RECON does for them.

We would like to present the

same challenge to users who

did not have the opportunity

to attend the Conference.

How does NASA/RECON work for

librarians and other intermediaries? Major developments

are underway, and this feedback will assist us in bringing

them along in the right

direction.

A second challenge is to tell

us how it works for the end

user -- the scientist, engineer, manager, and administrator. What are they

getting out of the NASA information system? Please try

to make these benefits explicit, where possible, in dollars and cents. Such benefits

-- more rapid access, ability

to zero in on half a dozen

documents out of hundreds of

thousands, or elimination of

duplicative research -- should

be quantifiable. Increases

in R&D quality and productivity is another. All should

result in some measurable

benefits which only the user

can state. Your help in finding

these answers will contribute to

our quest for system improvements.
Management Operations Group Formed

NASA/RECON Management Operations Working Group has been established to assist in

the implementation of NASA/RECON improvements. If you have any suggestions or

items of interest, you may want to discuss them with a member of the Working

Group:

Ms. Sharon Balius

Asst. Head,

Engineering Libraries

University of Michigan

312 UGL Building

Ann Arbor, MI 48029

(313) 764-7494

Ms. Beth Easter

Aeronautics & Astronautics

Librarian

Mass. Institute of Tech.

Room 33-316

Cambridge, MA 02139

(617) 253-5666

Ms. Carol Sterkin

Technical Information

Specialist

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

4800 Oak Grove Dr.

Pasadena, CA 91109

(818) 354-6911

Ms. Eleanor Burdette

Systems Support Officer

NASA/Scientific &

Technical Library

Mail Code NHS-4

NASA Headquarters

Washington, DC 20546

(202) 453-8545

_h'. Dickie Deel

Assistant Director

Kerr Industrial

Applications Center

Station A Box 2584

Durant, OK 74701

(405) 924-6822

Ms. Joan Dexter

Senior Librarian

Raytheon Company

Equipment Division

528 Boston Post Road

Sudbury, MA 01776

(617) 443-9521 Ext. 2282

Dr. Wayne Dominique

U. S. L.

CMPS Box 4-4330

LaFayette, LA 70504

(318) 231-6308

Ms. Lynn Heer

Florida STAC

University of Florida

307 Well Hall

Gainesville, FL 32611

Dr. Marie Kiely

Mail Code HA-40

Nat'l Space Technology

Laboratories

NSTL Station, MS 39529

(601) 68;3-1660

Mr. James L. Raney

Head, Special Systems Section

NASA/JSC/FD

Houston, TX 77058

FTS-525-4788 (713) 483-4788

Ms. Jane T. Riddle

Reference Librarian

NASA/GSFC Lib-252

Greenbelt, MD 20771

(301) 344-6152 or 7218

Ms. Sue Seward

Technical Information

Specialist

NASA, LaRC

Tech. Lib MS185

Hampton, VA 23602

(804) 865-2637

Ms. Valerie Tucci

Manager, Information

Services

Air Products & Chemicals

Box 538

Allentown PA 18105

Mr. Buford L. Smith,

Chairman

Head, Systems and Retrieval

Section

NASA Headquarters NIT-2

Washington, DC 20546

(202) 453-2904

Mr. John H. Wilson,

Ex-officio

Technical Information

Specialist

NASA Headquarters NIT-2

Washington, DC 20546

(202) 453-2904

Ms. Mary A. Huffer,

Ex-officio

Manager, RECON and Library

Services

NASA STI Facility

P. O. Box 8757

BWI Airport, MD 21240

(301) 859-5300 Ext. 202

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NASA STI-RECON Bulletin & Tech Info News

(Issues for January, February, March, April/May,

June/July, August/September/October, November/December

TERM ISSUE PAGE

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-AAerospace Research Information Network (ARIN),

formerly referred to as Integrated Library System

(ILS)

"Antarctic Sea Ice Atlas Special Publication Issued"

"ARIN Steering Committee Meets"

"Automatic Document Distribution Service"

"Aviation Fuel Economy"

Mar

Apr/May

June/July

Jan

June/July

Jan

Apr/May

3

3

2

3

2

2

2

"BROWSE: New Command"

-BJune/July

-C-

"Call for Suggestions: User Group Starts Up"

CENDI (Commerce, Energy, NASA, and Defense

Information)

"CENDI to Assist R&D Productivity"

Commands

BROWSE

HELP

Corporate Author Authority List

l"Corporate Source Searchable"

"Correction: Project Monitor Review"

"Current Awareness Review: Focus on SCAN"

June/July

Jan

Feb

June/July

Aug/Sep/Oct

Feb

June/July

Aug/Sep/Oct

Aug/Sep/Oct

Jan

Nov/Dec

Feb

Apr/May

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3

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-DDIALOG

"Directory of Numerical Databases Search Strategy"

"Document Deposit Accounts Available"

Aug/Sep/Oct

Jan

Jan

2

2

3

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European Space Agency

"European Space Agency's Bond with NASA"

Feb

June/July

Nov/Dec

June/July

4

4

4

4

-F-

"Family of RECON User Documentation Announced"

"First NASA/RECON User's Conference a Success"

"Foreign Exchange Program"

Mar

Nov/Dec

Feb

1

I

4

-H-

"Heat Capacity Mappin 9 Mission (HCMM) Anthology" Feb

-I-

"Important: Don't Forget--Disconnect Telenet"

"Integrated Library System Visits in Progress"

"Inter-Agency Cooperation"

"International CENDI Working Group Formed"

Jan

Apr/May

Jan

Aug/Sep/Oct

2

3

3

4

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Lexical Dictionary

"Lexical Dictionary Developed at STI Facility"

Feb

Aug/Sep/Oct

Feb

2

2

2

"Mars SP Published"

-MNov/Dec 3

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TERM ISSUE PAGE

-N-

"NASA Lexical Dictionary Publication to Press"

"NASA/RECON Aids Small Business Innovative Research"

"NASA/RECON Hours Extended"

"NASA/RECON Network of Users"

"NASA/RECON Training: New Session Scheduled"

"NASA STI Conference: Focus on Publications

"New Equipment and Procedures at AIAA/TIS"

"New HELP Messages"

Aug/Sep/Oct

Feb

June/July

Apr/May

Jan

Jan

March

Aug/Sep/Oct

2

2

2

4

2

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4

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"Password Control for UTS-400 Users"

Photography Index

Aug/Sep/Oct

Jan

I

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-R-

"RECON Operating Notes"

"References of Interest"

"Register Your Contract"

"Requirements Analysis Underway for NASA Integrated

Library System"

"Retrospection Indexing for New Terms"

Aug/Sep/Oct

Jan

Nov/Dec

Mar

Nov/Dec

2

4

2

2

2

-SSCAN

"Soviet Aeronautics Bibliography Planned"

"Space Nuclear Power Program Supported by CENDI"

Special Publications

Antarctic Sea Ice Atlas) 1973-1976: Satellite

Passive - Microwave Observations (NASA-SP-45g)

Fuel Economy in Aviation (NASA-SP-462)

Yhe Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM)

Anthology (NASA-SP-465)

Lon 9 Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF):

Mission I Experiments (NASA-SP-473)

On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet

(NASA-SP-4212)

Feb

Apr/May

June/July

June/July

Jan

Apr/May

Feb

June/July

Nov/Dec

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The Star Splitters: The High-Energy

Astronom_ Observatories (NASA-SP-466)

Stellar Atmospheric Structural Patterns

(NASA-SP-471)

"STAR/IAA on DIALOG"

"Symbols Return to SCAN"

-TTelecommunications Problems

Telenet

"Text Searching on Imbedded Punctuation"

"Thesaurus Supplement Published"

"Three New Special Publications Announced"

"Training for NASA/RECON Evaluated"

"Twenty Years of NASA/ESA Cooperation"

June/July

June/July

Aug/Sep/Oct

Feb

Aug/Sep/Oct

Jan

Feb

June/July

June/July

Nov/Dec

Nov/Dec

3

2

3

3

3

3

4

"Update on BROWSE"

User Documentation

User Group

"User Reference Manual Is on Its Way"

-UAug/Sep/Oct

Mar

Aug/Sep/Oct

June/July

Nov/Dec

Aug/Sep/Oct

"Value of S&T Documentation"

-.V -

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CCriss-Cross Directory

Now Available

The Aerospace Division of the

Special Libraries Association has

issued a cross-reference listing of

NASA report accession numbers and

Department of Defense report

accession numbers. The period

covered is 1962-1978. It is of use

to special librarians in the aerospace industry, and provides more

rapid access to reports for scientists and engineers working for

organizations having both NASA and

DOD projects. Entitled The CrissCross Directory of NASA "N Numbers"

and DOD "AD Numbers", the listing

costs $20.00.

Send your order to:

George Mandel

NASA Lewis Research Center

2100 Brookpark Road

Cleveland, OH 44135

The check should be made out to Aerospace Division/SLA.

New Guidelines for

Document Availability

NMI 2230.1B entitled NASA

Scientific and Technica-"al--Document

Availability Authorization was

issued December 24, 1984.

Its purpose is to establish policies, procedures, and responsibilities for the authorization process

to assure appropriate distribution,

bibliographic processing, and announcement of availability of NASA

sponsored or authorized documents

that contain NASA developed or

supported scientific and technical

information.

NASA's Scientific and Technical

Information Branch is the responsible office, and is working with

document originators in carrying

out the NMI provisions. Questions

may be directed to C. W. Hargrave,

NASA STIB/NIT-4, telephone

202-453-2912 or FTS 453-2912.

Users Reference Manual

To Be Reviewed

The first task that the NASA/

RECON Management Operations

Working Group has been asked to

undertake is to critique and prepare a report on the just-issued

NASA/RECON Users Reference Manual.

Valerie Tucci has agreed to coordinate this report. The Manual

will be reviewed as a self-contained reference book for users, and as

one of the set of guides to be

issued. These include, besides

the Manual:

• A Primer (or User Introduction) for the beginner.

Pocket Guides--one for the

D collection and another

for NALNET.

• Expert Users Handbook--

compact and portable, perhaps pocket size.

It is planned to develop a closer coordination between the users

guides and training material.

Being considered is incorporating training materials into the

guides and the guides into the

training materials. A future

development of users and training guides may be the preparation

of videotapes. Projects are

underway to put training and

users materials online on NASA/

RECON. Consideration will be

given to putting them on cassettes

for PC's or even -- although a

little early yet -- on video disc.

A NASA/RECON enhancement project now underway will include

tutorial materials online.

Please send your comments and

suggestions to:

Valerie Tucci

Air Products and Chemicals

Box 538

Allentown, PA 18105

(215) 481-7292

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Tool for Managers Now Available

For several months, a new file

entitled "Managers" has been

available on NASA/RECON. "Managers" contains citations and

abstracts selected from current

additions to the data base that

appear to be of interest to

managers and administrators

at Headquarters, the Centers,

and on NASA contracts. If we are

to continue making the file

available, we need to know that

it is being used. Also, if you

have suggestions for topics that

might be included, let us know.

(After logging on, if you

have a dial-in terminal)

Command: BB space D

Q EX MANAGERS(NAHQ)

(Program will execute

in about 10 seconds)

(Completion of

execution indicated

by: END SEQUENCES

MANAGERS EXECUTION)

If you haven't previously accessed "Managers", here is how

you do it:

RECONBulletIn andSTINews isdistributedtoastab,shed users to keep them informed about NASA'B scientific and technical informationproducts and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301)621-0300

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Yvonne Turner at the above

address or telephone (301)621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202H53-2904.

Detach label with Instructions for address or distribution

change and mail to: ATTN: Distribution and Support ServicesDivision, STIF.

Command: D space 1 (first

item will be dlsplayed)

D (second item will

be displayed)

D (third item will

be displayed)

Etc.

Comments on usage or suggestions

for content should be directed to

John Wilson, NASA STIB/NIT-2,

telephone 202-453-2933 or FTS

453-2933.

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Space Administration

Scientific and Technical

Information Branch

STI-RECON Bulletin

& Tech Info News

MARCH/APRIL/MAY 1985

ARIN Project Enters Implementation Phase

Study and development of Functional

Specifications for the NASA Aerospace Research Information Network

(ARIN) was completed late last year.

Phase Two of the project began in

December as plans were made for

implementation.

Identification and Evaluation of

Candidate Software Packages

The completed requirements study

analyzed and matched the needs of

NASA and NASA-affiliated libraries

against available ILS packages on

the market.

Task Force Established

An ARIN Task Force was established

at the STI Facility in December.

The group is charged with coordinating activities of selecting and

obtaining software, database conversion, and implementing a prototype

of the cataloging and online catalog

modules for demonstration at the

Facility in September.

Prototype Planned

The goal is an operational demonstration in September, 1985 of the

ARIN prototype cataloging and online

catalog modules. Tasks to be

accomplished during this phase

include: identification, evaluation,

and acquisition of the selected

system; database conversion; and the

Facility installation and demonstration of the ARIN prototype.

Mark Your Calendars

Plans are now underway for the NASA

RECON Users Meeting 1985 to be held at

the Twin Bridges Marriott Hotel,

Washington, DC, September 19 & 20,

1985. Details will follow. If you

need additional information before you

receive details, feel free to contact

John Wilson, NIT-2, (202) 453-2904 or

Mary Huffer, STIF, (301) 621-0202.

An evaluation subcommittee comprised

of functional library personnel from

several NASA libraries met to evaluate

applicable candidate systems during

January and February. Opportunity for

subcommittee members to work on the

systems was provided. Each of the

systems was scored on a worksheet

designed by the STI Facility staff.

The results of the evaluation were

the basis for the system selection

recommendation.

Acquisition of the Selected System

and Installation at the Facility

Based on the recommendation, NASA has

initiated procurement of the selected

system. Delivery and installation is

expected at the Facility in early summer.

Demonstration of Prototype System

In September 1985, the vendorsupplied access catalog module of ARIN

will be operational at the Facility.

Draft user implementation and training

manuals will be available for examination and discussion; the final form

of these training and installation

documents will incorporate changes

dictated by problems encountered and

resolved in the implementation and

staff trials, making the system fully

transportable to each Center library.

A final schedule of Center implementation will finalize this stage of ARIN.
Novice RECON Now Available

The NASA/RECON tutorial is now online anytime during operations. It

was developed primarily for beginners,

but can also be used by experienced

searchers as a refresher or for help

with a particular aspect of RECON

searching. Simply enter TUTOR, hit

CR (or TRANSMIT), and follow instructions.

The tutorial may be easily entered

into, paged through, forward and

backwards, or exited. The following

is a summary of the RECON Tutorial

Commands. These commands may be used

anytime during the tutorial session:

CR to display the next screen

to display the previous

screen

S to go to the next subtopic

N to go to the next main

topic

M to display the main menu

EXIT to end the tutorial and

return to your RECON

search

After reading the introduction, or

after asking for the MENU, one can

select any of these topics by selecting the numeric code:

Code Topic

0 Introduction

1 Beginning a Search

2 Searches

3 Displays

4 Set Manipulation

5 Status Checking

6 Offline Requests

7 Ending a Search

8 User Aids

9 Glossary

Another aspect of the tutorial is

SAMPLES, showing examples of different types of searches. This can be

entered at any time after you begin

your search, except during the tutorial, by entering SAMPLES.

Below is the menu and some of the

text of the Author search sample:

ENTER: SAMPLE

IDENTIFIED BELOW ARE SEARCHES THAT

MAY BE EXECUTED ON MOST RECON FILE

COLLECTIONS:

CODE INDEX

1 SUBJECT TERM

2 AUTHOR

3 REPORT NUMBER

4 CONTRACT NUMBER

5 CORPORATE SOURCE

6 CORPORATE SOURCE TEXT

7 TEXT

8 DCAF NUMBER

TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THESE SEARCHES

CHOOSE THE ONE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN

AND ENTER THE CODE AND CR . PRESS

CR WITHOUT ACOMMAND TO BYPASS

EXAMPLES AND RETURN TO RECON. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND WHILE

USING RECON BY ENTERING A HELP COMMAND.

ENTER: 2

AUTHOR SEARCH

THE INDEX MNEMONIC (AU) IS VALID FOR

ALL FILE COLLECTIONS EXCEPT F, L, AND

M.

ENTER: EXPAND AU/COSEL, R.

REF

E04

EO5

E06

E07

E08

E09

DESCRIPTOR IP OCC

AU/COSDEN, I.H.---N 16 _

AU/COSE, D. A.- .... N 1

AU/COSEL, R. 0

AU/COSEL, R.M.----N 12

AU/COSELL, L.- ..... N 3

AU/COSELL, .K.- .... N 1

Page 2
ENTER: SELECT E7

14 12 12 AU/COSEL, R. M.

ENTER: DISPLAY 14/2

DISPLAY 14/2/1

77A15407 ISSUE 4 PAGE 520

UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENT

UTTL: LIGHTNING SIMULATION TEST OF COM

AUTH: A/REVEY, A.W. JR.; B/COSEL, R.M.;

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MELBOURN

RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MIAMI, FLA.)

ENTER: COMBINE 14+13

15 17 17 14+13

ENTER:

Another enhancement is the addition of

NO HELP and BEGINNER experience levels:

N --- "NO HELP", the user will not

receive the specific error

message just "INVALID COMMANDNO HELP SPECIFIED" will be

displayed on the terminal.

E --- "EXPERT", the user will receive a short description of

the error encountered.

I --- "INTERMEDIATE", the user will

receive the above information

along with additional text

describing the error.

B --- "BEGINNER", the user will

receive the intermediate

message along with suggestions

for possible corrections.

An expanded BEGIN format has been instituted to allow searches to specify

file collection, experience level,

and password all in one step and bypass the multiple begin prompts, e.g.,

BEGIN BYPASS D/B/PASSWORD. The format is (command code) (file collection

code)/(experience level)/password.

More details on this are included in

the "Beginning a Search" part of the

tutorial.

Search Numeric Words

on Book File

As of March 18, numeric words on the

NALNET Books File, File Collection F,

are text searchable. The terms 1979,

1984, 33RD, 747, etc., are contained

in the LT inverted file and may be

searched in the same manner as on

File Collection D. For example, if

you SELECT:

S TTL/SPACE 2000

you will have one hit: 83V27774.

If you SELECT:

S TTL/JANE *9 1984

you will get seven hits including

84V62817, "Jane's All The World's

Aircraft, 1984-1985."

Please experiment with this new capability and let us know what you think

about it.

Enhancing Contract

Access

The Research and Development Contract Search (R&DCS) file available

on NASA/RECON (K-IO,O00 series) is

being increasingly used by managers

and administrators concerned with

NASA's ongoing research program.

Through coordination with NASA

contract monitors, we are trying

to assure that all active R&D

contracts are included in the file.

Old contracts are not deleted,

giving the searcher the opportunity

to trace a history of contracts in

certain areas. Use in conjunction

with the Research and Technology

Objectives and Plans (RTOP'_) file

(W-IO,O00 series), which contains

overview statements of funded projects, helps provideadministrative

history.

If users know of contracts not in

the contracts file, please send

us descriptions of the project

and if they qualify, they will be

entered into the file. Descriptions

can be sent to NASA Headquarters/

NIT-4.

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Foreign Technology

Country of Intellectual origtn indexes

have seen successfully tested in

Aeronautical Engineering (NASA SP-7037)

and Aerospace Medicine and Biology

(NASA SP-7011). These wil1 be tncluded

as regular features in these and three

other publications: Earth Resources

(NASA SP-7041), Technology for Large

Space Systems (NASA SP-70_6), and

Management (NASA SP-7500).

By scanning these indexes, US researchers and engineers can learn of

work done in other countries and use

it to their own advantage. If users

find the indexes helpful, or want to

suggest improvements, we would be

hapw to hear about tt. Contact

John Wilson, NASA Headquarters, Code

NIT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

453-2904.

Regarding interest in foreign technology, Soviet Aeronautics was

published March 18.

Sister volumes, Current European

Aeronautics and Japanese Science and

Technology, are now being developed

at the STI Facility.

POSTMASTER: If Undeliverable (Sec;_n ISS

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2000 NASA/RECON

Users Estimated

NASA/RECON online bibliographical

system has more than 400 active

passwords issued for access via

hardwtre and dial-up teminals.

While passwords are usually

restricted to one site, several

users may use one temtnal, and more

than one teminal may use the same

password. A recent survey of NASA/

RECON users Indicates as high as 25

users for some passwords, where, for

instance, library patrons are

encouraged to access NASA/RECON

themselves. The average is four to

five. So there are probably at

least 2,000 people accessing the

system on a fairly regular basis.

RECON Bulletin and STI News isdistributedtoastab,shed users to keep them informed about NASA's scientific and technical information products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Yvonne Turner at the above

address or telephone (301)621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202)453-2904.

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Sclentlflc and Technical

Information Branch JUNE/JULY/AUGUST 1985

1985 NASA/RECON Users Conference in September

An exciting and informative NASA/

RECON Users Conference, NASA/RECON

clinic and training sessions are planned for

the week of September 16-20, 1985, at the

Twin Bridges Marriott, Washington, D.C. The

five-day agenda includes something of interest for all NASA/RECON users.

NASA/RECON Users Conference

The NASA/RECON Users Conference,

September 19th and 20th, completes the

week with two days of sessions geared to enhance your knowledge of NASA/RECON.

Highlights of the Users Conference include:

• NASNRECON hardware and software

refresher and updates

• Users aids

• New technology

• New and updated files

• Special projects

• Added search features

• Plus, guest speaker:

Kathryn Thornton, Astronaut

A $100 registration fee includes:

• Two-day Users Conference

• Meeting supplies

• Banquet (Thursday evening)

• Two luncheons

• Morning and afternoon coffee

Training Sessions

. Two-day training sessions with emphasis

on hands-on terminal experience are planned

for Monday and Tuesday, September 16th

and 17th. A $50 registration fee includes:

• Two-day training sessions

• Training materials

• Two lunches

• Morning and afternoon coffee

NASA/RECON Clinic

An all day clinic on search techniques is

offered FREE, September 18th, to all NASA/

RECON users registered for the training sessions or the Users Conference. NASA/

RECON search analysts will be available for

informal and general group sessions and individual work and consultation sessions.

Again, the emphasis is on a hands-on

approach.

Information and registration forms have

been sent to al/ NASAJRECON users. Get

your registration in now.

For additional information, contact John

Wilson, NIT-2 (202) 453-2904 or Mary Huffer,

STI Facility, (301) 621-0202.

Expanded Document

Ordering Service

The document ordering service has been

expanded to provide greater access to the

vast collection of NASA sponsored and nonNASA sponsored documents available at the

NASA STI Facility.

Documents now may be ordered in

paper copy or microfiche form online through

the NASA/RECON ORDER command or

offline by telephone or letter request to the

NASA STI Facility. Expanded document services include:

• NASA-sponsored documents in the "A",

"N" and "X" series available to registered

NASA contractors, U.S. Government agencies, and U.S. Government contractors.

• Non-NASA sponsored documents in the

"A" and "N" series available to registered

NASA contractors.
Special Publications

Brief descriptions of Special Publications recently published by the Scientific and Technical

Information Branch follow. Copies are available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, D.C. 20420 or from the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The appropriate price and order number are

given with the description.

The Cosmic History of the Biogenic Elements

and Compounds (NASA SP-476), published

in conjunction with the Ames Research Center, is a report of the Study Group on the Cosmic History of the Biogenic Elements and

Compounds. Scientists from diverse disciplines consider the physical and chemical

development of these elements, essential to

all life, from their origins in stars to the building blocks of planets.

Price: $3.50

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00948-8

On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden,

1946-1981 (NASA SP-4303) was written by

Richard P. Hallion. This illustrated volume

emphasizes flight testing, flight research aircraft, and interaction with the military services

within the context of an emerging supersonic

flight technology from 1944 to 1959. This

book shows how Dryden's many activities,

beginning with the operation of experimental

aircraft in the upper atmosphere, supported

the space flight program.

Price: $15.00

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00893-7

Supersonic Cruise Technology (NASA SP472), published in conjunction with the Office

of Aeronautics and Space Technology,

covers the history and status of supersonic

cruise research. Critical technology issues

and research findings are presented in nontechnical language. The author, F. Edward

McLean, was involved in this research for 30

years at Langley Research Center.

Price: $6.50

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00844-5

Planetary Geology in the 1980s (NASA SP467), published in conjunction with the Office

of Space Science and Applications, discusses the geologic aspects of solar system

studies by showing how geologic data are related to space science in general and by defining the goals of planetary geology and the

methods of meeting these goals. The report

is restricted to the experiments and observations made through unmanned missions. It

was authored by Joseph Veverka of Cornell

University and is largely based on the reporting of the Planetary Geology Working Group.

Price: $19.00

NTIS Order Number: 85N23457

The Impact of Science on Society (NASA SP482) presents a series of public lectures

given at the College of William and Mary as

part of NASA's 25th anniversary in 1983. This

book considers how science and technology

have affected society from the time of the first

significant scientific invention to that of expected future scientific advances.

The lectures were given by British historian James Burke, ABC-TV science editor

and reporter Jules Bergman, and scientist

and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.

Price: $4.50

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00943-7

Planetary Cartography in the Next Decade

(NASA SP-475), published in conjunction

with the Office of Space Science and Applications, assesses cartographic products required to support space scientists and future

planetary exploration. This book includes

samples of three major types of maps: controlled photomosaics, shaded relief maps,

and topographic contour maps.

It was authored by the Planetary Cartography Working Group chaired by Robert G.

Strom of the University of Arizona.

Price: $11.50.

NTIS Order Number: 85N22323

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College Online _

ourses to be Tested

A training grant is being issued to Southern University in Baton Rouge, and University

of Southwestern Louisiana to complete development and to initiate testing and evaluation of a set of transportable, college-level

courses to educate science and engineering

students in the effective use of automated

scientific and technical information storage

and retrieval systems, and, in particular, in

the use of the NASA/RECON system. This

grant includes a comprehensive plan for the

widespread distribution of the developed

educational programs to colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Concentrated hands-on training will be

given in six regional seminars. These seminars will be held at Southern University, University of Southwestern Louisiana, and at the

historically black colleges and universities

that apply for access to NASA/RECON. Representatives of other historically black colleges and universities will be invited to the

seminars to learn to use NASA/RECON.

Those attending will carry back to their own

institutions a wide range of instruction materials which will then serve as a basis on which

to initiate further training at their own and

other institutions.

A full-semester course in the use of the

NASA/RECON online bibliographic database

will be instituted, probably at Southern University, or the University of Southwestern

Louisiana, or both, with access by students

to terminals for online training.

Personnel Changes

Charles T. Simonds has been designated

Head, NIT-2, Systems and Retrieval Section,

NASA Scientific and Technical Information

Branch. NIT-2 is responsible for software and

hardware for NASA STI, and for database

products and services, including NASA/

RECON.

Former NIT-2 Head, Buford L. Smith, has

become Chief, NASA Headquarters ADP and

Technical Service Branch.

NASA/RECON Update

DISPLAY

A DISPLAY in FORMAT 4 fills the video

screen with accession numbers and other

elements without a separation or a line break.

Now it is possible to insert a line break by

adding a final semicolon in a SPECIFY FORMAT command, e.g., SF ACC, UTL;. Two

semicolons yields a two-line break; use up to

five semicolons for a five-line break.

PAGE

To page foreward it is no longer required

to enter PAGE or P. Simply hit the XMIT or

RETURN when a display requires more than

one page or MORE appears at the bottom

of the screen.

Book Data Now in CFPS

The Combined File Postings Statistics

(CFPS) now provides data on the use of

NASA Thesaurus subject terms for NASAheld books in the NALNET book file. CFPS

tabulates the number of postings to each

Thesaurus term in the entire NASA/RECON

database from 1968 on. The addition of the

NALNET data makes CFPS a more useful

search aid. The NALNET data first appeared

in the July 1985 issue of CFPS.

NASA/RECON Hourly

Charges to Increase

New charges for NASA/RECON go

into effect October 1, 1985.

Administrative charge ......... $60.00/yr

Connect charge ..................... 24.00/hr

Telenet connect charge ........ 13.00/hr

Training ........................... 50.00/person

Citation charge ................... 05/citation

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SCAN User Charge

July 1, 1985, NASA instituted a charge for

new users of its Selected Current Aerospace

Notices (SCAN). An interim price schedule

has been established:

One set

(all SCAN topics---186) ......... $350.00/yr

Extra sets

(all SCAN topics---186) ........... 175.00/yr

Selected SCAN topics

each topic .................................. 50.00/yr

Selected SCAN topics

extra copy per topic ................. 25.00/yr

The same charges go into effect for current SCAN users on October 1, 1985. This interim price schedule is subject to change

after December 31, 1985.

There is no charge for the NASA/SCAN

service to organizations registered with

NASA as NASA R&D contractors or university

libraries. For additional information contact

C.W. Hargrave, NIT-4 (202) 453-2904 or Joe

Gignac, STI Facility (301) 621-0160.

RMS Associates Wins

STI Facility Contract

RMS Associates, Landover, Maryland has

been awarded the contract for the operation

and maintenance of the NASA Scientific and

Technical Information (STI) Facility. The contract commenced July 1, 1985.

NASA STI products and services will continue as currently scheduled.

Aerospace Database

on DIALOG

The initial section of the Aerospace

Database is now accessible through DIALOG

as File 108. It contains over 75,000 STAR and

IAA items from 1984 through current. The

complete file back through the early 1960's

of over 1.3 million items is expected to be up

by late August.

Mead Data Central has also signed a

contract to make the Aerospace Database

available. It is expected that 1980 through

current will be up by late summer.

RECON Bulletin and STI News is distributedto

established users to keep them informed about NASA's

scientific and technical information products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. AJrport, Md. 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions, matedal to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202) 453-2904.

Detach label with instructions for address or distribution

change and mail to: An'N: Distribution and Support Services Division, NASA STI Facility.
National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Scientific and Technical

Information Branch

STI-RECON Bulletin

& Tech Info News

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1985

Highlights of Second NASA/RECON Users Conference

Nearly 150 people attended the second NASA/

RECON Users Conference at the Marriott Twin

Bridges hotel in Washington D.C. on September 19

and 20. Sponsored by the NASA Scientific and

Technical Information Branch, the conference was

a great success and lived up to its aim of informing

users how they could get the most from NASA/

RECON.

In keeping with the conference theme of "making

RECON work for you" users were updated on new

and improved RECON features and plans for new

databases. Announcement that a start has been

made on the long-awaited NACA file was greeted

enthusiastically. Especially popular were the tutorials aimed at assisting users to zero in on the

wealth of information contained in the NASA STI

database.

The year-old NASA/RECON Management Operations Working Group, representing a cross-section

of users, addressed in a panel discussion different

approaches to working with RECON. The group was

established to work with other users and to assist

STIB in planning major improvements in NASA/

RECON.

Many users took the opportunity to attend the NASN

RECON clinic on the Wednesday preceding the

conference. Expert RECON searchers were on hand

to help resolve individual problems. The eight terminals provided for demonstration and hands-on practice were in use throughout the Week. A highlight

of the two-day training session on Monday and

Tuesday was the introduction of a projection monitor

which enables a large number of people to watch

a live terminal demonstration.

Julie Virgo, president-elect of the American Society

for Information Science, drew parallels between the

challenges facing ASIS and those facing NASA/

RECON users. Both need to embrace and capitalize

on the changing envrionment. As access to space

becomes commercialized, more people will need

access to the NASA STI database and space related information.

Ike Gillam, Assistant Administrator for Commercial

Programs, explained how space activities now embrace both people and companies who were not

traditionally associated with space. Today's thrust is

towards exploitation, not exploration. As information

professionals, we must meet the challenges of serving the needs of this expanding community. And finally, astronaut Kathryn Thornton relayed to us in

person the excitement of being part of the space

age.

NASA/RECON

Training Program

The NASA/RECON training program for 1985/1986

includes five two-day basic training sessions and

three one-day advanced training sessions. The first

basic training session was held on September 16

& 17 in conjunction with the NASA/RECON Users

Conference; the first advanced training session was

held on October 17 at the NASA STI Facility. The

ongoing hot-line telephone service will continue.

This service assists the user with specific, on-thespot, search problems on an as-needed basis. The

training sessions, to be held in-house at the NASA

STI Facility, are scheduled as follows:

Basic Training Advanced Training

November 19 & 20 February 13

January 22 & 23 April 17

March 18 & 19

May 20 & 21

NASA/RECON Hot-Lines

(301) 621-0300 (hardware and communications)

(301) 621-0157 (searching)

For more information, contact Janice Freeman at the

NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0101.
Search Hints is5 ;s I

The data elements Journal Title and ISSN are embedded in the IAA Notes Field. Beginning with accessions

in mid-1983_-',,_-e¢_ text searchable. Through a combination of a search on each of these fields and

the Specify Format option it is possible to produce a listing of titles by the Journal Title in the IAA Notes Field.

A sample search follows.

Journal Title

Search the Journal Title field using the mnemonic

JTL. Search the exact title in single quotes as a

phrase search, or expand the key words of the title

and select the appropriate E number after each expansion. Finally combine all sets.

ENTER: S JTL/'AEROSPACE AMERICA'

1 170 JTL/AEROSPACE ° + 1 AMERICA

ENTER: X JTL/AEROSPACE'I"

EXPAND JTUAEROSPACE

REF DESCRIPTOR TP

E01 JTL/AEROS B

E02 -JTL/AEROSPACE B

E03 JTL/AEROSPATIALE B

E24 JTL/AMBIENT B

E25 JTIJAMERICA B

E26 JTL/AMERICAN B

ENTER: S E2

2 464 464 JTL/AEROSPACE

ENTER: S E25 *

3 585 585 JTIJ_ _ I"1E_ICAI

ENTER: C 2"3

4 170 340 2*3

occ TS

1 0

464 0

6O 0

1 0

585 0

405 0

ISSN

Search the ISSN field using the mnemonic ISN

Select the exact number or expand the number.

Select the appropriate E number.

ENTER: S ISN/ISSN 0740-722X

5 170 170 ISN/ISSN 0740-722X

ENTER: X ISN/ISSN 0740-722X'1

EXPAND ISN/ISSN 0740-722X

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC TS

E01 ISN/ISSN 0740-6797 N 6 0

E02 -ISN/ISSN 0740-722X N 170 0

E03 ISN/ISSN 0740-7467 N 3 0

E04 ISN/ISSN 0740-7475 N 3 0

ENTER: S E2

6 170 170 ISN/ISSN 0740-722X

IAA Notes Field

Enter SS to display the sets created so far. Enter

the Specify Format option. The mnemonic for the

Notes Field is NOT. Display a set informat 4.

ENTER: SS

SET REC. OCC. DESCRIPTION OF SET

1 170 170 JTL/AEROSPACE ° + 1 AME

2 464 464 JTL/AEROSPACE

3 585 585 JTI../AMERICA

4 170 340 2°3

5 170 170 ISN/ISSN 0740-722X

6 170 170 ISN/ISSN 0740-722X

Note: Sets 1, 4, 5 and 6 are identical

ENTER: SF A,U;NOT

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED.

ENTER: D 6/4

DISPLAY 06/4/1-11 OF 110

85A42897 UTTL: Supercruise for a STOL dogfighter

Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X), vol. 23, Aug. 1985,

p. 72-75.

85A42896 UTI'L: Avionics unreliability turns fighters into shop

queens

Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722_.X), vol. 23, Aug. 1985,

p. 68-70.

85A42895 UTTL: Avtek 400 - Light is right

Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X), vol. 23, Aug. 1985,

p. 62-64, 66.

85A42894 UTFL: Putting the 'super' in supercomputers

Aerospace America (ISSN 0740-722X), vol. 23, Aug. 1985,

p. 58-58, 6O.

NOTE: A listing of the periodicals scanned by AIAA

is available in the International Aerospace Abstracts

Annual Index, Part One.

Corporate Source File

The corporate source file is now searchable online.

The mnemonic is CT. The user can EXPAND and

SELECT a corporate source using the name or an

alias. A sample search follows.

ENTER: X CT/ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD.°I°I

EXPAND CT/ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND

REF DESCRIPTOR OCC TS

E01 CT/ABCOR, INC., WILMINGTON, MASS. 22 0

E02 -CT/ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD. 304 0

E03 CT/ABERDEEN RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT CENTER, ABERDEEN

PROVING GROUND, MD. 35 0

ENTER: S E2

1 304 304 CO/AA180509

ENTER: X CT/NASA. GODDARD'1 °3

EXPAND CT/NASA. GODDARD

REF DESCRIPTOR OCC TS

E01 CT/NASA. FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER,

EDWARDS, CALIF. 784 0

E02 -CT/NASA. GODDARD 0 0

E03 CT/NASA. GODDARD INST. FOR SPACE

STUDIES, NEW YORK 648 0

E04 CT/NASA. GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT

CENTER, ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. 11 0

E05 CT/NASA. GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT

CENTER, GREENBELT, MD. 17842 0

ENTER: S E3

2 648 648 CO/NC789443

NOTE: Corporate Source Authority List (CSAL) will

be available to users on/y on request. A notice w,_s

sent to all recipients with the last quarterly issue.

To receive the CSAL, return the notice to the NASA

STI Facility, or contact Tom Hanson (301) 621-0160.

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New Publications

Brief descriptions of new publications recently released by the Scientific and Technical Information Branch follow.

Copies are available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),

Washington, D.C. 20420 or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The

price and order number are given with the description.

Search for the Universal Ancestors (NASA SP-477).

A multidisciplinary approach is taken to the study

of the origins of life. Partial answers are given to

many questions about organic chemical evolution

and the origins of life. Gaps in understanding the

transition from the nonliving to the living are discussed.

Price: $3.75 85N32777

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-009-3-4

The Evolution of Complex and Higher Organisms

(NASA SP-478).

The relationships between evolutionary biology and

events in space are examined. The findings are then

extended to the study of the biogeography of Earth,

life on Earth, and extraterrestrial life.

Price: $8.50 85N32708

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00951-8

Living Aloft: Human Requirements for Extended

Spaceflight (NASA SP-483).

Human performance capabilities, psychological well

being, and social organization are examined as they

relate to extended spaceflight. Suggestions are offered for further research to ease the Earth to space

transition. Variables assessed include crew size,

crew diversity, and mission duration.

Price: $14.00 85N32772

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00949-6

The Global Sulfur Cycle (NASA TM-87570).

Aspects of the sulfur cycle through the living and

chemical species that inhabit the surface of the

Earth, examined by the Planetary Biology Microbial

Ecology's 1984 Summer Research Program, are discussed. Relationships between the global sulfur

cycle, the early evolution of the Earth and the biosphere, and current processes that affect global

habitability are stressed. Individual abstracts for

separate areas of research presented are available

on NASNRECON. See 85N32710-85N32748.

Price: $25.00 85N32710

NTIS Order Number: 85N32710

Far Travelers: The Exploring Machines

(NASA SP-480).

This book tells the story behind NASA's lunar and

planetary exploration program. This includes an account of the development of unmanned spacecraft

and their missions and of the outstanding engineering and scientific achievements of the era.

Price: $17.00

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00957-7

Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modem

Aircraft (NASA SP-468).

Subsonic aircraft configuration evolution and associated aerodynamics are traced from the beginning of World War I to the highly useful machine of

today. Innovative aircraft designs which shaped the

course of aeronautical development are described.

Price: $26.00 85N32089

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00951-8

Model Research: The National Advisory Committee

for Aeronautics, 1915-1958 (NASA SP-4103).

This institutional history traces the birth and evolution of NACA and analyzes such recurrent themes

as the roles of science and engineering, the influence of politics on technology, the contributions of

key individuals, the nature of the research process,

and the relations between military and civilian research programs, and publications. (2 volumes)

Price: $26.00

GPO Stock Number: 033-000-00-894-5

USSR Space Life Sciences Digest (NASA CR-3922).

This first issue of the bimonthly digest of USSR

Space Life Sciences includes abstracts for 49

Soviet periodical articles in 19 areas of aerospace

medicine and space biology published in Russian

during the first quarter of 1985. In addition, translated introductions and table of contents for nine

Russian books on topics related to NASA's life

science concerns are presented. This initial issue

concentrates on aerospace medicine and space

biology.

Price: $11.50 85N32709

NTIS Order Number: 85N32709

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus from January through July 1985 are listed. These terms have

been incorporated into the 1985 edition of the NASA Thesaurus scheduled for release in December 1985. The

terms are also available on NASNRECON. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron

Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

ASTRO MISSIONS

AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION

AVIATION PSYCHOLOGY

BEND TESTS

CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS

CARRIER LIFELIME

CHARGE INJECTION DEVICES

COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM

COMMERCE LAB

COMPUTER AIDED TOMOGRAPHY

COOL STARS

DAMKOHLER NUMBER

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS

DOUBLE STARS

F-20 AIRCRAFT

GRAVITROPISM

GREGORIAN ANTENNAS

HARMONIC CONTROL

HERMES MANNED SPACEPLANE

HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY

HOOP COLUMN ANTENNAS

INDONESIAN SPACE PROGRAM

INFRARED PHOTOMETRY

INJECTION LOCKING

INTERFERENCE IMMUNITY

ITALIAN SPACE PROGRAM

JOINT EUROPEAN TORUS

MANY ELECTRON EFFECTS

MISSING MASS (ASTROPHYSICS)

NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM"

NITROUS ACID

ORBITAL SPACE TESTS

PAYLOAD INTEGRATION

PHOTOACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY

PHOTOPHORESIS

PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATION

POSEIDON SATELLITE

POSITION SENSING

QUANTUM WELLS

SAGNAC EFFECT

SAUDI ARABIAN SPACE PROGRAM

SHUTTLE IMAGING RADAR

SINGLE EVENTS UPSETS

SOLID MECHANICS

SOVIET SATELLITES

SPACE ADAPTATION SYNDROME

SPACE INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITY

SPACE PSYCHOLOGY

SPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENT

SPACECRAFT TEMPERATURE

SPORTS MEDICINE

STATE ESTIMATION

STELLAR ORBITS

STELLAR PHYSICS

STORM SURGES

SUBDUCTION (GEOLOGY)

SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS

THREE DIMENSIONAL BODIES

UK SPACE PROGRAM

URANUS SATELLITES

VACUUM ARC SWITCHES

VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY

WORKSTATIONS

X RAY BINARIES

X-29 AIRCRAFT

ZOOM LENSES

RECON Bulletin and STI News is distributedto

established users to keep them informed about NASA's

scientific and technical information products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202) 453-2904.

Detach label with instructions for address or distribution

change and mall to: A'I-I'N: Distribution and Support Services Division, NASA STI Facility.
STI-RECON Bulletin

National Aeronautics and

Space Administration & Tech Info News

Scientific and Technical

Information Branch DECEMBER 1985

ESA and NASA Officials

Meet at NASA STI Facility

A recent visit by Ms. Irene Mader of ESA/IRS to NASA

Headquarters, the NASA STI Facility, and AIAA was

rated an overall success by all. The objectives of Ms.

Mader's visit were to review existing procedures, to

address any new procedural or policy changes, and

to enhance dialog between NASA and ESA in the varied areas of information processing and dissemination.

NASA/RECON Primer

By popular demand, the NASA STI Facility is developing a NASA/RECON Primer geared specifically to the

new or occasional user. The format will be such as

to encourage its use during strategy formulation and

while enacting a search on the system.

Not intended to be a self-tutorial, the Primer will provide a handy reference on more than just searching

concepts. This will distinguish it from the recently released NASA/RECON Basic Reference Guide.

The Primer will also cover some of the more frequent

communications problems users experience when

signing on and off of NASA/RECON. As an added feature, it is scheduled to depict set-ups for some of the

mo_t popular terminals operating in the NASA environment.

Charts and illustrations will comprise a major portion

of the Primer. The Facility proposes to show a

Database File Directory, and the Search and Specify

Format Mnemonics for File Collection D. The

mechanics of boolean logic and range searching will

also be graphically represented.

Another section of the Primer will briefly address the

logic behind developing a search strategy. It will also

cover the key points of good free text searching. The

major emphasis however, will be how to put RECON

commands together in a logical order.

A section will be devoted to the ORDER command.

Only those users who have established an order account with the Facility through their library or accounts department are eligible to use the ORDER

command.

No primer would be complete without a list of key

contacts and phone numbers related to communications and retrieval assistance for NASAJRECON.

Look for the Primer to be distributed sometime early

in 1986. Your comments are welcomed, contact Dian

Marincola at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0154.

New Name for

STI-RECON Bulletin

Due to interest recently expressed at the NASA STI

Managers Conference we are initiating a campaign to

rename the STI-RECON Bulletin. Your ideas are

needed. The new name should reflect the purpose of

the Bulletin, which is to inform users of NASA's STI

products, services, and activities. Forward suggestions

and comments to Jackie Streeks, NASA STI Facility,

Mail Code 500.

CENDI Publishes Revised

COSA TI Guidelines

Guidelines for Descriptive Cataloging of Reports, published by the CENDI Cataloging Committee, is a revision of the COSATI standard for descriptive cataloging

of technical reports. This revision was undertaken as

part of the cooperative effort to improve the productivity of Federal R&D through efficient and responsible

technical information programs. The Federal agencies

involved in this cooperative effort are the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Energy,

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,

and the U.S. Department of Defense.

The intent of the revised COSATI guidelines is to standardize descriptive cataloging entries. The rules presented govern the form of 17 essential cataloging data

elements for technical reports. These standardized

guidelines facilitate the exchange of bibliographic information among the Federal information processing

agencies. For more information contact Mike Streeks

at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0112.

Price: HC $16.95 MF $5.95

Available from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), Springfield, Va. 22161.
Stored Search Capabilities

Current Awareness Online

resubmitted by David Steere

Each month a search is stored in the ID43 library and

tagged with the name of the previous month, i.e.,

STOREOCT, STORENOV, etc. These stored searches

limit sets to the citations added to NASA/RECON during the named month. By executing any of these

stored searches it is possible to create personalized

current awareness searches online. To get a listing of

the stored searches in the ID 43 library:

ENTER:Q MEMBER(ID43)

A sample search follows.

It is most effective to LIMIT ALl the search or LIMIT

a specific set to the current year. After the search is

complete KEEP the desired set in set 99 and EXECUTE

the stored search.

ENTER:LA 85

LIMIT-ALL ACCEPTED 85

ENTER:S HALLEY'S COMET

1L 153 l $3 ST/HALLEY'S COMET

ENTER:S COMET TAILS

2L 43 43 ST/COMET TAILS

ENTER:C 1 +2

3L 177 177 1+2

ENTER:K 3

KEEP 3

ENTER:Q EXECUTE STOREOCT(ID43)

STOREOCT EXECUTION STARTS

END SEQUENCE STOREOCT EXECUTION

ENTER:ENTER:SS

OCC. DESCRIPTION OF SET

153 ST/HALLEY'S COMET

43 ST/COMET TAILS

SET REC.

1L 153

2L 43

3L 177 177 1+2

4L 2 2 )99/85/K110847-10891

SL 0 )99/85/X/76531-77317

6L 0 J99/85/X/10384-10392

7L 7 7 )99/85/A/43293-47054

8L 0 )991851NI74183-74577

9L 3 3 )99/BS/N/33104-35151

IOL 0 )99185NI21411-22002

This search has yielded 2 citations in the K series, 7

in the A series, and 3 in the N series. COMBINE the

sets created by the stored search to create a set of

the most recent additions to the database on the subject of interest.

ENTER:C 4-10/+

11L 12 12 4+5+6+7+8+9+10

Specify Format Options

--submitted by Carol Sterkin

The capability to specify a desired format for display

and printing of NASA/RECON citations is a unique

feature of NASA/RECON. In combination with the

Stored Search capability, useful Specify Format Options can be stored for instant availability and repeated use. Store as many Specify Format Options as

desired as long as each is stored with a unique name

or tag containing eight or less characters. A sample

Specify Format Option is stored and then executed on

set 11 L of the previous search.

ENTER:QUERY CREATE

BEGIN SEQUENCE CREATION

ENTER:SF ACC,UTL,AU,RN,NOT;

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED

ENTER:QUERY SAVE SFACCJMS

SEQUENCE SFACCJMS SAVED IN LIBRARY

ENTER:Q EXECUTE SFACCJMS

SFACCJMS EXECUTION STARTS

SFACCJMS: SF ACC,UTL,AU, RN,NOT;

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED.

END SEQUENCE SFACCJMS EXECUTION

ENTER:D 11/4

DISPLAY 11/4/1-6 OF 12

85A46709 U'I-fL: Light variations of Periodic Comet Halley

beyond 7 AUTH: A/SEKANINA, Z. Astronomy and Astrophysics

(ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 148, no. 2, July 1985, p. 299-308. NASAsupported research.

85A46675 UTTL: Predictions of the hydrogen Lyman alpha coma

of Comet Halley AUTH: A/MEIER, R.R.; B/KELLER, H.U. Icarus

(ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 62, June 1985, p. 521-537.

Now let's try a variation on this capability. Store a

Specify Format Option with the author in the first position. Then sort set 11L on AU, and execute the stored

search. Display the sorted set in Format 4 to obtain

a listing alphabetized by author.

ENTER:QUERY CREATE

BEGIN SEQUENCE CREATION

ENTER:SF AU ;ACC,FST,MUR,UTL,RN,NOT;

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED.

ENTER:QUERY SAVE SFAUTJMS

SEQUENCE SFAUTJMS SAVED IN LIBRARY

ENTER:SORT 111AU

12 12 12 SORT 0111AU/

ENTER:Q EXECUTE SFAUTJMS

SFAUTJMS EXECUTION STARTS

SFAUTJMS: SFAU;ACC,FST,MUR, UTL, RN, NOT;

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED.

END SEQUENCE SFAUTIMS EXECUTION

ENTER:ENTER:D 12/4

DISPLAY 12/4/1-5 OF 12

AUTH: NMEIER, R.R.; B/KELLER, H.U.

8SA46675 UTTL: Predictions of the hydrogen Lyman alpha coma

Comet Halley Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 62, June 1985,

p. 521-537.

AUTH: A/SEKANINA, Z.

85A46709 * UTTL: Light variations of Periodic Comet Halley

beyond 7 AU Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361 ), vol.

148, no. 2, July 1985, p. 299-308. NASA-supported research.

AUTH: A/YATSKIV, Y.S.; B/CHURYUMOV, K.I.

85N33138 _ UTTL: Program for observations of Halley's comet

Several such formats have been stored at JPL in the

ID16 library. These formats include the title and other

necessary bibliographic information. Two of these formats are designated FORMATAU and FORMATCO.

Any NASA/RECON user can use either of these stored

searches. To execute the stored searches:

ENTER:QUERY EXEC FORMATAU(ID16)

or QUERY EXEC FORMATCO(ID16)

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File Postings Statistics than the NASA Thesaurus, the

Subject Authority List was originally published in 1975

and lists valid terms and postings for the G File. A

limited number of copies are available by contactingRon Buchan, Lexicographer at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0103.

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in

November are listed. These are the first terms added

to the Thesaurus since the cut-off for the 1985 edition

(June 30, 1985). These terms are currently available

on NASA/RECON. User suggestions for new terms are

encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI

Facility (301) 621-0103.

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compiled by Ronald L. Buchan, Lexicographer, is an

alphabetical listing by author, interspersed with subject entries by systems and functions. For your copy,

contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301)

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General Corporation where she was employed as a

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0154 to register for both the basic and advanced

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Corrections

In the third section down the center column of page

2-21 of the NASA/RECON User's Reference Manual

(labeled "User Action") the proper responses for full

and half duplex are reversed. Section should read:

(CR);(CR) for half duplex

(CR)(CR) for full duplex

On page 2 of the last issue of the STI-RECON Bulletin

we stated "Journal Title and ISSN...fields are text

searchable." Only the Journal Title is text searchable,

and the ISSN field is a directly searchable field. Also,

the third set in the first search should read:

3 585 585 JTI_/AMERICA

RECON Bulletin and ST! News ,s

distributed to established users to keep them informed

about NASA's scientific and technical information

products and services..

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RECON Coordinator at:

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and comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at

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1986

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STI-RECON Bulletin

& Tech Info News

Scientific and Technical

Information Branch

JANUARY 1986

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Halley's Comet

on RECON

A simple subject term and text search of NASA/

RECON was recently conducted to determine how the

database reflects the current interest in Halley's

Comet. File Collections D and F were searched separately. File Collection D was limited to the A and N

series. The two searches yielded a combined total of

704 citations related to Halley's Comet. The final set

of each search was limited to the accession years 1984

to 1986. The limited sets contained 238 citations in

File Collection D and 28 in File Collection F. Approximately 34% of the citations related to Halley's Comet

were added to the database in the last two years. The

search strategy and the sets created during the

searches are given below.

File Collection D

ENTER:LA IN,A

LIMIT-ALL ACCEPTED IN,A

ENTER :X TS/HALLEY'S COMET

EXPAND TS/HALLEY'S COMET

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC

R01 -ST/HALLEY'S COMET .... N 589

R02 BT/CELESTIAL BODIES .... N 1205

R03 BT/COMETS N 2969

R04 BT/SOLAR SYSTEM -- N 3994

R05 BT/GIOTTO MISSION ....... N 131

R06 RTNEGA PROJECT N 54

ENTER:S R1-R3,RS-R6

1L 3803 3803 R1-R3,RS-R6 ST/HALLEY'SCOMET

ENTER :S TX/HALLEY:

2L 579 824 TX/HALLEY

ROOT/HALLEY

ENTER :S ATUHALLEY:

3L 339 357 ATUHALLEY

ROOT/HALLEY

ENTER:S AX/HALLEY:

4L 572 815 AX/HALLEY

ROOT/HALLEY

ENTER:S UTP/'HALLEY'S COMET'

5L 114 114 UTP/HALLEY*+ 1 S*+1 COMET

ENTEP_:C (2 + 3 + 4 + 5)'1

6L 540 1151 (2+3+4+5)'1

ENTER:L 6/84.86

7L 238 482 LIMIT 6/84-86

TS

5

218

23

37

6

6

ENTER:SS

SET REC. OCC. DESCRIPTION OF SET

1L 3803 3803 R1-R3,RS-R6 ST/HALLEY

2L 579 824 TX/HALLEY flHALLEYS

3L 339 357 ATUHALLEY //HALLEYS

4L 572 815 AX/HALLEY //HALLEYS

5L 114 114 UTP/HALLEY*+IS*+I

6L 540 1151 (2+3+4+5)'1

7L 238 482 )6/84-86

File Collection F (Book File)

ENTER:S ST/HALLEY'S COMET

1 12 12 ST/HALLEY'S COMET

ENTER:S SUB/COMEI'S

2 130 147 SUB/COMETS

ENTER:S SUB/HALLEY

3 50 60 SUB/HALLEY

ENTER:S I"I'L/HALLEY:

4 32 32 TTUHALLEY

ENTER:S "n'U'HALLEY'S COMET'

5 11 11 TIUHALLEY * + 2 COMET

ENTER:S LT/HALLEY:

6 52 1O0 LT/HALLEY

ENTER:C 2*3

7 17 45 2*3

ENTER:C 1+3+4+5+6+7

8 53 1421+3+4+5+6+7

ENTER:L 8/84-86

9 28 76 LIMIT 8184-86

ENTER:SS

SET REC. OCC. DESCRIPTION OF SET

1 12 12 ST/HALLEY'S COMET

2 130 147 SUB/COMETS

3 S0 60 SUB/HALLEY

4 32 32 TTUHALLEY //HALLEY

5 11 11 TTUHALLEY * + 2 COMET

6 52 100 LT/HALLEY //HALLEY

7 17 45 2*3

8 53 142 1+3+4+5+6+7

9 28 76 )8/84-86

A brief survey of the citations reveals that File Collections D and F include bibliographies, conference papers, teachers' guides (NASA EP-197) and observers'

guides as well as technical reports on observations of

the comet, the Giotto mission, and the Vega Project.

Additionally, several biographical works on Edmond

Halley can be found in File Collection F.
Search Hints

RECON--Stored Search

--submitted by Dian Marincola

One of the great pleasures in RECON searching is devising the perfect search strategy. Oh, what joy we

experience over combining logical statements which

execute in harmonious sequence to yield the optimal

retrieval output. Another great pleasure comes from

sharing these bits of logistical wisdom with a colleague. This can be easily accomplished by using

RECON's stored search feature for networking. All

you need is the search name and the terminal identifier on which it is stored. This capability is also especially useful when you are working on a terminal

other than your own.

To demonstrate this technique, we have stored the

search on Halley's Comet which appears in the lead

article of this newsletter. To execute it, signon to File

Collection A or D and simply enter:

QUERY EXECUTE HALLEY(ID43)

or

Q EXE HALLEY(ID43)

QUERY EXECUTE is the RECON command for enacting a stored search on RECON. Halley is the name

of the search and it is stored on terminal number 43.

Notice that there is no space between the word Halley

and the left parenthesis.

Once executed you may manipulate the sets or refine

the strategy according to your own particular needs.

Use the SET STATUS command to display the intermittent search results. You will not be able to alter the

original HALLEY strategy that is stored on ID 43. To

receive a printout of the results, follow the standard

RECON PRINT procedures.

Any stored search can be shared with any NASN

RECON user, if desired. You may want to use this

capability within your own organization or with colleagues in other facilities as a form of information dissemination. Just exchange the name of the search

strategy and the terminal ID on which it is stored.

All file restrictions attached to your password remain

intact when executing another user's stored search.

In other words, if you are restricted to unclassified citations, you will not be permitted to display or print

confidential and secret citations. You will, however,

be able to execute any search, whether it retrieves

classified citations or not. You just won't be able to

see them.

I must caution you that once someone knows a terminal identifier, he or she may execute any other search

stored in the corresponding library. Although that person will not be able to alter or purge those stored

queries, we suggest that you coordinate within your

facility to select one terminal which may have shared

access. Store strategies pertaining to sensitive issues

on another terminal. Do not publicize the terminal

ID on which these are stored.

Isolating Citations by Language

--submitted by David Steere

The capability to isolate citations according to the language of the documents is a search feature desired

by many users. Since the Document Language (LNG)

field is not directly searchable on NASA/RECON, the

following procedure can be used to create sets of citations in a specific language in File Collections A, B,

D, or O. The SORT command is the basis of the procedure. Therefore, the user is cautioned not to use

the procedure in File Collections N or P, or to combine sorted sets with unsorted sets.

The procedure involves four steps:

1. SORT the desired set in descending order by

Document Language (LNG). A descending order

set is often more convenient.

2. Enter the Specify Format option to display the Accession Number (ACC), the Document Language

(LNG), and the Language Note (LGN). The Language Note field provides information on translated documents or the language breakdown of

documents in more than one language.

3. DISPLAY the sorted set in Format 4 (Specify Format

option). The foreign language citations are displayed first, followed by the English language citations.

4. KEEP the citations of interest in set 99 to create

a set containing documents in a language other

than English, or to create a separate set for each

language of interest. To do the latter, first keep the

citations of interest in set 99, then combine set 99

with set 99 to renumber the set and place it in

the search strategy; finally, release set 99. Repeat

the procedure for each language of interest.

Applied to the search on Halley's Comet, the described procedure created three sets of citations, each

in a specific language, a fourth set containing all reports in a language other than English and a fifth set

containing English language reports. The sample

search follows.

ENTER:SO 7/LNG,D

8 238 238 SORT 07/LNG,D /

ENTER:SFACC,LNG,LGN

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED.

ENTER:D 8/4

DISPLAY08/4/1-22 OF 231

85A32516 In RUSSIAN

85A35821 In RUSSIAN

85A35244 In RUSSIAN

85A28499 In RUSSIAN

85A17436 In RUSSIAN

MORE ENTER:K811-22 (All Foreign Languages)

KEEP8/1-22

ENTER:C99 + 99

9 22 22 99+99

ENTER:R99

RELEASED99

O

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1985 Index to

NASA STI-RECON Bulletin & Tech Info News

(Issues for January/February, March/April/May,

June/July/August, September/October/November, December)

TERM ISSUE PAGE

- A -

Aerospace Database on DIALOG

ARIN Project Enters Implementation Phase

June/July/Aug 4

Mar/Apr/May I

(

-BBook Data Now in CFPS

- C -

CENDI Publishes Revised COSATI Guidelines

Charges, user

Increase

SCAN

College Online Courses to be tested

Combined File Postings Statistics (CFPS),

Book Data

Commands

DISPLAY

PAGE

Contacts at NASA STI-Facility

Contract Access, enhancing

Corporate Source File, search,technique

COSATI Guidelines Published

Current Awareness Online, seai-ch technique

Criss-Cross Directory Now Aval]able

June/July/Aug 3

Dec 1

June/July/Aug 3

June/July/Aug 4

June/July/Aug 3

June/July/Aug 3

June/July/Aug 3

June/July/Aug 3

Dec 3

Mar/Apr/May 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Dec 1

Dec 2

Jan/Feb 3

-DDISPLAY Command, update

Document Availability Guideline

Document Ordering Service, expanded

June/July/Aug 3

Jan/Feb 3

June/July/Aug I
TERM ISSUE PAGE

-EESAand NASAOfficials Meet at NASASTI Facility

-FForeign Technology, increased interest

-GGuidelines for Document Availability

-HHighlights of Second NASA/RECON Users Conference

How Does NASA/RECON Work for You?

IAA Notes Field, search technique

ILS Bibliography Available

ISSN, search technique

-IJournal Title, search technique

-JManagement Operations Group Formed

Managers' Tool, search technique

-M-

-NName for STI-RECON Bulletin

Novice RECON Now Available

Numeric Words on Book File, search technique

Old File 'Thesaurus' Available

Online Courses

-0-

ii

Dec I

Mar/Apr/May 4

Jan/Feb 3

Sept/Oct/Nov I

Jan/Feb I

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Dec 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Jan/Feb 2

Jan/Feb 4

Dec I

Mar/Apr/May 2

Mar/Apr/May 3

Dec 3

June/July/Aug 2
¢

TERM ISSUE PAGE

-pPAGE Command, update

Personnel Changes

NIT-2

Supervisor, RECON Services

Primer, NASA/RECON

Publications

The COSMIC History of the Biogenic Elements

and Compounds (NASA SP-476)

Criss-Cross Directory

The Evolution of Complex and Higher Organisms

(NASA SP-478)

Far Travelers! The Exploring Machines

(NASA SP-480)

Galileo: Exploration of Jupiter's System

(NASA SP-479)

The GIDbal Sulfur Cycle (NASA TM-87570)

Guidelines for Descriptive Cataloging of Reports

ILS Bibliography

The Impact of Science on Society (NASA SP-482)

Living Aloft: Human Relationships for Extended

Spaceflight (NASA SP-483)

Model Research: The National Advisory Committee

1915-1958 (NASA SP-4103)

Old File 'Thesaurus'

On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden,

1946-1981 (NASA SP-4303)

Planetary Cartography in the Next Decade

(NASA SP-475)

Planetary Geology in the 1980's (NASA SP-467)

Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern

Aircraft (NASA SP-468)

Search for Universal Ancestors (NASA SP-477)

A Spacefaring People: Perspectives on Early

Spaceflight (NASA SP-4405)

Supersonic Cruise Technology (NASA SP-472)

USSR Space Uife.Sciences Digest (NASA CR-3922)

June/July/Aug 3

June/July/Aug 3

Dec 3

Dec 1

June/July/Aug 2

Jan/Feb 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Dec 4

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Dec 1

Dec 3

June/July/Aug 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Dec 3

June/July/Aug 2

June/July/Aug 2

June/July/Aug 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

Dec 4

June/July/Aug 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 3

-RReference Manual

Corrections

To Be Reviewed

Report Number Authority File to be Established

RMS Associates Wins STI Facility Contract

Dec 4

Jan/Feb 3

Jan/Feb 1

June/July/Aug 4

iii
TERM

-SScan User Charge

Search Hints

Corporate Source File

Current Awareness Online

DISPLAY Command

IAA Notes Field

ISSN

Journal Title

Managers' Tool

Numeric Words on Book File

PAGE Command

Specify Format Options

Stored Search Capabilities

Specify Format Options

STI Facility

Contacts

Contract Awarded

ESA and NASA Officials Meet

Stored Search Capabilities

-TThesaurus Terms

Tool for Managers Now Available

Training Program, NASA/RECON

-UUser Charges

Increase

SCAN

Users Conference in Septe_er (1985)

Agenda

Highlights

Mark Your Calendars

Users Estimated, 2000

Users Reference Manual to be Reviewed

iv

ISSUE PAGE

June/July/Aug 4

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Dec 2

June/July/Aug 3

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 2

Jan/Feb 4

Mar/Apr/May 3

June/July/Aug 3

Dec 2

Dec 2

Dec 2

Dec 3

June/July/Aug 4

Dec 1

Dec 2

Sept/Oct/Nov 4

Dec 3

Jan/Feb 4

Sept/Oct/Nov 1

June/July/Aug 3

June/July/Aug 4

June/july/Aug 1

June/July/Aug 1

Mar/Apr/May 1

Mar/Apr/May 4

Jan/Feb 3

©

0

0
ENTER:K 8/1-12 (Russian)

KEEP 8/1-12

_ ENTER:C99+99

10 12 12 99+99

ENTER:R 99

RELEASED 99

ENTER:K 8/13-17 (German)

KEEP 8/13-17

ENTER:C 99 + 99

11 5 599+99

ENTER:K 8/18-22 (French)

KEEP 8/18-22

ENTER:C 99 + 99

12 5 5 99+99

ENTER:R 99

RELEASED 99

ENTER:K 8/23-238 (English)

KEEP 8/23-238

ENTER:C 99 + 99

13 216 21699+99

ENTER:R 99

RELEASED 99

ENTER:SS

SET REC. OCC. DESCRIPTION OF SET

1L 3803 3803 R1-R3,R5-R6 ST/HALLEY

2L 579 824 TX/HALLEY //HALLEYS

3L 339 357 ATL/HALLEY //HALLEYS

4L 572 815 AX/HALLEY //HALLEYS

5L 114 114 UTP/HALLEY*+IS*+I

6L 540 1151 (2+3+4+5)'1

7L 238 482 )6/84-86

8 238 238 SORT 07/LNG,D /

9 22 22 99+99

10 12 12 99+99

11 5 5 99+99

12 5 5 99+99

13 216 216 99+99

International STI Activities

--submitted by Phil Thibideau

The international STI Acquisition effort encompasses

the NASA/ESA Tripartite Program, with more than 440

online participants in Western Europe; the Bilateral

(hardcopy) Exchange Program, with more than 200

participants in 43 countries around the world; and

AIAA/Technical Information Service's review of some

800 foreign journals each year. Altogether, some

6500 to 7000 foreign items are accessioned into STAR

(approx. 27%), and some 24,000 foreign items into

IAA (approx. 60%). The fully processed material from

ESA includes 60 to 80 ESA Technical Translations

which are produced entirely for NASA. In addition,

ESA contributes material received under their own

bilateral exchanges, including some 50 Russian-language Soviet Institute of Space Research reports each

year.

Considerable effort is also expended in support of

other NASA programs, including international cooperation projects and visitors, as well as interagency coordination through the CENDI Working Group on International STI Activities, participation in professional

societies such as ASIS (Phil Thibideau is on the International Relations Committee) and NFAIS' Governmental and International Relations Committee. The

International STI Program also maintains a continuing

liaison with foreign embassies, foreign national scientific and technical organizations, and international organizations.

The major emphasis for the future is on concluding

national STI exchange agreements with central governmental organizations which can assure a national

input into the NASA STI System. Toward this end, discussions are advancing or have been initiated with the

relevant agencies of Australia, Canada, India, Israel,

and Japan, among others. The Director and Assistant

Director of the Canada Institute for Scientific and

Technical Information (CISTI) toured the NASA STI Facility on December 5, 1985, and held extensive discussions with the STI Branch staff on December 6,

1985.

Book onAerospace

Libraries Published

Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections (Special

Collections, Vol. 3, Nos. 1/2) 229 p.

This book is a survey and history of aerospace and

aeronautics library collections. Contributors are from

the National Air and Space Museum Library, the Library of Congress, the Air Force Academy, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at

Dallas, the Alabama Space and Rocket Center, and

the NASA STI Facility. Specific collections are treated

in depth, including the Hugh L. Dryden collection at

the Iohn Hopkins University, the NACA and NASA

report collections at Cal Tech, and the Robert H. Goddard collection at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. The archives of the NASA History Office

in Washington, D.C., and the NASA Center Archives

and libraries are also discussed.

The wrap-up article titled "Aerospace Bibliographic

Control" was authored by a NASA STI Facility

lexicographer, Ronald L. Buchan, in collaboration

with Philip F. Eckert. This paper presents a thorough

treatment of current and historical aerospace bibliographic control techniques with emphasis on the

NASA experience. Topics covered in the paper include early NACA and NASA bibliographic control,

NASA historical research, STAR and IAA, NASA/

RECON, NASA selective dissemination of information, the NASA Library Network, and the NASA Technology Utilization System. The article is appended

with an extensive partially annotated bibliography for

further reference. For more information contact Ron

Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

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I

Searching File Collection E for RTOPs (W-Series)

--submitted by Edna Fleek

File Collection E is the combination of the R&D'CS

file (K-Series) and the RTOP file (W-Series). The

R&DCS file (Research and Development Contract

Search file_KlO, O00 accession series) contains information about NASA R&D contracts, grants, and orders. These items do not represent documents. The

RTOP file (Research and Technology Objectives and

Plans--W70,000 accession series) contains information about research in progress throughout the NASA

Centers. These items do not represent documents.

This article is limited to searching techniques applied

to the W-Series only.

Searchable Field Mnemonics for, ..

File Collection E (RTOPs):

Nontext Searchable Fields:

Report Number RN

Personal Author AU

Contract Number CN

Corporate Source CO

Corporate Source Text CT

Subject Terms:

Major Terms MJ

Minor Terms

Text Searchable Fields:

Text Fields TX,AX

Title Fields ATL, UTP

Scope of Search: Find all RTOPs pertinent to long duration exposure (for spaceborne experiments on space

shuttle payloads). List all current RTOP numbers pertinent to space shuttle payloads. Search period: 1980-

1986.

Begin the search• in File Collection E and LIMIT ALL

to the accession years 1980 to 1986 and to the WSeries.

ENTER:BB rdlE

ENTER:LA 80.86AN

ENTER:S LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY

1L 6 ST/LONG DURATION EXPOSURE FACILITY

ENTER:S SPACE SHUTTLE PAYLOADS

2L 102 ST/SPACE SHU'I-rLE PAYLOADS

Use the Specify Format option to display the accession

number and the title.

ENTER:SF'ACC, UTL

,D.1/4n -6,

'85_V7_1.26D '. UI-I'L:

84V_313 • u'nL:

83W70247 " UTTL:

82W70316 U'I-I'L:

81 W70296 uI-rL:

80W70307 unL:

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

To retrieve all references to a specific RTOP number,

EXPAND the RTOP number in the contract number

(CN) field.

ENTER:X CN/$42-04-13

E1 CN/542-03-49 1

E2 CN/542-03-51 1

E3 CN/$42-03-52 1

E4 CN/542-03-53 1

ES CN/542-04-54 1

E6 -CN/542-04-13 7

E7 CNt542-05-01 1

ENTER:S E6

3L 6 CN/542-04-13

ENTER:D 3/4/1-6

85W70260 UTI'L:

84W70313 UTTL:

83W70247 UTTL:

82W70316 uI-rL:

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

81W70296 UI"rL: Long Duration Exposure Facility

80W70307 UTTL: Long Duration Exposure Facility

Note: When CN/542-04-13 is expanded, 7 reports are

noted. When the set is selected, only 6 reports are

noted. The missing report is not a W-Series report.

It is included in a different series.

To retrieve the RTOP numbers pertinent to space shuttle payloads, use the Specify Format option:

ENTER:SF ACC,CN

ENTER:D 2/4/1-6 of 102

86W70348 676-59-10

86W70215 188-41-24

86W70170 154-60-80

86W70113 323-51-06

86W70110 542-03-00

86W70101 506-49-00

To identify the responsible NASA Center, use the

Specify Format option:

ENTER:SF ACC_O

ENTER:D 21411-3 of 102

86W70348

86W70215

86W70170

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of

Tech., Pasadena.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. _ard Space Flight Center,

Greenbelt, Md.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Marshall Space Flight Center,

Huntsville, Ala.

A sample of an RTOP accession follows:

85W70260 542-04-I 3

UTTL: Long Duration Exposure Facility

DASPIT, L. P., JR. 804-865-3704

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

The broad LDEF Project objectives are the following:

(1) to develop the Long Duration Exposure Facility

,,

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International STi Activities

The Canada Institute for

Scientific and Technical Information

--submitted by Phil Thibideau

This is the first in an occasional series of descriptive

reports on the foreign organizations with which NASA

has a bilateral scientific and technical information

(STI) exchange relationship.

As the STI arm of the Canadian National Research

Council, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), established in 1974, ensures

that the Canadian scientific, engineering and health

science communities have access to the specialized

information they need. Its activities center on maintaining the national collection of scientific and technical literature and on disseminating this material quickly and efficiently to those who need it.

CISTI's collection, which exceeds 2,500,000 reports,

books, serials and conference proceedings, over

1,800,000 of which are on microfiche, is the largest

collection of its kind in Canada. CISTI catalogs between 30,000 and 40,000 new items each year and

supplies over 275,000 documents to its customers

each year. It collects all significant scientific, technical and medical journals and conference proceedings

regardless of language or country of origin. Books are

purchased more selectively to ensure representative

coverage of the major subjects. Continual monitoring

of loan and photocopy requests keeps CISTI on top

of the trends in Canadian information needs, and allows it to orient its acquisition efforts accordingly.

While most new materials are purchased, journals or

reports that cannot be purchased or are difficult to locate in Canada are acquired through active exchange

agreements with institutions in over 70 countries that

exchange their publications for National Research

Council and Royal Society of Canada publications.

CISTI's 'Special Subject Collections' include astronomy and astrophysics, aeronautical/mechanical

engineering, and building research.

CISTI's Health Sciences Resource Centre (medical information) is Canada's national coordinator for access

to the MEDLARS databases of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, and provides nationwide training

in the use of these services. The Centre also conducts

cooperative collection building projects to ensure the

availability of all significant medical literature in

Canada. CISTI's computer-based activities include an

online information retrieval service, CAN/OLE (Canadian online enquiry system), which offers over 30

databases covering the world's major scientific and

technical information services and a variety of Canadian databases exclusive to .CAN/OLE. The latter include the Canadian Register of Research and Researchers in the Social Sciences, the Cooperative

Document Project, the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Research, the Directory of Federally Supported

Research in Universities, the CISTI Catalogue, CAN/

MARC (Canadian Machine-Readable Cataloguing),

the Canadian Transportation Documentation System,

and the Union List of Scientific Serials in Canadian

Libraries. CISTI's online document ordering service,

CAN/DOC, allows subscribers to route online document orders directly to the mailboxes of designated

suppliers, rather than through CISTI, cutting up to a

week off delivery time. CIST! also offers CAN/SND

(Scientific Numeric Databases), currently making

available two databases, SPIR (Search Program for Infrared Spectra), and CRYSTOR (the Cambridge Crystallographic Database), which are mainly of interest

to analytical chemists, spectroscopists, and crystallographers. The CAN/SDI (Canadian Service for the

Selective Dissemination of Information) is a current

awareness service which operates in the batch-processing mode.

CISTI offers nation-wide reference, referral, and customized literature search services in all areas of science and technology. In addition to its large collection of printed abstracts and indexes, CISTI uses hundreds of scientific, technical, and multidisciplinary

databases. It refers clients to scientific experts within

the National Research Council, other federal government departments, and scientific laboratories across

Canada. As clients increasingly do more of their own

literature searching, CISTI's online training activities

are expanding. CAN/OLE training seminars are offered

across Canada. In-house training facilities, when not

in use for CISTI training, are made available to vendors and suppliers of other online databases and systems. CISTI has branches at a number of locations

across Canada, providing a full range of services to

National Research Council scientific engineering, and

support staff. The branches serve various research establishments ranging from Victoria, British Columbia,

to the Atlantic Research Laboratory in Halifax, Nova

Scotia. All CISTI services are limited to the geographical boundaries of Canada.

Source: CISTI Annual Report

Correction

The recently distributed update to page 2-1 of the

NASAJRECON User's Reference Manual contains an

error. After establishing a Telenet connection the procedure should read:

User Action Explanation

(CR)(CR) Enter carriage return twice

For full duplex for full duplex.

(CR);(CR) Enter carriage return semi-colon

For half duplex carriage return for half duplex.

Apologies for this inconvenience. New revised pages

will be forthcoming.

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In this accession, the responsible NASA Center is

Langley Research Center; the NASA Technical Monitor is L. P. Daspit, }r.; the Technical Monitor telephone number is (804) 865-3704; and the RTOP

number is 542-04-13.

For this particular exercise, File Collection E was limited to W-accession series. In order to retrieve all references including technical reports to an RTOP

number, it is necessary to search File Collection D.

ENTER:BB DIE

ENTER:X CN/542-04-13

E1 CN/542-03-49

E2 CN/542-03-51

E3 CN/542-03-52

E4 CN/542-03-53

E5 CN/542-03-54

E6 -CN/542-04-13

E7 CN/542-04-13-02

E8 CN/542-05-01

ENTER:S E6,E7

I 9 E6,E7CN/542-04-13

ENTER:SF ACC,UTL

ENTER:D 11411-6 of 9

85K10655 UTTL:

85W70260 U'I-rL:

84W70313 u'n'L:

83W70247 UTTL:

84N24632 U'I-rL:

81 N27119 UTTL:

Partial analysis of LDEF

experimenl A-0114

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duralion Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

Long Duration Exposure Facility

(LDEF). Mission 1 Experiments

A summary of testson Invar

welded with 308L and 8N12

wedding rods.

Searching File Collection E for R&DCS (K-Series) will

be presented in a future issue.

Special Bibliographies

Available

Three special bibliographies on dictionaries are now

available as stored searches on ID43. One is a search

on dictionaries in general consisting of A and N

number accessions and complemented by subject, author, corporate source, contract number and report

number indexes. Two and three are for French and

German dictionaries in the NALNET book file, sorted

by author. All three searches when executed will automatically process the PRINT command. The general

dictionary bibliography (SBDICTN) may only be executed in file collections A, B, D, N, O, or P. To execute, simply select a file collection and enter:

Query Execute SBDICTN(ID43)

Upon completion, enter END and then SBDICTN in

the title line of the questionnaire to insure identification and proper processing.

Execute the French (SBFDICTN) or German

(SBGDICTN) dictionaries bibliographies in Files F or

N in the same manner. End the search and enter the

stored search name in the Title line of the questionnaire.

If you have any difficulty in executing these queries,

contact Dian Marincola at (301) 621-0154.

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in December 1985 are listed. These terms are currently

available on NASA/RECON. User suggestions for new

terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the

NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

AEROSPACE ENVIRONMENTS

Added Scope Note SN(DOES NOT INCLUDE SPACECRAFT INTRAVEHICULAR ENVIRONMENTS)

BUILDINGS (no longer an array term)

COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY

EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

ELECTROACOUSTICS

FOOD PRODUCTION (IN SPACE)

GEO ENVIRONMENTS

USE EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

USE EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE

LATENT HEAT

LEO ENVIRONMENTS

USE EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

LIF (FLUORESCENCE)

USE LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE

LOW EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

USE EARTH ORBITAL ENVIRONMENTS

MAGNETIC FIELD RECONNECTION

NASA SPACE PROGRAMS

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PARTICULATES

SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS

Added Scope Note SN(RESTRICTED TO INTRAVEHICULAR ENVIRONMENTS)

THERMOPHORESIS

THRESHOLD VOLTAGE

TOILETS

ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS

WEAR RESISTANCE

Technology Utilization

Office

The Technology Utilization Office is responsible for

all inquiries of a general or specific nature related to

NASA's TU Program and its technologies. The office

provides details about available documents and services. NASA's annual report Spinoff is developed here

with main emphasis on quantifying the benefits derived from the use of NASA technology provided

through the TU Program.

More than 10,000 NASA Tech Briefs are available on

NASAJRECON identifiable by subject terms, author,

title, Center or B-10,000 series number. If you wish

to subscribe to the free publication NASA Tech Briefs,

desire a copy of Spino_ or need additional information in the form of Technical Support Packages (TSPs),

contact Walter Heiland, (301) 621-0241, of the Technology Utilization Office at the NASA STI Facility.

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Microgravity" Science and Applications Bibliography -- 1985 Revision (NASA TM-88178)

This edition is a compilation of Government reports,

contractor reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles dealing with flight experiments utilizing a

low-gravity environment to elucidate and control various processes or with ground-based activities that provide supporting research. It encompasses literature

published but not cited in the 1984 Revision and that

literature which has been published in the past year.

Price: $16.95

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Searching the Horizon: A History of the Ames Research Center, 1940-1976 (NASA SP-4304)

This book charts the growth and expanding interests

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portrays the research center in all its complexity as

a combination of personalities, management philosophies, and research needs.

Price: $13.00

GPO Stock No.: 033-000-00966-6

Personnel Appointments

We are pleased to announce that Eric Vogel has been

appointed Manager, Library Services Section. Eric has

worked at the NASA STI Facility since 1975, primarily

in NALNET management positions. Eric is familiar

with NASA practices and needs and has first-hand

knowledge of the ARIN project and the conversion

phases. Maxine Tucker has replaced Eric as Manager

of NALNET functions. Maxine has worked at the

NASA STI Facility since 1977, primarily in NALNET

Services. We congratulate Eric and Maxine on their

new appointments.

STI-RECON Bulletin and Tech Info News

is distributed to established users to inform them about

NASA's scientific and technical information productsand

services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions,material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to JackieStreeksat the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, D.C.

20546, (202) 453-2904.

Detach label with instructionsfor address or distribution

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Scientific and Technical

Information Branch MARCH 1986

Enhanced AIAA/TIS

Document Ordering

Service

resubmitted by Tom Hanson

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Technical Information Service (AIAAfFIS) and the

NASA STI Facility have improved service to NASA/

RECON users by streamlining the processing of online

orders for AIAA/TIS documents ("A" accessions).

Previously, the NASA STI Facility filled orders for

NASA sponsored "A" accessions, identified by an asterisk "*" next to the accession number in the NASA/

RECON display, from Facility stock. If unable to do

so, the order would be returned with instructions to

contact AIAA/TIS to obtain the required document.

Also, orders for non-NASA "A" accessions were returned with instructions to contact AIAA/TIS.

Under the new procedures, when the STI Facility is

unable to fill an order for a NASA supported "A" accession, the order is forwarded directly to AIAA/I"IS.

Also, orders for non-NASA "A" accessions are forwarded directly to AIAACIIS. When an order has been

forwarded to AIAA, the user is reminded by mail that

the order is forwarded to AIAA. Further information

will be announced in the online NASA/RECON news

items and future issues of this Bulletin as changes are

implemented.

AIAA/TIS provides photocopies of "A" accessions, not

available from the NASA STI Facility, at the price of

$10.00 per item up to 50 pages; additional pages are

$0.25 each. Complete copyrighted works should be

obtained directly from the publishers. Prepayment is

required, but AIAA/I"IS hopes to maintain their 24

hour turnaround time. Deposit accounts are available

in minimum amounts of $500.00.

For more information regarding the processing of orders for "A" accessions, contact Tom Hanson, Manager, Distribution and Support at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0160.

For additional information on acquiring non-NASA

"A" accessions, contact Pat Marshall, Director (Library Resources), AIAA/TIS, 555 West 57th Street

(12th Floor), New York, NY 10019, (212) 247-6500.

Searching Oriental

Personal Names

on NASA/RECON

--submitted by Tim Rowe

Searching Chinese or Korean personal names on

NASA/RECON sometimes requires special attention

due to the reversed format of these names. Unlike

Japanese, which follows the same format as Western

names, Chinese and Korean names are given with the

surname first. The surname is almost always a singlesyllable word. The given name then follows the surname and is generally a double-syllable combination.

The given name may or may not be combined with

a hyphen. A familiar example is Mao Zidong, where

"Mao" is the surname and "Zidong" is the given

name. To search this name on NASA/RECON,

Enter: X AU/MAO, Z.

Naturally, it is incorrect to enter this name as

ZIDONG, M. However, as a general rule, for Chinese

and Korean author searches it is a good idea to also

check the reverse format. Thus, to obtain all possible

entries for this author also,

Enter: X AU/ZIDONG, M.

Occasionally, a relatively rare double-syllable surname is encountered; or, more commonly, a singlesyllable given name. In both of these cases the syllable or syllable combination that appears first is the

surname. For example:

Situ Mang = EXPAND AU/SITU, M.

Zhu De = EXPAND AU/ZHU, D.

As above, with these two examples it is also a good

idea to check the reverse format to ensure that all possible entries are found.

Other problems which may be encountered are

caused by the use of different romanization schemes.

An example of this is the obsolete "Mao Tse Tung"

for Mao Zidong. This is actually less of a problem,

however, as many authors of published material are

reluctant to change the spelling of their romanized

name and continue to use the obsolete spelling.

For assistance with searching oriental personal names,

or other foreign names in general, contact Tim Rowe,

NASA Headquarters, (202) 453-2940.
NASA/RECON File Directory

The accession series currently available on NASA/RECON are compiled in the chart below. The chart is intended

as a quick guide to the files. Post a copy of it near your terminal or PC as a 'ready reference' tool.

The first column indicates the alphanumeric accession series. Use the letter prefix to limit a search to a particular

accession type. Column two gives the file name and corresponding acronym. Columns three and four correlate

to the accession years covered for the file collection(s) in which the series is available.

Accession

Series

A-10,000

A-80,000

B-10,000

O-10,O00

D-30,O00

D-SO,O00

F-10,000

K-10,O00

M-IO,O00

M-50,000

N-10,000

N-60,000

N-70,000

N-80,000

N-90,000

U-S0,000

V-10,000

W-10,000

W-70,000

X-10,000

X-50,000

X-70,000

X-80,000

X-90,000

Y-10,000

File Name

International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA)

Aerospace Medicine and Biology Bibliography

NASA Tech Briefs

Aerospace Safety Research and Development Institute

--Fire Technology (ASRDI)

--Cryogenic Fluids

--Mechanics of Structure Failure

Directory of Numerical Databases (DND)

Research and Development Contract Search (R&DCS)

Computer Software Management and Information

Center (COSMIC)

Announcement of Software Resources (ASR)

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR)

Index of NASA Technical Publications with Abstracts

Technical Publications Announcements

Older Scientific and Technical Aerospace

Reports Extended

Older Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Documents for Record Only

NASA library Network Periodicals (NALNET)

NASA Library Books (NALNET)

NASA Research and Development Resumes (RR)

NASA Research and Technology Objectives and

Plans (RTOP)

limited Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Classified Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Classified STAR Secret Supplement

Older Classified Scientific and Technical Aerospace

Reports Extended

Older Classified Scientific and Technical Aerospace

Reports

Classified Documents for Record Only

NASA Safety Databases (foraccessconradNASAHeadquarters SafetyOffice)

File

Coverage Collections

1968-DATE A,B,D,N,O,P

1963-67 G,H

1964-69 G,H

1963-DATE B,D,N,O,P

1975-76 D,I,N,O,P

1983-DATE Q

1972-DATE B,C,D,E,N,O,P

Current Year B,D,N,O,P

Only

1971-72 D,N,O,P

1968-DATE A,B,D,N,O,P

1962-67 G,H

1962 G,H

1968-DATE B,D,N,O,P

1963-1967 G,H

1963-DATE G,H

1973-DATE M

1972-DATE F,N,P

1967-70 G

1971 -DATE B,D,E,N,O,P

1968-DATE D,N

1962-67 G

1964-70 G

1968-DATE D,N

1963-67 G

1963-DATE G

1983-DATE R

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NASA/RECON

Users Conference

The 1986 NASA/RECON Users Conference will be

held September 25 and 26 at the Marriott Twin

Bridges Hotel, Washingtor_ DC. Three days of NASA/

RECON training will precede the conference. The format for the week's activities will follow that of last

year, with a two-day basic training session on Monday

and Tuesday (September 22 and 23) and a full-day

clinic on Wednesday.

A registration package will be mailed to all NASA/

RECON users in July. If you have suggestions for the

conference agenda, call John Wilson, NIT-2 (202)

453-2904 or Janice Freeman, STI Facility (301) 621-

0101.

Aerospace Database

on Mead Data Central

The Aerospace Database is now available online

through Mead Data Central's Reference Service.

Known as the AERO file, Mead's version of the Aerospace Database presently covers STAR and IAA records back to issue 11 of 1983. Mead plans to make

the complete file back to 1962 of over 1.4 million records available during the first half of 1986.

The Aerospace Database is also available on DIALOG

as file 108.

NASA/RECON Training

The following training sessions are scheduled for the

remainder of the current contract year (to the end of

June 1986). Both will be held at the NASA STI Facility.

Basic Training Advanced Training

May 20 & 21 April 17

Register now. They are filling up fast. Call Dian

Marincola at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0154.

NASA Thesaurus

1985 Edition Available

The 1985 edition of the NASA Thesaurus is now available. The NASA Thesaurus contains the authorized

subject terms by which the documents in the NASA

scientific and technical information system are indexed and retrieved. The NASA Thesaurus comprises

two volumes: Volume 1 -- Hierarchical Listing and

Volume 2 -- Access Vocabulary.

This edition has undergone extensive revision since

it was last published in 1982. Many new terms and

their hierarchies have been added. Array term hierarchies have been revised and expanded.

Distribution of both volumes of the 1985 edition

began in February and continued into March to all

established users. For more information, contact Ron

Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

Availability of Documents

The primary source from which a document announced in the NASA STI system is available to the

public is the National Technical Information Service

(NTIS). Prices for hard copy (HC) and microfiche (MF)

are indicated by a price code. Current values for the

price codes are given in the following table.

NTIS PRICE SCHEDULES

(Effective October I, 1985)

Schedule A

STANDARD PRICE DOCUMENTS

AND MICROFICHE

NORTH

MalCE PAGE AIRICAN FOREIGN

¢_ RANGE _ PI_

A01 _ $ 5.96 $11.90

AI0_,-A,iD3 001-050 9.06 19.00

AO4-A06 051-100 11.K 33.10

A06-A0O 101-200 16.05 33.90

A10-A13 201-300 22.96 45.90

A14-A17 :301-400 28.96 57.90

AllFA21 401-500 34.96 W.90

A22*A25 501,4100 40.05 81.00

AS)9 B01..up

NO1 $40.O0 70,00

NO2 40.00 70.00

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EXCEPTION PRICE DOCUMENTS

AND MICROFICHE

NOelTH

PRICE MIF.IICAN FOREIGN COOE PImC! PIMCE

W_l s 7.50 15.oo

EO2 1o.oo 2o.oo

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E04 1_50 27.O0

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IO.O0 _

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E12 33.00 06_0

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EI5 42.00 84.00

E16 44.O0 92.0O

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WALLOPS LIBRARY

The Library has started the move back to its refurbished facility. The bulk of the move is expected to

be completed by March 1st.

GSFC LIBRARY

Informatics General Corporation has been selected for

negotiations for the support service contract for the

GSFC Library at the Greenbelt and Wallops sites. The

contract will run for S years, starting May 1, 1986.

LeRC Brochu res

The Technical Information Services Division of the

Lewis Research Center has recently published a

number of operational brochures. Among these are

the following:

• Lewis Library Services

-- This brochure describes the collection and services and is intended to guide NASA scientists

and engineers, as well as technicians and other

support personnel, in making full use of the library resources.

• NASNRECON User's Quick Instruction Guide

This brochure is designed to aid the novice user

in beginning searching and the experienced user

in quick Iookups of the NASAJRECON Information System.

• Research Publications Processing Guide for Scientific and Engineering Authors

This brochure is a guide to aid research authors

in the preparation and processing of research

material for publication.

Copies of these publications are available from

George Mandel, Lewis Research Center, Chief, Technical Information Services Division, FTS 297-5783.

POSTMASTER:If Undeliverable(Section158

PostalManual)Do NotReturn

New Publication

A brief description of a new publication recently released by the Scientific and Technical Information

Branch follows. Copies are available for sale from the

National Technical Information Service (NTIS),

Springfield, VA 22161. The price and order number

are given with the description.

High-Density Digital Recording (NASA RP-1111)

This book, based on technical papers presented at

meetings of the Tape Head Interface Committee

(THIC, Inc.), addresses problems associated with

high-density digital recording. Part of the book is devoted to problems, solutions, and insights of users and

manufacturers of such systems. Also discussed are

pulse code modulation coding techniques, error detection and correction, head optimization theory, perpendicular recording, and tape.

Price: $28.85

NTIS Order No.: N86-14498

STI-RECON Bulletin and Tech Info News

is distributed to established users to inform them about

NASA's scientific and technical information productsand

services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

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Suggestions,material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeksat the above

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The Research and Development Contract

Search (R&DCS) File. How Can You Use It?

--submitted by Peggie Young

The Research and Development Contract Search

(R&DCS) file contains information about NASA R&D

contracts, grants, and orders dating from 1972 to the

present. This information is available as a complement to the ongoing research information contained

in the Research and Technology Objectives and Plans

(RTOPs, W-10,O00 series). The file accessions are

identified as the K-10,O00 series (i.e., 85K10429), and

can be searched in file collections B, C, D, E, N, O,

and R File collection C is devoted exclusively to the

K-10,O00 accessions, whereas, file collection E contains the K-10,000 accessions and the W-_0,000 accessions (RTOPs). These accessions are not surrogates

for documents and cannot be ordered from the STI

Facility.

The information contained in a K-10,000 accession includes the accession number, contract modification,

contract number, Dun and Bradstreet number (DUN),

NASA contractor identification code (CIC), RTOP

number, cognizant NASA Center, contractor, contract

title, technical monitor (TM), technical monitor mail

code, principal investigator (PI), report status, and

major subject terms. The K-IO,O00 series is updated

monthly. The update involves the addition of new

contracts and a review of all contract modifications

for changes in the statement of work that would require modification of the existing record. In this manner the record reflects the current status of the contract.

Information in the R&DCS file is most often used as

a tool that leads to technical reports, published articles, books, or RTOP summaries related to or resulting

from the contract of interest. Simply search the contract number (CN), the principal investigator (AU), the

corporate source (CT, CO) or the RTOP number (CN)

for related information in an appropriate file collection. Additionally the subject terms can be used to

develop search strategies to retrieve related information through a subject search.

For more information related to the R&DCS file, contact RECON Services at the NASA STI Facility (301)

621-0150.

Sample Citation

MODIFICATION, SUPPLEMENT OR AMENDMENT NUMBER

RTOP NUMBER 1

NASA ACCESSION NUMBER • 85K10429 J (MOO-000) CNT#: NAS3-23790 DUN#: 009305772 CIC#:

112S392 1_679-10-00

SPONSORING NASA ORGANIZATION--.,--.,- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Cenler,

Cleveland, Ohio

PERFORMING ORGANIZATION _ RCA Government Systems Div., Princeton. N.J.

TITLE , UTrL: Adv.,need Communications Technology ,Satellite System (ACTS)

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION - UNCLASSIFIED AUGUST 10, 1984/JANUARY 9, 1992 ,

PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR_ PI: B/BARNES, R. L

REPORTS EXPECTED

TECHNICAL MONITOR INFORMATION._ Tech. monitor not available

SUBJECT TERMS - MAJS:

CONTRACT, GRANT, OR PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER

DUN & BRADSTREET NUMBER

CODE

TERMINATION DATE

STARTING DATE

REPORT STATUS

PANTENNASPCOMMUNICATION SATELLITESPCONTROL EQUIPMENT/*DESIGN ANALYSIS/*

EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS/*ELIGHT TESTSPHARDWARFJOMULTIBEAM ANTENNAS/"

PROJECT MANAGEMENT/°SOE13NARE ENGINEERING,"*SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMP

STRUCTURAL DESIGN CRITERIA/_SYSTEMS ANALYSISPSYSTEMS ENGINEERING/"

TELEMETRYPTRACKING (POSITION)/*TRAVELING WAVE TUBES

r NASA CONTRACTOR ID
New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by

the Scientific and Technical Information Branch follow. Copies are available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office

(GPO), Washington, DC 20402 or from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA

22161. The price and order number are given where

available with the description.

International Ultraviolet Explorer Atlas of O-Type

Spectra from 1200 to 1900 A (NASA RP-1155)

The International Ultraviolet Explorer archives provide

an unprecedented sample of uniform, high-quality

ultraviolet stellar spectra. In particular, they contain

short wavelength high-resolution data for nearly 200

different O stars. A survey of the 1200-1900 A region

in about 120 of these stars having homogeneous optical spectral classification has been undertaken to investigate systematically the behavior of the ultraviolet

features, including the prominent stellar wind profiles,

and the degree to which they correlate with the optical types. The standard extracted spectrograms have

been rebinned to a constant wavelength resolution of

0.25 A and uniformly normalized (not dereddened).

They are then plotted at 10A/cm, with reseau, photometric quality, and echelle order junction flags available. This atlas contains such plots for about 100 stars.

Aeronautical Facilities Catalogue, Volume 2:

Airbreathing Propulsion and Flight Simulators

(NASA RP-1133)

This volume deals with airbreathing propulsion and

flight simulation facilities. It presents data pertinent to

managers and engineers. Each facility is described on

a data sheet that shows the facility's technical parameters on a chart and more detailed information in narratives. Volume 1, N86-18991, deals with domestic and

foreign wind tunnel facilities.

Price: $22.95

NTIS Order No.: N86-18328

Publications of the Exobiology Program for 1984

(NASA TM-88382)

A list of 1984 publications resulting from research pursued under the auspices of NASA's Exobiology Program is presented.

1984-85 NASA Space/Gravitational Biology

Accomplishments (NASA TM-88379)

Individual technical summaries of research projects of

NASA's Space/Gravitational Biology Program are

given. The summaries for each project include a description of the research, a listing of accomplishments, and an explanation of the significance of the

accomplishments.

Price: $16.95

NTIS Order No.: N86-18950

USSR Space Life Sciences Digest, Issue 3

(NASA CR-3922(03)

This bimonthly issue of the USSR Space Life Sciences

Digest includes abstracts for Soviet periodical articles

published in Russian during 1985. Subjects covered

include adaptation, biospherics, body fluids, botany,

cardiovascular and respiratory systems, endocrinology, exobiology, gravitational biology, habitability

and environmental effects, health and medical treatment, immunology, life support systems, metabolism,

microbiology, musculoskeletal system, neurophysiology, nutrition, perception, personnel selection, psychology, radiobiology,and space physiology.

Price: $16.95

NTIS Order No.: N86-18949

Personnel Changes

at Centers

MSFC

Lois Robertson, STI Manager and Chief, Administrative Services Division, has retired. Her responsibilities

included the Library, Technical Publications, and

Printing and Reproduction. A replacement has not

been named.

KSFC

Milorad Konjevich, Chief, Information Services Section, died just before Christmas. A replacement has

not been named.

LaRC

Andrew J. Hansbrough has been named Chief, Research Information and Applications Division, with responsiblity for the Technical Editing Branch, Visual

and Printing Services Branch, and the Technical Library.

JSFC

Ginger Darnell has been named Chief, Technical Information Branch, replacing Laverne Brazil who has

retired.

RECON Search

Assistance...

Does searching have you down? Did you forget how

to use the SPECIFY FORMAT Command? Is searching

File Collection E confusing? Call (301) 621-0150. We

are RECON Services and we want to help.

2
Contents of NASA/RECON File Collections

We think you will find the NASA/RECON File Collection chart listed below to be a handy reference tool. Column

one indicates the file collections currently available on NASA/RECON. Column two lists which accession series

are available in the corresponding file collection. Column three gives the accession years covered for each accession

series.

File Accession Date File Accession Date

Collection Series Range Collection Series Range

A A-10,000 1968-date H

"IAA & N-10,000 1968-date "Unclassified

STAR" Alternate

Files"

B

"Selected

Unclassified"

C

"Contracts"

D

"Primary

Files"

E

"Research in

Progress"

F

"NALNET

Books"

G

"Alternate

Files"

A-10,000 1968-date

B-10,000 1963-date

K-10,000 1972-date

M-10,000 update year only

N-10,000 1968-date

N-70,000 1968-date

W-70,000 1972-date

K-10,000 1972-date

A-10,000 1968-date

B-10,000 1963-date

D-10,000 1975-1976

D-30,000 1975-1976

D-50,000 1975-1976

K-10,000 1972-date

M-10,000 update year only

M-50,000 1971-1972

N-10,000 1968-date

N-70,000 1968-date

W-70,000 1972-date

X-10,000 1968-date

X-70,000 1968-date

K-10,000 1972-date

W-70,000 1972-date

V-10,000 1972-clare

A-10,000 1963-1967

A-80,000 1964-1969

N-10,000 1962-1967

N-60,000 1962

N-80,O00 1963-1967

N-90,000 1963-date

X-10,000 1963-1967

X-50,000 1964-1970

X-80,000 1963-1967

X-90,000 1963-date

A-10,000 1963-1967

A-80,000 1964-1969

N-10,000 1962-1967

N-60,000 1962

N-80,000 1963-1967

N-90,000 1963-date

I

"ASRDI"

D-10,000 1975-1976

D-30,000 1975-1976

D-50,000 1975-1976

M

"NALNET

Periodicals"

U-50,000 1973-date

N "Primary R&D and NALNET Books"

(File Collection D with

V-10,000, 1972-clate)

O "Unclassified Primary Files"

(File Collection D without

X-10,O00 and X-70,000)

"Unclassified Primary R&D

and NALNET Books"

(File Collection D with

V-10,000, 1972-clare

without X-10,000 and X-70,000J

Q

"Directory of

Numerical

Databases"

F-10,000 1983 +

R* Y-10,000 1983 +

"Safety"

*For access contact NASA Headquarters Safety Officer

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in February 1986 are listed. These terms are currently available on NASNRECON. Definitions are given for

selected terms. User suggestions for new terms are

encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

ACOUSTIC FREQUENCIES

ARIEL

A moon of Uranus.

CHRONOBIOLOGY

USE RHYTHM (BIOLOGY)

CONTINUOUS FLOW ELECTROPHORESIS

USE ELECTROPHORESIS

GRAND UNIFIED THEORY

A theory describing the unification of gravitation with the

other elementary forces in physics, i.e., the electroweak

force, the strong force, and the electromagnetic force.

GUT

USE GRAND UNIFIED THEORY

INDIUM-TIN-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS

USE ITO (SEMICONDUCTORS)

ITO (SEMICONDUCTORS)

Semiconductor devices consisting of a layer of tin

sandwiched between an indium layer and an oxide layer.

METAL-SEMICON DUCTOR-METAL SEMICONDUCTORS

USE MSM (SEMICONDUCTORS)

MIRANDA

A moon of Uranus.

MSM (SEMICONDUCTORS)

Semiconductor devices consisting of a semiconductor layer

sandwiched between two layers of metal.

OBERON

A moon of Uranus.

RADIO JETS (ASTRONOMY)

REFLECTOR ANTENNAS

Antennas consisting of a reflecting surface and a feed.

SILICON-ON-INSULATOR SEMICONDUCTORS

USE SOl (SEMICONDUCTORS)

SOl (SEMICONDUCTORS)

Semiconductor devices consisting of a silicon layer coupled

to an electrically insulating layer.

SOUND FREQUENCIES

USE ACOUSTIC FREQUENCIES

SQUEEZED STATES (QUANTUM THEORY)

Single mode minimum uncertainty states for which the fluctuations in one quadrature phase of the field are smaller

than would occur for a coherent state.

TITANIA

A moon of Uranus.

TRANSCONDUCTANCE

The change in plate current divided by the change in control-grid voltage that causes it, when the plate voltage and

all other voltages are kept constant.

TWO PHOTON COHERENT STATES

USE SQUEEZED STATES (QUANTUM THEORY)

UMBRIEL

A moon of Uranus.

STI-RECON Bulletin and Tech Info News

is distributed to established users to inform them about

NASA's scientific and technical information products and

services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

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RO. Box 8757

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(301)621-0300

Suggestions,materialto be considered for inclusion,and

comments may be directedto JackieStreeksat the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code NIT-2, Washington, DC

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Online Ordering Service

The newly expanded Online Ordering Service has

streamlined the overall ordering process for AIAA/TIS

documents, or A-accessions. A-accessions are now

available to authorized users either from the NASA

STI Facility or "from AIANTIS through the Online

Ordering Service. Orders that can not be filled by the

Facility are accepted and forwarded directly to AIAA

via express mail for handling. There are four conditions of A-accessions identified by the presence or absence of an asterisk (*) for NASA Sponsored and a

pound sign (#) for Microfiche Available. Online order

messages received in response to an ORDER command have been tailored to each condition of all

A-accessions. The four conditions of A-accessions and

their corresponding online order messages or system

responses are explained below.

NASA Sponsored, Microfiche Available

NASA Sponsored

85A45877"#_ Microfiche Available

This condition of A-accessions is identified by an asterisk (*) and a pound sign (#) after the A-accession

number. These are NASA sponsored documents,

available on microfiche.

The online order message for either hardcopy or

microfiche requests is:

REQUEST FOR DOCUMENT NO. 85A45877 HAS BEEN RECORDED. NASA STIF WILL ATTEMPT TO COMPLY WITH YOUR

REQUEST.

Non-NASA, Microfiche Available

85A37231 #..o_- Microfiche Available

This condition of A-accessions is identified by a

pound sign (#) after the A-accession number. These

are non-NASA sponsored documents, available on

microfiche.

The online order message for either hardcopy or

microfiche requests is:

REQUEST FOR DOCUMENT NO. 85A37231 HAS BEEN RECORDED.NASA STIFWILL ATTEMPTTo COMPLYWITH YOUR

REQUEST.

NASA Sponsored, No Microfiche

85A40792" "b'--"--- NASA Sponsored

This condition of A-accessions is identified by an asterisk (*) after the A-accession number. These are

NASA sponsored documents, not available on microfiche.

The online order message for hardcopy requests is:

REQUESTFOR DOCUMENT NO. 85A40792 HAS BEEN RECORDED.NASA El'IF WILL REFERYOUR ORDERTO AIM FOR

HANDLING.

The online order message for microfiche requests is:

UNABLE TO FILL ORDER FOR MICROFICHE OF 85A40792.

PLEASE REORDER IN HARDCOPY.

If the user reorders in hardcopy, the online order message for hardcopy requests'forwarded to AIAA/TIS for

handling is displayed. (See above.)

Non-NASA, No Microfiche

85A40159

This condition of A-accessions is identified by the absence of both an asterisk (*) and a pound sign (#)

after the A-accession number. These are non-NASA

sponsored documents, not available on microfiche.

The online order message for hardcopy requests is:

REQUESt FOR DOCUMENT NO. BSA40159 HAS BEEN RECORDED. NASA STIF WILL REFER YOUR ORDER TO AIAA FOR

HANDLING.

The online order message for microfiche requests is:

UNABLE TO FILL ORDER FOR MICROFICHE OF 85A40159.

PLEASE REORDER IN HARDCOPY.

If the user reorders in hardcopy, the order message

for hardcopy requests forwarded to AIAAfTIS for handling is displayed. (See above.)

Information on how to enter the ORDER command

can be found in Section 3.15 of the NASA/RECON

User's Reference Manual, and is included in the

NASA/RECON User Registration Package. For more

information on the NASA STI Facility handling of IAA

orders, contact Tom Hanson, Manager, Distribution

and Support, (301) 621-0160.

This is the second article on the improved Online

Ordering Service. Its main features were described in

the March 1986 Bulletin.
How to Search Country

of intellectual Origin

resubmitted by Dian Marincola

Country of Intellectual Origin (CI) refers to the national source or origin of a report. For translated reports, the origin of the original report is the determining factor, not the translation organization. It is a mandatory data element for all A, N and X accessions,

and is displayed on NASA/RECON for these accession

series from 1962 to date.

Each entry in the CI field is displayed in a standardized format, taken from an authority list. Use the

EXPAND command to familiarize yourself with the

form and lexicon of the valid country names or terms.

As you look at the EXPAND display, note that there

are entries for "International Organization," "Other,"

and "Unknown" and the UNITED STATES is omitted.

Reports for which the CI cannot be determined are

indexed to Unknown; Other is used if the source is

not on the authority list; and International Organization is used if the report was a joint venture among

several countries or was generated by an international

organization, i.e., WMO, NATO, The Hague, etc.

Although the term UNITED STATES displays as a CI

on a NASAJRECON accession, it is not directly

searchable. The term UNITED STATES is omitted because the majority of the reports in the STI database

are indexed to this term. Due to the size of the complete set, it is more effective to use an exception processing technique to locate reports from the United

States in a set than to directly search on the term itself.

The Country of Intellectual Origin can be searched

using the SELECT and EXPAND commands and the

mnemonic CI. The SELECT command generates a set

of accessions indexed to the country name entered;

the EXPAND command provides an alphabetized display of the country names in the authority file and

shows the number of accessions indexed to each.

Sets can be SORTed by Country of Intellectual Origin

using the mnemonic CIO (as of this publication). Any

set can be SORTed in ascending or descending order

within a 5,000 accession limit.

EXAMPLE: SORT 1/CIO,d (descending order)

or SORT 1/CIO,a (ascending order)

To isolate accessions in a set whose Country of Intellectual Origin is the UNITED STATES, simply SORT

the set by Country of Intellectual Origin in descending

order. This clusters the UNITED STATES' accessions

near the top of the sorted set. Next use the SPECIFY

FORMAT option to display the accession number and

the country of intellectual origin. Remember to use

the mnemonic CIO in the SORT command and in the

SPECIFY FORMAT option. DISPLAY the sorted set in

Format 4 and use the KEEP command to select the

UNITED STATES accessions. The KEEP set, or set 99,

now contains accessions with the UNITED STATES as

the country of intellectual origin.

Note: Review the accessions indexed to "Unknown,"

many reports from the United States may be found

in this set.

Acronym List

The following list of acronyms and their meanings was

compiled from frequent questions to the search

analysts. It is presented here as a reference tool. Do

you have a similar tool, or users' aid, that you would

like to share? Contact RECON Services at the NASA

STI Facility (301) 621-0150.

ACC -- Advanced Carbon-Carbon

AI -- Artificial Intelligence

ATC n Air Traffic Control

ATE -- Automatic Test Equipment

CAD m Computer Aided Design

CAI -- Computer AssistedInstruction

CAM -- Computer Aided Manufacturing

CCC _ Command, Control, and Communications

CCD -- Charge Coupled Devices

CELSS -- Closed Ecological Life Support System

CSM _ Command Service Module

ECCM -- Electronic Counter Countermeasures

ECM _ Electronic Countermeasures

EHF _ Extremely High Frequencies

ERTS -- Earth Resources Technology Satellite

FIR _ Far Infrared

FLIR -- Forward Looking Infrared

GIS -- Geographic Information System

ICBM _ Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

IR n Infrared

IUE -- International Ultraviolet Explorer

LAClE -- Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment

LASER -- LightAmplification by Stimulated Emission

of Radiation

LEM -- Lunar Excursion Module

LIDAR _ Light Detection and Ranging

LIPS _ Laser Imaging Radar Sensor

LRV _ Lunar Roving Vehicle

LSS -- Large Space Structures

LSST -- Large Space System Technology

LST _ Large Space Telescope

MASER _ Microwave Amplifi_:ation by Stimulated Emission

of Radiation

NDE -- Nondestructive Evaluation

NDT _ Nondestructive Tests

OAO _ Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

PCB -- Printed Circuit Board

RADAR _ Radio Detection and Ranging

SDI _ Strategic Defense Initiative

SCRAMJETS -- Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Engines

TDRSS -- Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

UHF -- Ultrahigh Frequencies

VHF -- Very High Frequencies
Abbreviations and Acronyms in the NASA Thesaurus

--submitted by Ron Buchan

The NASA Thesaurus contains many acronyms. Some

are USE references to valid subject terms; others are

valid subject terms. These acronyms may be

EXPANDed in the online Thesaurus or the subject

term index to identify the desired subject term. This

eliminates the necessity to key the complete term,

thus saving time. Two approaches can be used.

1. EXPAND the acronym in the subject term index.

If the acronym is a USE reference EXPAND the E reference number and SELECT the subject term from the

Thesaurus expansion (R02).

ENTER:X AMOOS*I *5

EXPAND ST/AMOOS

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC TS

E01 ST/AMOEBA ...................... N 18 6

E02- ST/AMOOS ............................ U 0 1

E03 ST/AMOR ASTEROID .................. N 23 9

E04 ST/AMORPHOUS MATERIALS ....... N 1597 7

E05 ST/AMORPHOUS

SEMICONDUCTORS ................. N 1289 2

E06 ST/AMOUNT ....................... N 60 4

E07 ST/AMPERAGE ...................... U 0 1

ENTER:X E2

EXPAND ST/AMOOS

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC TS

R01 - ST/AMOOS ...................... U 0 1

R02 US/AEROMANEUVERING ORBIT

TO ORBIT SHUTTLE ................. N 5 0

ENTER:X R2

EXPAND US/SPACE TRANSPORTATION SY

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC TS

R01 - US/SPACE TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM ................................ N 1992 63

R02 UF/STS .................................. U 0 1

R03 NT/AEROMANEUVERING ORBIT

TO ORBIT SHUTTLE ................. N 5 0

R04 NT/ATLANTIS (ORBITER) ............ N 1 13

R05 NT/CHALLENGER (ORBITER) ........ N 45 21

R06 NT/COLUMBIA (ORBITER) .......... N 149 15

R07 NT/DISCOVERY (ORBITER) ......... N 10 16

ROB NT/ENTERPRISE (ORBITER) .......... N 20 10

R09 NT/SPACE SHUTTLE BOOSTERS .... N 789 10

RIO NT/SPACE SHU'I-i'LE

MISSION 31-A ...................... N 29 B

Note: A USE cross reference can be EXPANDed in

either the subject term index or the online Thesaurus;

it cannot be SELECTed. A SELECT command yields

negative results.

ENTER:S AMOOS

TERM IN SELECT COMMAND NOT IN DICTIONARY

However it is possible to SELECT or EXPAND an acronym in a text (TX) search to retrieve the frequency

of occurrence in the text searchable fields, i.e., title,

abstract, etc. A review of the abstracts and titles will

often lead to an explanation of the acronyms.

ENTER:X TX/AMOOS'I "5

EXPAND TX/AMOOS

ENTER:S R2

1 5 5 US/AEROMANEUVERING ORBITTO ORBIT SHUTTLE

If the acronym is a valid subject term, or part of a

subject term SELECT the E reference number(s).

ENTER:X AMPS'I "5

EXPAND ST/AMPS

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC TS

E01 ST/AMPOULES N 64 3

E02- ST/AMPS ..................... 0 0

E03 ST/AMPS (SATELLITE PAYLOAD) .... N 72 7

E04 ST/AMPTE (SATELLITES) .......... N 10 10

E0S STIAMTV ...................... U 0 I

E06 ST/AN-2 AIRCRAFT ................ N 14 5

E07 ST/AN-22 AIRCRAFT ................. N S 10

ENTER:S E3

2 72 72 ST/AMPS (SATELLITE PAYLOAD)

REF DESCRIPTOR TP OCC TS

E01 TX/AMONTONS ..................... B 2 0

E02 - TXIAMOOS ...................... B 24 0

E03 TX/AMOOUNT ......................... B 1 0

E04 TXIAMOR ............................ B 58 0

E05 TX/AMORD ........................... B 9 0

E06 TX/AMORHOUS .................. B 2 0

E07 TX/AMORICAIN ...................... B 1 0

ENTER:S E2

4 8 24 TX/AMOOS

ENTER:S TX/AMOOS

S 8 24TX/AMOOS

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2. EXPAND the acronym in the online Thesaurus.

SELECT the R reference number to create a set of records indexed to the term. EXPAND the R reference

number to review the hierarchy of the term.

ENTER:X TS/STS

EXPAND TS/STS

REF DESCRIPTOR TP

R01 - ST/STS U

R02 US/SPACE TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM ........................ N

ENTER:S R2

3

OCC TS

0 I

1992 63

1995 1995 US/SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Just a reminder that the 1986 NASAIRECON Users

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Wednesday.

A registration package will be mailed to all NASN

RECON users in July. If you have suggestions for the

conference agenda, call John Wilson, NIT-2 (202)

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Abstracts are included for 42 Soviet periodical articles

published in Russian during the last third of 1985.

Selected articles are illustrated with figures and tables

from the original. In addition, translated introductions

and tables of contents for 17 Russian books on 12 topics related to NASA's life science concerns are presented. Areas covered are adaptation, biological

rhythms, biospherics, body fluids, botany, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, cytology, developmental biology, endocrinology, exobiology, habitability

and environmental effects, health and medical treatment, hematology, histology, human performance,

immunology, mathematical modelling, metabolism,

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ordering information are given.

The Human Factor: Biomedicine in the Manned

Space Program to 1980 (NASA SP-4213)

The purpose of this publication is to provide NASA

personnel, NASA managers, and the biomedical and

historical research communities a well-documented

historical summary of the content and organization of

NASA's biomedical programs from Project Mercury up

to the Shuttle program. The publication includes not

only a major narrative portion, but appendixes and

reference notes.

Price: $23.00

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Interrelationships Among Circumstellar,

Interstellar, and Interplanetary Dust

(NASA CP-2403)

Proceedings of a workshop held at the Aspen Institute's Wye Plantation Conference Center in Wye,

Maryland, from February 27 to March 1, 1985. The

workshop was attended by 50 astronomers, astrophysicists, planetary scientists and rneteoriticists and

emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of studies of

cosmic dust.

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NASA's scientific and technical information productsand

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Some Search Techniques to Maximize

NASA/RECON Response Time

The response time of NASA/RECON is dependent

upon many variables. These include 'peak usage

hours,' search complexity, commands used, etc.

Many searchers have devised techniques to maximize

NASA/RECON response time and, therefore, enhance

the effectiveness of their search time. The following

suggestions may help you to maximize your search

time.

Take advantage of low usage hours to maximize your

search time. NASA/RECON is a time sharing system,

thus, response time is slower during peak usage hours.

These are 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET and 1:30 p.m.

to 3:00 p.m. ET. Low usage hours are before 10:30

a.m., at noon, and after 3:00 p.m. ET. Execute a

search during these hours to get the fastest response

from NASNRECON.

Develop a search strategy before you sit at the terminal Most searchers agree that optimal retrieval is dependent upon sound logic. Use the least number of

statements necessary to satisfy the scope of the search.

To do this, dissect complex queries into simple search

statements and devise appropriate boolean (COMBINE) arguments. Then, enter the search statements

in decreasing relevance; it may be that fewer statements are needed than originally thought. This type

of preparation maximizes search time and effort.

If you use the capabilities of NASA/RECON to devise

a search strategy, formulate a plan to achieve it. Determine beforehand which terms to EXPAND and the

appropriate fields for them. Before SELECTing or EXPANDing a term, consider how the results can be

used to satisfy the scope of the search. If NASA/

RECON's free text search capability is utilized, determine which is more appropriate, a single word, a

phrase, or a proximity search. A carefully planned and

thought out search often requires less processing time

for you as well as NASA/RECON.

Be careful with root searching or truncating in text

fields, Le., TX, ATL, AX, UTP. This type of free text

search requires a significant amount of processing

time. This is especially true when a 'COMMON' stem

is truncated. Frequency of occurrence is often the factor that determines the amount of time required to

process a command. Determine the uniqueness of a

stem by EXPANDing it in a text field. This provides

a 'peek' at the frequency of occurrence and the

number of terms with the same stem. Two options are

now available, either continue with the root search

or SELECT sets from the text expansion. The second

option often requires less processing time, and provides more relevant results, due to the SELECTion

process.

Users often attempt to truncate as a 'shortcut' to retrieve only the singular and plural forms of a word.

However, when you truncate, NASA/RECON generates a set of all terms in the index searched that begin

with the string of characters or stem entered. If for

example you truncate TX/patent:, the result is a set

that includes patent and patents (which is the last term

in the TX index with the chosen stem), as well as all

terms that alphabetically occur between the two

terms. Try EXPANDing TX/patent and SELECTing the

singular and plural forms of the term. Notice the difference in the number of citations retrieved. Another

effective method for singular and plural word searching uses SEARCH EXPRESSION. Enter SE TX/patent or

TX/patents and retrieve the same set as the EXPAND/

SELECT technique.

Be selective when using the FREQUENCY command.

This command is a valuable search tool, however, it

also requires a great deal of processing time. Use it

only on the most relevant sets, then print the frequency list on your local printer to save the information.

Many other techniques can be used to maximize the

effectiveness of your search time. Some of these will

be covered in future issues of the Bulletin. To share

techniques that you have devised to enhance your retrieval, contact RECON Services at the NASA STI Facility, (301) 621-0150.
Searching NASA Patents and Patent Applications

NASA patents and patent applications are regularly

announced in STAR and in the semi-annual Patent

Abstracts Bibliography, NASA SP-7039. They can be

searched online. Each NASA patent or patent application has a NASA-CASE-number and a US-Patentnumber in the report number (RN) field, the term PATENTS or PATENT APPLICATIONS in the subject term

field (ST or default), and the statement 'Patent' or 'Patent Application' in the title supplement (TSP) field.

Each of these fields can be searched to retreive NASA

patents or patent applications.

Since NASA patents and patent applications are accessioned into the 1 N (STAR) series, and to limit the

size of the sets, LIMIT the search to the 1 N series and

to the accession years of interest or to a specific accession range.

ENTER:LA 86/N 10001.69999

LIMIT-ALL ACCEPTED 86/N/10001-69999

Report Number (RN)

A report number search is the most direct search. If

the NASA-CASE-number or the US-Patent-number is

known, simply SELECT the number from the report

number index.

ENTER:S RN/NASA-CASE-LAR-13354-1

1L 1 1 RN/NASA-CASE-LAR-13354-1

or,

ENTER:S RN/US-PATENT-APPL-SN-746901

1L 1 1RN/US-PATENT-APPL-SN-746901

Use a RANGE search to retrieve all NASA patent and

patent applications. Enter sequential RANGE searches

as long as the system indicates 'TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED'; then COMBINE all sets using the boolean

operand OR (+). The final set includes all NASA patents and patent applications within the accession

year(s) and range searched.

ENTER:SRN/NASA-CASE: NASA-CASE-9999

2L 52 52 RN/NASA-CASE ARC-10304-1 RN/NASA-C

ASE-LEW-11881-1 RANGE SEARCH TIME LIMI

T EXCEEDED

ENTER:SRN/NASA-CASE-LEW-11881: NASA-CASE-9999

3L 11 11 RN/NASA-CASE-LEW-11881-1 RN/NASA-C

ASE-MFS-06074 RANGE SEARCH TIME LIMI

T EXCEEDED

ENTER:S RN/NASA-CASE-MFS-0674:NASA-CASE-9999

4L 52 52 RN/NASA-CASE-MFS-07369 RN/NASA-C

ASE-XLA-03645 RANGE SEARCH TIME LIMI

T EXCEEDED

ENTER:S RN/NASA.CASE-XLA-03645: NASA-_T-ASE-9999

** NO HITS **RN/NASA-CASE-XLA-03645 RN/NASA-C

ASE-SNP-10854 RANGE SEARCH

ENTER:C 2-41+

SL 115 1152+3+4

Use a ROOT search to isolate NASA patents from a

specific Center. The prefix identifies the Center.

ENTER:SRNINASA.CASE-LAR:

6L 25 25 RN/NASA-CASE-LAR-02743 RN/NASA-C

ASE-LAR-13444-1 -CU ROOT/NASA-CASE-LAR

Title Supplement (TSP)

The title supplement is a text searchable field. Search

this field for the statements Patent or Patent Application. COMBINE the sets to isolate the patents using

the boolean operand NOT(-). The three sets contain

all patents and patent applications, all patent applications, and all patents, respectively. These sets are not

limited to NASA patents and patent applications.

ENTER:STSP/PATENT

7L 396 396 TSP/PATENT

ENTER:STSP/'PATENT APPLICATION'

8L 244 244 TSP/PATENT * + 1 APPLICATION

ENTER:C 7-8

9L 152 152 7-8

Subject Term (ST or default)

A subject term search also yields all patents and patent applications, NASA and non-NASA. However,

bibliographies and other works dealing with patents

are also retrieved. SELECT the subject terms PATENTS

and PATENT APPLICATIONS and COMBINE using the

boolean operand OR( + ).

ENTER:SPATENTS

10L 150 150 ST/PATENTS

ENTER:SPATENT APPLICATIONS

11L 228 228 ST/PATENT APPLICATIONS

ENTER:C 10 + 11

12L 373 373 10+11

Several techniques can be used to isolate the NASA

patents and patent applications in the foregoing sets.

1. COMBINE the subject term or the title supplement

sets with the report number sets. Only NASA patents and patent applications have NASA-CASE- report numbers. Use the boolean operand AND(*).

ENTER:C 12"5

13L 115 11512*5

ENTER:C 7*5

14L 114 1147"5

2. SORT the set by financial support (FST) and use

the SPECIFY FORMAT option to DISPLAY the accession number and the financial support fields.

The NASA items are identified with an asterisk (*)

in the financial support field, KEEP them and

COMBINE 99+99 to place the KEEP set in the

search strategy. RELEASE 99 and SORT the final

set in descending accession number order or normal NASA/RECON order.

ENTER:SORT 12/1FST

15 373 373 SORT 012/FST/

ENTER:SFACC,FST

FORMAT-DEFINITION ACCEPTED.

ENTER:D 15/411-5

DISPLAY 15/4/i-5 OF 5

86N19581 *

86Ni9580 *

86N20126 *

86N20125 *

86N20124 *
MOREENTER:K 15/1-119

KEEP15/1-119

ENTER:C 99+99

16L 119 11999+99

ENTER:R 99

RELEASED 99

ENTER:SORT 16/ACC, D

17 119 119SORT 016/ACC,D/

3. To eliminate the bibliographies, SELECT the term

BIBLIOGRAPHIES and COMBINE using the boolean operand NOT(-). To isolate the bibliographies, use the boolean operand AND(*).

ENTER:S BIBLIOGRAPHIES

18L 96 96 ST/BIBLIOGRAPHIES

ENTER:C 17-18

19L 115 115 17-18

ENTER:C 17=18

20L 4 4 17"18

or enter a SEARCH EXPRESSION.

ENTER:SE (PATENTS + PATENT APPLICATIONS)-

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

21L 1SO 1S0 ST/PATENTS

22L 228 228 ST/PATENT APPLICATIONS

23L 96 96 ST/BIBLIOGRAPHIES

24L 369 369 (21 +22)-23

ENTER:C (21 + 22)"23

2SL 4 4 (21 + 22)'23

Corporate Source

Authority List (CSAL)

Distribution Reduced

Recent survey results have indicated that the Corporate Source Authority List (CSAL) is of limited value

as a search tool, now that the Corporate Source files

are available online. In light of these findings the

general distribution of this product has been discontinued.

We will continue to produce a limited number of

copies for those users who use the CSAL as an input

authority tool.

Good News for

Hardwire Users

Root and range searching has not been an easy task

for hardwire NASA/RECON users. They have long had

to contend with the fact that the last term retrieved

was not displayed on the terminal screen. They were

forced to keep their printers activated, so that the last

term retrieved would at least be displayed on paper.

All this will change in mid-summer of 1986. Hardwire, including ARIN, users will have the last term

retrieved as well as any processing message, such as

POSTING LIMIT EXCEEDED, displayed on their terminal screen.

Due to a minor screen reconfiguration, this will cause

a slight change in the arrangement of that information

on the screen. It will not, however, interfere with normal NASA/RECON searching.

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in May

1986 are listed. These terms are currently available

on NASA/RECON. Definitions are given for selected

terms. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0103.

CALIFORNIUM COMPOUNDS

CANARY ISLANDS

EINSTEINIUM COMPOUNDS

GEOPOTENTIAL RESEARCH MISSION

A NASA gravity field mapping mission utilizing the low-low

satellite tracking concept to measure the Doppler between

two coorbiting polar satellites. Used for Gravsat satellites.

GERMAN INFRARED LABORATORY

A proposed infrared telescope for Spacelab that was discontinued in 1985. It superseded the LIRTS (telescope).

GOES 6

The sixth in a series of geostationary operational environmental satellites launched in May 1981.

GOES-G

The satellite was to have been the seventh in a series of

geostationary operational environmental satellites. The May

1986 launch failed.

GRAVSAT SATELLITE

USE GEOPOTENTIAL RESEARCH MISSION

SUPERGRAVITY

SUPERSYMMETRY

More Acronyms

Acronyms and their meanings compiled by search

analysts are listed below. The list is presented as a

reference tool. To share a similar tool, or user's aid,

contact RECON Services at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0150.

ACF R Autocorrelation Function

CRRES -- Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite

DISPO -- Display Interactive System of Orbit Planning

Extensive Air Showers

GCR _ Galactic Cosmic Ray

HIIS _ Heavy Ions in Space

LEAR _ Low Energy Antiproton Ring

LSD 1 Liquid Scintillation Detector

PIXE 1 Proton Induced X-ray Emission

SAR 1 Synthetic Aperture Radar

SCR _ Solar Cosmic Rays

SLAR _ Side-Looking Airborne Radar

TRP -- Two-step Resonant Photoionization

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inventions to various foreign countries. This publication provides basic information and drawings concerning items available for licensing in foreign countries.

Space Station Systems, A Bibliography

with Indexes

(NASA SP-7056(01)

This semiannual bibliography is the latest addition to

NASA's Continuing Bibliography series. It is designed

to be helpful to the researchers, designers, and managers engaged in the design and development of technology, configurations, and procedures that enhance

efficiencies of current and future versions of a Space

Station. This literature survey lists 624 reports, articles

and other documents announced between January 1,

1985 and June 30, 1985 in Scientific and Technical

Aerospace Reports (STAR), and International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA). The coverage includes documents that define major systems and subsystems, servicing and support requirements, procedures and operations, and missions for the current and future Space

Station. In addition, analytical and experimental techniques and mathematical models required to investigate the different systems/subsystems and conduct

trade studies of different configurations, designs, and

scenarios are included. A companion continuing bibliography, Technology for Large Space Structures,

NASA 5P-7046, is also available.

STl_n and Tech Info News

is distributed to established users to inform them about

NASA's scientific and technical information products and

services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

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Document Orders m

How Are They Invoiced?

As you are well aware, both NASA-funded and certain

Non-NASA documents in the A, N, and X accession

series are available for a fee to appropriately registered

users. One of the more frequently asked questions

about this ordering service concerns invoicing.

All orders filled by the NASA STI Facility are invoiced

on a monthly basis by RMS Associates. Fees are based

on the NTIS price code as shown in the citation or

page count of each document ordered.

If the Facility is unable to fill an order for an 'A" accession, the order is forwarded directly to AIAA/TIS.

AIAA/TIS requires prepayment. If you do not have a

deposit account with them, they will send you an invoice prior to filling the order. AIANTIS charges

$10.00 per item up to 50 pages; additional pages are

$0.25 each. Remember, copyrighted works should be

obtained directly from their publishers.

When placing an order through the ORDER command

on NASAJRECON, a message is displayed at the user's

terminal indicating acceptance, referral, or nonacceptance of the order. A user's organizational affiliation

with NASA and the availability of the document determine if an order can or cannot be filled.

To order a document, a qualified user enters the following four parameters separated with a slash. Only

an accession or set number is required.

1. Accession number or set number

Limit is 50 citations per order

ORDER 85N23640

ORDER 2

2. Format of the document(s) requested

• HC -- Hard copy (default)

• MF-- Microfiche

• Both --Both Hard copy and Microfiche

• OR -- Either Hard copy or Microfiche

• STK -- Stock Copy Only

ORDER 2/OR

3. Number of copies requested (default is 1)

ORDER 83N10100/STK/2

4. Name and address of requester (optional)

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Registered users may also call Document Distribution

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From the Centers

Personnel Changes at

Lewis Research Center

George Mandel, Chief, Technical Information Services

Division, informs us that his staff is now organized

as follows:

• Richard Texler, Deputy Chief, Technical Information

Services Division

• Ernie Walker, Branch Chief, Photographic and Printing Branch

• Paul Riedel, Deputy Branch Chief, Photographic and

Printing Branch

• Steve Stefka, Deputy for Printing

• Sue Butts, Deputy for Manuscript Support

LeRC Publishing Activities

In recent years, Lewis has hosted several research

conferences at the Center at which there were several

hundred attendees. Our program experience was that,

on occasion, we would be asked to provide "figure

preprints" to the attendees as notebooks during the

presentations. However, in recent years, we have

been requested by the Lewis conference coordinators

to provide the attendees with the final Conference

Proceedings which have the complete text and figures

or the abstracts and figures. During the month of May,

two such NASA Conference Publications were published at Lewis and made available to the attendees

when they registered at the conference. These were:

• NASA CP-2423, 20th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium, May 7-9; and

• NASA CP-2427, Structural Ceramics, May 20-21.

Mr. Mandel also reports that Lewis received inquiries

from a large number of university and industry users

regarding the three Lewis brochures announced in the

March 1986 issue of this Bulletin.

Note: ff any of you have similar announcements or

articles of general interest to the 57"1 community,

please provide them to us. See the last page of this

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USSR Space Life Sciences Digest, Issue 5

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This document contains abstracts of 37 papers recently published in Russian language periodicals and

bound collections of 11 new Soviet monographs.

Selected abstracts are illustrated with figures and tables from the original. Additional features include a

translated interview, a book review and a conference

description and abstracts or titles of relevant Soviet

papers presented in English at international conferences. The materials covered in this issue have been

identified as relevant to 26 areas of aerospace

medicine and space biology. These areas are biological rhythms, biospherics, body fluids, botany, cardiovascular and respiratory systems, endocrinology,

exobiology, genetics, group dynamics, habitability

and environment effects, health and medical treatment, hematology, human performance, immunology, mathematical modeling, metabolism, microbiology, morphology and cytology, musculoskeletal system, neurophysiology, nutrition, perception, personnel selection, psychology, and radiobiology.

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This report presents an assessment of the state of

knowledge of the upper atmosphere as of January

1986. It discusses the physical, chemical, and radiative processes which control the spatial and temporal

distribution of ozone in the atmosphere; the predicted

magnitude of ozone perturbations and climate

changes for a variety of trace gas scenarios; and the

ozone and temperature data used to detect the presence or absence of a long-term trend. This assessment

report was written by a small group of NASA scientists, was peer reviewed, and is based primarily on

the comprehensive international assessment document entitled "Atmospheric Ozone 1985: Assessment

of Our Understanding of the Processes Controlling its

Present Distribution and Change" to be published as

the World Meteorological Organization Global

Ozone Research and Monitoring Project Report

No. 16.

Price: $16.95

NTIS Order No.: 86N25911

Applications of Tethers in Space,

Executive Summary

(NASA CP-4244)

The proceedings of the second workshop on Applications of Tethers in Space, sponsored jointly by the Italian National Space Plan, CNR, and NASA, held in

Venice, Italy, October 15-17, 1985, are summarized

in this document. The workshop was attended by persons from government, industry, and academic institutions to discuss the rapidly evolving area of tether

applications in space. Many new applications were

presented at the workshop, but, more important,

existing applications were revised, refined, and

prioritized as to which applications should be implemented and when. The workshop concluded with

summaries developed individually and jointly by each

of the applications panels.

Price: $9.95

NTIS Order No.: 86N25794

Fourteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloquium

(NASA CPo2419)

This publication contains technical papers contributed

during the Colloquium held in San Diego, California,

on May 5-9, 1986. The authors review general application of finite element methodology and the specific

application of the NASA Structural Analysis System,

NASTRAN, to a variety of static and dynamic structural problems.

Price: $28.95

NTIS Order No.: 86N25823

USSR Space Life Sciences Digest

Index to Issues 1-4

(NASA CR-3922(06)

This document is an index to issues 1-4 of the USSR

Space Life Sciences Digest. It is arranged in three sections. In section 1, abstracts from the first four issues

are grouped according to subject. Section 2 lists the

categories according to which Digest entries are

grouped and cites additional entries relevant to that

category. Key words are indexed in section 3.

Price: $11.95

NTIS Order No.: 86N25971

Second Symposium on Chemical Evolution and

the Origin and Evolution of Life

(NASA CP-2425)

This symposium was held at the NASA Ames Research

Center, Moffet Field, California,. july 23-26, 1985.

The NASA Exobiology principal investigators reported

their recent research findings in the following areas:

cosmic evolution of biogenic compounds, prebiotic

evolution (planetary and molecular), early evolution

of life (biological and geochemical), evolution of advanced life, solar system exploration, and the Search

for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

Price: $16.95

NTIS Order No. : 86N26844

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Stopwords in the ST! Database

We think you will find this alphabetical listing of stopwords for text searching in file collections D, O, B and

A a handy retrieval tool. Stopwords are words which are not directly searchable in any of the text fields, such

as title and abstract.

A DESCRIBED NEVERTHELESS THEM

ABOUT DESIGN NO THEN

ACCORDING DID NOR THERE

ACCORDINGLY DO NOT THEREBY

ADDRESSES DOES NOTE THEREFORE

AGAIN DOING NOW THEREIN

ALL DONE NUMBER THEREOF

ALMOST DUE OF THEREON

ALONG DURING OFF THERETO

ALSO EACH OK THESE

ALTHOUGH ET ON THEY

ALWAYS EVERY ON E THIS

AN FOR ONLY THOSE

AND FORTHCOMING OR THROUGH

AND/OR GAVE OTHER THROUGHOUT

ANOTHER GET OTHERS THUS

ANY G ETS OWN TIME

ANYTHING GIVE PAR TIMES

ARE GIVEN PER TO

AROUND GIVES PERHAPS TOO

AS GIVING PERIOD TOTAL

ASK GO PRESENTS UNDER

ASKED GOES PRESENTED UP

ASKING GOING PRESS US

ASKS GONE QUITE USE

ASSOCIATION HAD RATHER USED

AT HAS REALLY USER

AUTHOR HAVE REPORT USES

AUTHORS HAVING REPORTED USING

AUTHOR-IDENTIFIED HE REPORTS USUALLY

AVAILABLE HERE RESULT VERY

BE HEREBY RESULTED VIA

BECAME HEREIN RESULTING WANT

BECAUSE HOW RESULTS WAS

BECOME HOWEVER SAY WE

BECOMES IF SEE WELL

BEEN IN SEEN WENT

BEFORE IN DEED SHALL WERE

BEHIND INTO SHE WHAT

BEING IS SHOW WHEN

BESIDE IT SHOWED WH ERE

BIMONTHLY ITS SHOWING WHEREAS

BIWEEKLY LATELY SHOWN WHEREOF

BRINGING LIKELY SHOWS WHETHER

BUT MADE SIT WHICH

BY MAKE SITrlNG WHICHEVER

CAME MAKES SO WHILE

CAN MAKING SOME WHO

CANNOT ME SOMETHING WHOM

CO MORE SUB WHOSE

COME MOST SUCH WILL

COMES MUCH SYSTEM WITH

COMING MUST SYSTEMS WOULD

CORP , MY THAN WHY

COULD NEED THAT YOU

DATA NEEDED THE YOURS

DEPT NEEDS THEIR

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in June

and July 1986 are listed. These terms are currently

available on NASA/RECON. User suggestions for new

terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the

NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

BISMALEIMIDE

BORON-EPOXY COMPOUNDS

TRANSFERRED TO BORON-EPOXY COMPOSITES

FAINT OBJECTS

MICROBURSTS

SELENIUM ISOTOPES

SPACE STATION POWER SUPPLIES

SPACE STATION PROPULSION

STARPROBE MISSION

STARPROBE SPACECRAFT

STRING THEORY

SN (DOES NOT INCLUDE CLASSICAL STRING

DYNAMICS)

SUPERSTRING THEORY

USE STRING THEORY

TERBIUM COMPOUNDS

WHITE BLOOD CELLS

TRANSFERRED TO LEUKOCYT.ES

NASA/RECON Display

Enhancements

Two modifications to the display format have made

certain NASA/RECON records easier to read.

Descriptors in the RTOP (W70K) Series

Many of you have noticed the absence of delimiters

between terms in the descriptor field on RTOP records. This gives the appearance of a run-on sentence;

you can not tell where one descriptor ended and

another began. In an effort to standardize record format, a delimiter has been inserted between terms. A

slash (/) appears between each term making the RTOP

record display format consistent with other record

types in the NASA STI database.

Primary Analytic Notes

Another modification concerns the Primary Analytic

Note (PRM---for display only) field on STAR (N10K)

accessions. Formerly the PRM field was concatenated

onto the Sales and Pricing (SAP---for display only)

field. Now the PRM appears on a separate line below

the SAP field. This provides a clearer record display.

STI-RECON Bulletin and Tech Info News

is distributed to established users to inform them about

NASA's scientific and technical information products and

services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, Md. 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or Iohn Wilson,

NASA Headquarters, Code Nl-F-2, Washington, DC

20546, (202) 453-2904.

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Scientific and Technical

Information Branch SEPTEMBER 1986

Standing Order Service

for NASA S& TPublications

Effective October 1, 1986, NASA will institute, on a

standing order basis, charges for NASA publications

currenty distributed automatically in paper copy to U.S.

Government organizations, their contractors, and noncontractor domestic users free of charge. These publications include NASA bibliographies and the NASA scientific and technical (S&T) report series such as Conference Publications (NASA CP), Reference Publications

(NASA RP), and Special Publications (NASA SP). Distribution of the NASA bibliographies to registered NASA

R&D contractors will continue without charge. The

automatic distribution of microfiche will not be affected

by the standing order service at this time.

The standard price for paper copy of a NASA publication on_}tanding order is $14.50. This service provides

a stani3ing order option in which you are invoiced for

only thoSe publications received. Invoices are sent on

a monthly basis only after sufficient time has elapsed

for you to receive the publications ordered.

Subscribers to the NASA STAR Automatic Document

Distribution Service (ADDS) may wish to take advantage of this new service. The standing order option

provides a pay as you go plan rather than the payment

of a large sum in advance.

For more information contact Marion Leiby at the NASA

STI Facility (301) 621-0153.

Document Control

Marking Study

The Federal Commerce, Energy, NASA, Defense STI

(CENDI) agencies use various statements to indicate

limitations placed on distribution of selected documents. The criteria for and the intentions behind the

marking of these limitations are not always selfevident. When receiving reports from one of the other

agencies, it is not always possible for a recipient to

understand readily from the marking what degree of

control must be exercised in handling and further disseminating the information.

An interagency guide is being prepared to compare

control markings of U.S. Government scientific and

technical documents. This guide can be used in CENDI

agencies so that working levels in each agency can

understand and properly control documents from the

other agencies. A long-range goal of this project is to

establish greater commonality among CENDI organizations in policies and procedures for distribution control

and marking of scientific and technical information.

Each CENDI agency's pertinent regulations and directives have been collected and reviewed and similarities

and differences identified. A cross-reference chart has

been prepared to display relationships of control markings among CENDI agencies. The task group met with

appropriate individuals in Federal organizations and

committees who are involved in policy setting for security and export-control to gain as full a picture as

possible of the STI control problem. A report has been

prepared including recommendations for changes to

information control and policies and procedures to

achieve greater commonality among CEN DI agencies.

For more information contact C.W. Hargrave at NASA

Headquarters (202) 453-2936.

Notice

ToAft NASA/RECON Users

We have revised the explanatory front matter

which is distributed with the literature searches

processed by the NASA STI Facility. This material

is now available for you to reproduce and distribute with the literature searches processed

through your libraries. For your copies, contact

RECON Services at (301) 621-0151.
New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by the Scientific and Technical Information Branch follow. Copies

are available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington,

DC 20420 or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The price and order

number are given with the description.

NASA and General Aviation

(NASA SP-485)

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

(NACA) and its successor the National Aeronautics and

Space Administrtion (NASA) have played a vital role in

the development of American aviation. This book

examines some of the past achievements of both NACA

and NASA in aeronautical experimentation. It describes

the NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology's

General Aviation Research and Technology Progam. It

covers the background and origin of the program as

well as the overall objectives and scope. A detailed

look at how general aviation functions and how NASA

helps keep it on the cutting edge of technology in airfoils, airframes, engines, electronics, commuter travel,

environmental concerns, air traffic control, and agricultural development is given.

Price: $6.50

GPO Stock No: 003-000-00984-4

Applications of Tethers in Space, Volumes 1 and 2

(NASA CP-2422)

The proceedings of the second workshop on Applications of Tethers in Space, sponsored jointly by the Italian

National Space Plan, CNR, and NASA, held in Venice,

Italy, October 15-17, 1985, are presented. The workshop

was attended by persons from government, industry,

and academic institutions to discuss the rapidly evolving area of tether applications in space. These two volumes contain the complete documentation of the workshop, including opening addresses, tether fundamentals, and panel reports and summaries.

Price:S40.95 each volume

NTIS Order No:86N28407(volJ), 86N27644(vol.2)

19th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Volumes

9 and 10 (NASA CP-2376)

These volumes contain papers submitted for presentation at the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference,

held on the campus of the University of California, San

Diego in La Jolla, Calif., August 11-23, 1985. The conference is held every other year. Volume 9 contains

invited, rapporteur, and highlight papers. Volume 10

contains a complete author index to the previous 9

volumes and a list of conference participants' names

and addresses.

Price: Boxed set $200

NTIS Order No: 86N28904

El Nino and Outgoing Longwave Radiation: An Atlas

of Nimbus-7 Earth Radiation Budget Observations

(NASA RP-1163)

Five years of broad-band Earth Radiation Budget (ERB)

measurements taken by the Nimbus-7 ERB experiment

have been archived. This five-year period included the

1982-1983 El Nino/Southem Oscillation event, which

reached its peak in January 1983. An outgoing Iongwave

radiation subset of the data, for the period June 1980

- October 1983, has been processed to enhance spatial

resolution. This atlas contains the analyses of the resultant fields.

1986 NASA Thesaurus Supplement

•(NASA SP-7053(Suppl. 1))

The May 1986 NASA Thesaurus Supplement updates

the 1985 edition of the NASA Thesaurus, NASA SP7053. Parts 1 and 2 update the Hierarchical Listing and

the Access Vocabular_, respectively. The Supplement

contains complete hierarchies for all new terms; additions to existing hierarchies are not included but may

be found in the online NASA Thesaurus. Part 3 of the

Supplement is a list of NASA Thesaurus definitions, a

new feature. Definitions are given for most terms added

to the NASA Thesaurus since 1976, and the list contains

over 1500 terms. Definitions of the more common or

general scientific terms are given a NASA slant, if one

exists. Items such as place names and specific models

of computers are not defined since these definitions are

readily available in specialized sources. The definitions

list also includes the date the term was added to the

NASA Thesaurus. Part 4 includes any changes, deletions, etc since the last Supplement. Any comments or

suggestions about this publication, including suggestions for new terms, should be addressed to: Lexicographer, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility, P.O. Box 8757, BWI Airport, Maryland 21240.

Price: $16.95

NTIS Order No.: NASA SP-7053(Supp. 1)

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1977

(NASA SP-4022)

This publication is a chronology of events during the

year 1977 in the fields of aeronautical and space research, development, activity, and policy. It includes

appendixes, an index, and illustrations.

2
Machine Aided Indexing (MAI) at the NASA STI Facility

-submitted by June R Silvester

In line with its committment to automation, the NASA

STI Facility is instituting machine aided indexing (MAI).

The NASA STI Facility receives input from other agencies in machine-readable form on magnetic tape and

selects material that is relevant to the NASA mission.

The original indexing of this material becomes input

for MAI. Work began in January 1982 to develop the

NASA Lexical Dictionary (NLD), a translation system

that operates in two modes - subject switching and

phrase matching.

Subject Switching

Subject switching is the translation of a set of subject

terms from one controlled vocabulary to another. The

Facility subject switches groups of terms from the controlled vocabularies of the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) and the Department of Energy (DOE).

For example, DTIC's term "abrasion" and "resistance"

are translated to the single NASA term "abrasion resistance", the single DTIC term "femoral arteries" to the

NASA terms "arteries" and "femur", DTIC's "drilling

machines" to NASA's "boring machines", "adenine" to

"adenines", "bases(chemistry)" to "bases (chemical)"

and so on. DOE's terms are subject switched in a similar

fashion. The subject switching portion of the NLD is

essentially a large file of USE references for concepts

expressed by both individual and combinations of terms

that are assigned to a single document. [:)TIC to NASA

subject switching became fully operational in the summer of 1984. DOE to NASA subject switching has been

operational since 1985.

Phrase Matching

The phrase matching mode is used for MAI of all input

other than the DTIC and DOE controlled vocabularies.

This generally means titles and abstracts, but any natural

language text or other controlled vocabulary terms can

be handled. NASA's current emphasis is on a two step

process which automatically selects words and phrases

from titles and abstracts and translates them into NASA

subject terms. The process uses a recognition dictionary

to provide syntax; a machine phrase selection (MAPS)

program to delineate phrases, and the Phrase Matching

file and an Access Routine to translate the input into

NASA subject terms. This programming is unique to

NASA.

Natural Language MAI

Natural language MAI went operational at the Facility

in mid-July 1986 scanning the titles and abstracts of

NASA's file of Research and Technology Objectives and

Plans. A preliminary test indicated that the NLD is able

to completely translate more than 80% of all phrases.

Many other phrases are partially translated.

The goal of MAI is to present indexers with a set of

NASA subject terms appropriate for the content of the

document for review. In an MAI environment, indexers

concentrate on review and on feedback to the MAI

system, in effect creating and maintaining an 'expert

system'. It is important to emphasize that MAI means

machine aided indexing. Indexers actively assist in m_king the selections of NASA subject terms for the translations of input phrases. They have an on-going opportunity and responsibility to provide feedback to improve

the MAI operations.

Although based on an MAI system established at DTIC,

the NASA Lexical Dictionary system is unique and represents a major technical advance in the field of information science.

For more information consult the following publications:

An operational system for subject switching between

controlled vocabularies: a computational linguistics approach, J. R Silvester, R. Newton, R H. Klingbiel, NASA

CR-3838 (October 1984) 85Nl1903.

Phrase structure rewrite system in information retrieval,

R H. Klingbiel, Information Processing and Management, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 113-126, 1985.85A44770.

NASA STi Database

Subject Content

The NASA STI database contains more than two and a

half million documents emphasizing aeronautics,

space, and supporting disciplines. The subject content

of the collection is in scope with NASA's mission, with

emphasis shifting as NASA's mission evolves. The chart

below depicts the current subject content by major

subject division of the database.

Subject Division Percent

Aeronautics 7

Astronautics 5

Chemistry and Materials 9

Engineering 26

Geosciences 14

Life Sciences 5

Mathematical and Computer Sciences 6

Physics 11

Social Sciences 1

Space Sciences 16

Total 100

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Key Contacts at the NASA

ST! Facility

For assistance in matters relating to the varied aspects

of NASA/RECON contact any of the following key personnel at the NASA STI Facility, P.O. Box 8757, BWI

Airport, MD. 21240.

General Manager

Robert B. Johnson

(301) 621.0200

Accounting

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(301) 621-0222

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in August

1986 are listed. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0103).

ALTIMETRY

ANTARCTIC OCEAN

CHUCKCHI SEA

transferred to CHUKCHI SEA

ELECTRON AFFINITY

IMPACT SENSITIVITY

use IMPACT RESISTANCE

MENDELEVIUM

MOLYBDENUM ISOTOPES

NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY

NOBELIUM ISOTOPES

PALLADIUM ISOTOPES

SATELLITE ALTIMETRY

SHORT CRACKS

RECON Services/Training

Dian A. Marinacola

(301) 621-0154

NASA/RE-CON Hot-Lines

Retrieval Assistance

(301) 859-5300 (Baltimore)

ext. 150

(301) 621-0150

Connect Assistance

Mike Moriarty

(301) 621-0300

Document Evaluator

Philip N. French

(301) 621-0111

Bulletin Editor

Jacqueli ne M.Streeks

(301) 621-0105

User Registration

Marion Leiby

(301) 621-0153

Document Distribution

DoloresJohnson

(301) 621.0146

STI-RECON Bulletin and Tech Info News

isdistributed to established usersto inform them about NASA's

scientific and technical information products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the RECON

Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions,material to be considered for inclusion, and comrnents may be directed to lackie Streeks at the above address

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Detach label with instructions for address or distribution

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Division, NASA STI Facility.
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Information Branch OCTOBER 1986

NASA/RECON for

Historically Black Colleges

& Universities

About 20 letters indicating interest have been received

in response to a letter from Acting Administrator

Graham to presidents of Historically Black Colleges

and Universities (HBCU) offering them access to the

NASNRECON online bibliographic system. Training

will be provided under a project previously developed

through a grant to Southern University, also an HBCU,

to train undergraduate scientists and engineers in the

use of advanced information systems. Those schools

completing training will be permitted free access to

NASA/RECON for up to two years to facilitate initiation

of continued instruction asa regular part of the college's

curricula.

For more information, contact John Wilson at NASA

Headquarters. (202) 453-2904.

CENDI. Information

Transfer Standards Project

A CENDI working group has been tasked to identify or

develop standards for transfer of information in text or

graphic form from an information source to another

location where that information can be searched, manJpulated and republished on demand to satisfy the needs

of searchers.

Currently, text generators such as word processing

machines and typesetters do not use standard formatting

codes. The characters are coded generally to an ASCII

standard but the page format may follow many different

codes for formatting the text. Further, if a page contains

images other than text then those images may have

been produced by many different techniques such as

photolithography, bit mapping, vector coding, etc. The

text and image are often combined using photographic

processes. However, if advanced computer graphics

and word processing techniques are used to develop

the page no single standard is recognized to produce

the information content and formatting.

The major benefits from this project to the CENDI agencies will be realilzed when full text and image storage

systems are used. Electronic demand printing systems

are now under consideration and these will further

develop into systems that will be capable of storing text

and image information that can be searched for its information and graphics content. Without standards for

text formatting and image coding, interpretation of this

type of information by central repositories using digital

storage systems will not be feasible.

The effort will be coordinated with the National Bureau

of Standards and its sponsored committee The Federal

Council on Computer Storage Standards and Technology. This will provide contacts for investigation of any

similar efforts in this area. A review of all applicable

standards and accepted formats will be made to include

any de facto standards currently in use. Recommendations will be made to CENDI for a standard for page

formatting commands for text and graphics to allow

electronic transfer and subsequent information content

analysis.

For more information contact Rex Talbert at NASA

Headquarters, (202) 453-2155.

FederalCommerce,Energy,NASA, DefenseSTI managers.

CONTENTS

NASAJRECON for Historically Black 1

Colleges & Universities

CENDI Information Transfer Standards 1

Project

Publications 2

Free Literature SearchService Discontinued 2

Useds Reference Manual 2

NASA/RECON Demo at FLICC Workshop 2

Notice to Bulletin Readers 2

New Thesaurus Terms 3

Spinoff - Technology Twice Used 4
Recent Publication

History at NASA, NASA HHR-50

This publication replaces the seventh edition of Guide

to Research in NASA History by Alex Roland. It was

written as a guide for historians writing for the NASA

History Office. It covers the establishment of the NASA

History Program in 1959 and the role of the NASA

History Advisory Committee. Excerpts from book reviews of major NASA History Office publications are

included as well as a complete list of NASA history

publications. Special emphasis is given to the historical

documents collections held by NASA Headquarters and

several of the Centers.

History at NASA is available from the NASA History

Office at NASA Headquarters, Mail Code LBH,

Washington DC 20546.

Free Literature Search

Service Discontinued

Effective September 30, 1986 the NASA STI Facility

discontinued free literature search services provided for

organizations other than NASA installations. A charge

of $80.00 will be made for each search performed on

the NASA STI database by the NASA STI Facility.

A copy of the Literature Search Request Form (NHQ

Form 84) submitted together with the completed search

printouts will accompany each invoice for payment.

Each search will be invoiced separately. The invoice

will be prepared by RMS Associates, the present contractor for the NASA STI Facility, and will be mailed

directly to the requesting activity within an organization.

Those who are not currently accessing the NASA STI

database via the NASA/RECON online retrieval system

may want to obtain such access. For further information

on accessing NASA/RECON contact John Wilson at

NASA Headquarters, (202) 453-2904 or FTS453-2904.

User's Reference Manual

A limited supply of the NASA/RECON User's Reference

Manual issued in 1984 is currently available from the

NASA STI Facility. This manual is designed to serve the

reference needs of all levels of users, novice to

advanced. If you would like to have additional copies

of the Manual contact Dian Marincola, RECON

Services (301) 621-0150.

NASA/RECON Demo

at FLICC Workshop

The Federal Library and Information Center Committee

(FLICC) and its operating network, FEDLINK, sponsored

the first in a series of Regional Workshops on Accessing

Federal Databases. The workshop, held in Washington,

DC on September 9 to 11, 1986, featured demonstrations and training on nine Federal databases over a

three day period.

Participating Federal databases included: NASA/

RECON, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; CENDATA, Census Bureau; NALIS/NEDRES, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; ERIC,

National Institute of Education; DROLS, Defense Technical Information Center; GPO Monthly Catalogue,

U.S. Government Printing Office; AGRICOLA, U.S. Department of Agriculture; NLM/MEDLARS, National Libran/of Medicine; and NTIS, National Technical Information Service.

Each day of the workshop included training and demonstrations on three different databases, concurrently.

The morning sessions focused on an overview of each

of the three databases, while the afternoon sessions

provided hands-on practice. The attendees were enthusiastic about the workshop. The training exercises

enabled them to successfully access the system, execute a sample search, and printout results.

For information on future workshops contact Chris

Zirps at FLICC (202) 287-1372.

Notice

To Bulletin Readers

If you have announcements or articles of general

interest to the STI community or search

techniques you would like to share with other

users please provide them to us. This is your publication and your input is vital to its success.

Contact Jackie Streeks at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0105 or John Wilson at NASA Headquarters (202) 453-2904.
New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in August 1986 are listed. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. Definitions are given for selected terms. A complete list of NASA Thesaurus definitions, constructed by NASA's lexicographers, is given in the NASA Thesaurus Supplement, NASA SP-7053 (Supp. 1)

issued in May, 1986. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI

Facility (301) 621-0103).

DATA TRANSFER (COMPUTERS)

The technique used by the hardware manufacturer

to transmit data from computer to storagedevice or

from storagedevice to computer; usually under specializecl program control.

DIFFRACTION RADIATION

Electromagneticradiationexcited by an electron flux

passing near a diffractive, periodic structure, such

as a wiggler magnet in a free electron laser.

DIGITAL CIRCUITS

use DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

LOGIC CIRCUITS

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

Circuits in which there are usually only two states

possible at any point. The two statescan represent

anyof a variety of binary digits(bits)of information.

DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES

Domestic satellites used for direct TV transmission

to home receivers.

EXOS SATELLITES

EXOS-A SATELLITE

EXOS-B SATELLITE

EXOS-C SATELLITE

EXTARS

Transfered to X RAY STARS

FALSE ALARMS

In general, the unwanted detection of input noise.

In radar, an indication of a detected target even

though one does not exist, due to noise or interference levelsexceeding the setthresholdof detection.

HAZ (METALLURGY)

use HEAT AFFECTED ZONE

HEAT AFFECTED ZONE

That portion of the base metal in which the structure

or properties have been altered by the heat of a

welding or gas-cutting operation.

HIP (PROCESS)

use HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING

HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING

A thermomechanical process for forming metalpowder compacts or ceramic shapes by use of isostatically applied gas pressure in order to achieve

high density in the treated material.

INFRARED SOURCES (ASTRONOMY)

Celestial bodies or astronomical regions emitting a

large amount of radiation in the infrared portion of

the electromagnetic spectrum.

MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL

This deals with three parameters: an ideal adaptive

control system whose response is agreed to be optimum; computer simulation in which both the

model system and the actual system are subjected

to the same stimulus; and parameters of the actual

system are adjusted to minimize the difference in

the outputs of the model and the actual system.

MRAC (SYSTEMS)

use MODEL REFERENCEADAPTIVE CONTROL

PIXELS

Shortened term for 'picture elements'. They are

image resolution elements in vidicon-type detectors.

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

Use of communication satellites, passive reflecting

belts of dipoles or needles, or reflecting orbiting

balloons to extend the range of radio communication by returning signals to earth from the orbiting

object, with or without amplification.

STAR FORMATION

The formation and birth of a star.

X RAY STARS

Stars with strong emission in the X-ray portion of

the electromagnetic spectrum.

ZONAL CIRCULATION

use ZONAL FLOW (METEOROLOGY)

ZONAL FLOW (METEOROLOGY)

The flow of air along a latitude circle; more specifically, the latitudinal (east or west) of existing flow.
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SPINOFF- Technology

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Every year NASA publishes a report entitled Spinoff.

This publication is intended to foster increased awareness on the part of the general public that practical

benefits do result from government sponsored aerospace research and development activities. It also presents in an attractive format a synopsis of the agency's

major mission oriented programs. More than 100,000

copies are distributed annually.

The nation derives secondary benefits from aerospace

research and development programs in subtle, often

obscure, ways. More often than not, the user or ultimate

consumer is unaware that an improved process or product he may use or buy embodies elements of technology

that originated in aerospace related research and development projects funded completely or in part by the

Federal government. The Spinoffpublications describe

such practical benefits from the national investment in

aerospace research. We seek your assistance in helping

us to get this message to the general public.

Your organization may have developed new or improved products or processes that incorporate elements

of a technology resulting, at least partially, from work

performed for NASA. If any such innovations are embodied in the design of products or processes that you

offer commercially contact Walter Heiland at the NASA

STI Facility (301) 859-5300 ext. 241, so we can describe

your work in a forthcoming edition of Spinoff.

If you wish to receive a copy of Spinoff 1986 call (301)

859-5300 ext. 243 or write: NASA STI Facility, Attn:

TU Office, P.O. Box 8757, BWI Airport, MD 21240.

Furthermore, a wealth of information in the Index to

NASA Tech Briefs 1981 is now available at $10.00 per

copy from RMS Associates, P.O. Box 8757, BWI Airport,

MD 21240. Further indices are forthcoming in the near

future and will be announced in this Bulletin as well

as in NASA Tech Briefs.

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NA SA/R ECO N Display

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Effective January 1, 1987, distribution by NASA of the

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charge will be reduced. NASA will continue to provide

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CONTENTS.

NASA/RECON Display

Enhancement-SAP Note

Official Distribution

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NASA/RECON Training Program

Revised Basic Reference

Guide Available

Notice to Bulletin Readers

New Publications

Personnel Changes

at the Center

Author Full Names

Available on NASA/RECON

New Thesaurus Terms

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NASA/RECON

Training Program

The NASA/RECON Training Program for 1987 includes five training sessions, three one-day Basic

training sessions and two one-day Advanced training

sessions. The ongoing training hot-line telephone service will continue. This service assists the user with

specific, on-the-spot, search problems on an as

needed basis.

NASA/RECON Hot-lines

(301) 621-0300 hardware & communications

(301) 621-0150 searching

Beginning in January 1987, the NASA STI Facility will

charge non-NASA personnel for NASA/RECON training. All non-NASA organizations registered with the

Facility are subject to this policy. A revised User

Agreement, however, permits one staff member to

attend either the basic or advanced training session

free of charge at the NASA STI Facility.

Basic RECON session for new users

January 22

March 19

May 19

The Basic training session is designed for the beginning NASA/RECON searcher, preferably with some

online exerience. The STI database, file and record

structure are covered along with the basic RECON

system commands. Search strategy formulation, boolean logic and query analysis are emphasized as they

pertain to the NASA/RECON system. A series of lectures are combined with hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are provided.

1 day $100/person (Non-NASA personnel),

when held at the NASA STI Facility

Advanced RECON session for experienced users

February 24

April 16

The Advanced training session is designed for the

experienced NASA/RECON searcher. Basic text

searching is reviewed as well as more indepth text

searching techniques. Advanced RECON system features and stored search formulation and editing are

also covered. Again, a series of lectures are combined

with hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are

provided.

1 day $160/person (Non-NASA personnel),

when held atthe NASASTI Facility

NASAJRECON Training Registration

Pre-registration is required for all training sessions.

To register, call RECON SERVICES at (301) 621o0150

between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday.

If a preferred session is closed, ask to be wait-listed.

A confirmation letter and registration packet will be

forwarded for each reservation placed.

Reservations may be cancelled or changed up to five

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Payment Options

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Revised Basic

Reference Guide

Available

The NASA/RECON Basic Reference Guide was revised and reissued in July 1986. The first editon was

issued in September 1985. The Basic Reference Guide

is designed to help the new NASA/RECON user to

sign on to the system and conduct basic searches. It

also serves as a "memory jogger" for the experienced

user. Instructions are based on use of the _default"

file (file collection D), which includes most of the

files that comprise the NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Database.

For copies of the revised guide contact RECON Services at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0150.

Notice

To Bulletin Readers

If you have announcements or articles of general

interest to the STI community or search

techniques you would like to share with other

users please provide them to us. This is your publication and your input is vital to its success.

Contact Jackie Streeks at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0105 or John Wilson at NASA Headquarters (202) 453-2906.
New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by the Scientific and Technical Information Branch follow.

Copies are available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),

Washington, DC 20420 or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The

price and order number are given with the description.

Life Sciences Space Station Planning Document:

A Reference Payload for the Life Sciences Research

Facility, NASA TM-89188

The Space Station, projected for construction in the

early 1990's, will be an orbiting, low-gravity, permanently manned facility providing unprecedented opportunities for scientific research. Facilities for Life

Sciences research will include a pressurized research

laboratory, attached payloads, and platforms which

will allow investigators to perform experiments in crucial areas of Space Medicine, Space Biology, Exobiology, Biospherics and Controlled Ecolological Life Support System (CELSS). This document provides the

range and scope of typical life sciences experiments

which could be performed on the Space Station.

Price: $16.95

NTIS Order No. N86-30302

NASA Oceanic Process Program - Annual Report -

Fiscal Year 1985, NASA TM-88987

This report provides an overview of recent accomlishments, present activities, and future plans. Although

the report was prepared for fiscal year 1985, the

period covered by the Introduction extends to June

1986. Sections provide summaries of current flight

projects and definition studies, brief descriptions of

individual research activities, and a bibliography of

refereed journal articles appearing within the past

two years.

Price: $22.95

NTIS Order No. N86-31198

NASTRAN User's Manual volumes I and II,

NASA SP-222(08)

This manual describes how to input data into

NASTRAN and how to control its processing. It includes a general discussion of structural modeling

with a description of each modeling tool available.

Each type of element is discussed in terms of how it

can be used, what input is required, and what type

of output can be obtained. The control and input

cards of the NASTRAN data deck are presented in

detail. This manual also contains a description of the

Rigid Formats, Direct Matrix Abstraction Programming (DMAP), and plotting.

Available from COSMIC, Athens, Georgia 30602

The Suitability of Various Spacecraft for Future Space

Applications Missions, NASA TM-88986

The Space Applications Advisory Committee (SAAC)

of NASA's Advisory Council was asked by the Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications to consider the most suitable future means for

accomplishing space application missions. To comply

with this request, SAAC formed a Task Force whose

report is contained in this document. The Task Force

examined the suitability of likely future spacecraft

options for supporting various types of application

mission payloads. These options include a permanent

manned space station, the Space Shuttle operating in

a sortie mode, unmanned platforms that integrate a

wide variety of instruments or other devices, and smaller free fliers that accommodate at most a few functions. This report summarizes the results obtained by

the Task Force. It describes the approach utilized, the

findings and their analysis, and the resulting conclusions.

Price: $9.95

NTIS Order No. N86-27409

Personnel Changes

at the Centers

GISS

David J. Purdy recently became Librarian at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. He is fulfilling the

duties of the positions vacated by Ms. Sarah Scott and

Ms. Sharon Abar.

Author Full Names

Available on NASA/RECON

Effective with STAR 1987accessions, the Author's full

name will be available for display on NASA/RECON.

The Display, Type and Print of a citation will output

the full name as it is carried in the data base, i.e.,

last name, first name, and middle initial. This new

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms added to the NASA Thesaurus in October 1986 are listed. Definitions are given for selected

terms. These terms are currently available on NASA/RECON. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged.

Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-0103.

AMINO RADICAL

LAN (COMPUTER NETWORKS)

use LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

MAGELLAN PROJECT (NASA)

A Venus exploratory mission to acquire radar imagery and topographic profiles of the planet surface

and determine the characteristics of the Venusian

gravity field. (This term is used to designate general

project reviews, chronologies, project management

and planning, etc.)

SOLAR TESTS

The ability of hardware to test itself to a specification.

SOLAR DYNAMIC POWER SYSTEMS

Electric power systems using a solar heated working

fluid to drive a turbo alternator. Primary applications

are for space stations and spacecraft.

STIRLING ENGINES

SYSTOLIC ARRAYS

MAGELLAN SPACECRAFT (NASA)

A Venus probe incorporating Voyager and Galileo

hardware designs equipped with a synthetic aperture

radar system to acquire surface imagery, altimetric

profiles, and surface radiothermal emissivities.

Earth-based Doppler radio tracking of the spacecraft

will be used to derive gravimetric data. (This term

designates the spacecraft intrinsic and support

hardware, instrumentation and analysis of acquired

data.)

MAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE

The interface between man and its interrelationships

including ergonomic factors.

MISSION ADAPTIVE WINGS

PERMANENT MAGNETS

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Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

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': --/ : " .Information

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--JANUARY 1987

"r . • /

contributors to-the NASA -

DatabaSe " -

-owned patents and patent applications; and dissertation

and. thesis material --emphasizing aeronaut!c.s, space,

and supporting disciplines. In addition to updating the

. _= . .: - database and operat!ng _ RECON System, STIF pro-

-'- - .... duces a varietyof current awareness services,_ncluding

-Atthe heart ofthe NASAScientific and Tec]_nical info_- -. " the announcement journal, .Scientific .and Tecl_nical

mation System is a database of-aerospac6 ififormation/- :- -'_ .Aerospace Reports (STAR)/whic_h is published twice

containingmoreth'antwo;indahalfmillfondocurnents:..-. , ,<._each month. , _ " ,- ......

Information added to the database comes from a var_=ty .. _ .:_ . ... .

of sources, including the following: . "' _ ' * " : The American Institute of Aeronauti-cs and Astronautics

"- _ _. " -' " _ ..... (AI/_) acquires periodicals (including-government-

,_utce " ' _ _ .'_.-: . .; -Percent: ,_ • :_sponsored joumals)and books, meeting papers, and

NASA &Contra_ors " " iJ _ - "2:_-_-_-:_ conference proceedings issued by professional societies

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Other Domestic " -- "- '_ _" - " : " "" " - ' _ ' "_'_ " " ..• .,- : " --20 ,-__-an announcement_loumal, International Aerospace

Exchanges/Otherforeign_- -'c . - • -_ : .-'_ _L_ 36 _ :: _sttacts (IAA),-twice amonth, .. I_--

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-- - ' _ "_: "i" _._"_'"_-"-:. ,i_'J - 7.._--_ European aerospaceqiteratufe and plays a vital role in

. ._ . -. .- _-.... - _ ._.. . %. J/_ L'_.=..acquisitions, 1Tanslations, _-and 'processing.: A 1964

Most ot the.documents collected ate unclassified_and: c,- ._,_.NASA ESA a-reem^nt i-itiated exchan-e of re_rts and

• • . - • ..- . • .,._-'_ .._ "," " 15 ¢ '._ I_ , - W

unhmmted m terms-of avamlabddy, but asmall percentage .... % _'comnuterized data _ " _- "

=se_ther ¢iass|f|ed or hm=ted for vanous masons.--. ::/_<-.'_ :. _;_" -..._., ....- .. - - _._ . • . - . - .

The foreign material comes from over _130 countries _: -- Copies Of the full text of doe'_uments are available in

'_ - _ either full size or microfiche form and may be ordered

_and more than600 exchange agreements. Of the USSR ,-", _ -.either _nline or_through the local technical library. The

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glish.-and the remainder in foreigntanguages. I'he latter- " _-.:._.a_^.:;; . . • _ . , .. _ . _ 2 of this

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and the European Space Agency.. o-'- _ -. • _" •

The NASA ScienUfic.and Technical _ : '- - " Information Facility _ :

(STIF) acquires NASA,_NASA contractor,-and NASA

grantee reports; reports_-issued by other, government ._

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all ordering process for document requesters, making'.. .

_tbe document-request process a faster, more convenient ser_ce_ To order_a certain document, the .user . . .

:.has only"to enter the accession numl)er using the;._... _,_" More,inflJrma_ioh_,bn how to use-the N/_$A/_

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referral or nonacceptance of the ordeE A i_'ser/s or-::[" Manual_-and is incl_led in the NASA/RECON

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1986 Index to

NASA STI-RECON Bulletin & Tech Info News

(January - December 1986)

-AAbbreviations and Acronyms in the

NASA Thesaurus, search techniques

Acronym List

Aerospace Database on Mead Data Central

AIAA/TIS Document Ordering Service

Author Full Names

-BBuchan, Ron

Abbreviations and Acronyms in the

NASA Thesaurus

-CCanada Institute for Scientific and

Technical Information, International

and STI Activities

CENDI (Commerce, Energy, NASA, &

Defense Information)

Document Control Marking Study

Information Transfer Standards Project

Contents of NASA/RECON File Collections

Corporate Source Authority List (CSAL)

distribution discontinued

Corrections

NASA/RECON User's Reference Manual

Country of Intellectual Origin,

search technique

-DDisplay Enhancements

Descriptors in the RTOP Series

Primary Analytic Notes

SAP Note

Distribution of STAR Reduced

Document availability

Document Control Marking Study

Document Ordering Service,

AIAA/TIS

online

invoicing

Standing Order Services

-FFile Collections,

contents

File Directory

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Jun

Mar

Mar

Nov

May

Feb

Sep

Oct

Apr

Jun

Feb

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Jul/Au8

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Nov

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Mar

Sep

Mar

May

luYAug

Sep

Apr

Mar

Fleek, Edna

Searching File collection E for

RTOPS (W-series)

Free Literature Search Service

Discontniued

From the Centers

GSFC Library

LeRC Brochures

LeRC Publishing Activities

Personnel Changes at Lewis

Wallops Library

-GGood News for Hardwire Users

GSFC Library

-HHalley's Comet on RECON

Hanson, Tom

Enhanced AIAA/TIS Document

Ordering Service

Hardwire Users, enhanced display

-IInformation Transfer Standards Project,

CENDI

International STI Activities

The Canada Institute for Scientific

and Technical Information

Isolating Citations by Language,

search technique

-KKey Contacts at the NASA STI Facility

-LLeRC Brochures

Literature Search Front Matter available

(NOTICE)

-MMachine Aided Indexing (MAI) at the

STI Facility

Feb

Oct

Mar

Mar

Jul/Aug

Jul/Aug

Mar

Jun

Mar

Jan

Mar

Jun

Oct

Jan

Feb

Jan

Sep

Mar

Sep

Sep
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How to Search Country of Intellectual Origin May

RECON - Stored Search - Halley (ID43) Jan

Mead Data Central, Aerospace Database Mar

-NNASA/RECON Demonstration at FLICC

Workshop

NASA/RECON for Historically Black

Colleges and Universities

NTIS Price Schedules

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Oriental Personal Names,

search techniques

.p.

Oct

Sep

Mar

Mar/May

Mar

Patents and Patent Applications,

search techniques Jun

Personal Names, oriental

search technique Mar

Personnel Announcements

GISS Nov

JSC Apr

KSC Apr

LARC Apr

NASA STI Facility

Key contacts Sep

Manager, Library Services Feb

Manager, NALNET Feb

Reference Analyst, RECON Services Jan

Publications

1984-1985 NASA Space/Gravitational Biology

Accomplishments, NASA TM-88379 Apr

19th International Cosmic Ray Conference,

Vol. 9 and 10, NASA SP-2376 Sep

Aeronautical Facilities Catalogue, Volume 2:

Airbreathing Propulsion and Flight

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the agencies online systems. ]'he feasibility'study and ; .i :" address and "commercial and IFTS telephone numbers -

possible'j[ngu_ting of a pilot file wouldc&pSist-of the :- . _ are included. Telephone extensiqns are given.-in,

- followinl_-ptimary steps: , % .-" ....• . ..._..- " ____.-;- ;p_rentheses_ollowing tl_ name and position:title: _," : .

Autq[natetl termswitching bet_veen..the ='l_lividual_?A"_o-include_your-o_ceinthislistcontactJackleStteeks ,-

thes rl w,ll be examined. A later development might _' " at the NASA_STI Facility(30]1) 621,0105 ..__.. "; __"-

co_s[st of a' unified online cross-linked .vocabula_/file? ± _, -:;; • '. " 7 --i,-'5_-._ -_ ..:-. . _ .... . _ " ._- . •

th_t wouldbe used by CENDJ _gencies,-wit_ mai'nte-:- _ _mc ami Technk:al ln_ B_. _ --" .'-._, " "

nance of individual agenciessegment as designated;'.-: .. : .;.--r - - ....... - ."_, :- : " ." -- _._- • - ---

The gateways developed by DOEand Oml_, might be:-'_ -_", _..ilin&Addre_:_._-, :_",";." :"(',-_ _' : - :'-- _: ;

used A common command language b_i_ de#eloped _ aationatAeronaudc$ ano _pa_lmini_ration _ - -

• -,. _ .--..- _- Scien_tific and.Technicat4,nformatio, B_n£h{ " .

.by: DTIC could be tested. • _, _..'-.i, ,... "._. _2 J Code NTIS,-: ,_', -,_: \ - _<-" '-': :'.,_ -_-- _- - *_ _-

Four of thb five CENDI agencies nowfmaintain indi-,,,-!-, _ .Washington; DC 20546,. _ ,:,;- - ; , :C(_ . : : ,. "

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scr_tors .(keywords, terms, identifiers) fromeach o the ;" National ker6naut_cs'and$pace ,A_m.inblration (," ; -: _"

agen'"-'- cies:plus other de_ript6rs,,Sb_e'of thec:oncePts - "_%-.:. ::-Scientific andTe_nical.lnformatlon B.ranch i-.-_: : : _ - . _

represented _ the differentthesauri are identical, many%.- " _ )_x_ers Build!n8 8th_l£ot -_. ;_-_!.... - __.._ - -: _ - _-'

are more'or less related, butLthe precise'{orm of the-_ % _ .7_ and D StreetsSW, .;\:_ f-_ -' '__ :_L :,_ ; "/ Y<

H,=_,-rintors differ - ,..,_ - .. :..-:_.¢., _. ;, Washington, DC 20546 . _. - - ,: -

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-The availability of exphclty cross reference among d_...,...., ,. -!-;,- ; .... .:. ..... - ." . -- _ .

scriptors will expedite the free intercha._ge --of informa- ,-: _"..-', van -'_ _weme, " Lrtler tZ_lU) -.- :_ - ., - - : - -

tion among the agenc_es,'improve-pmcessmg4_me ---_: ._. ,. . ., .. -_ .... -- ... .--

wlth|n each a enc .and reduce the.trine l;:_tween'te-: ....

ceipt and announceme_,. ;Also, users of;_]'te__hv_dua:_. . - J_me_B..PhilUl_,Jr,;Head;ARtNSt_ringCommittee (2910) _ .,-

agency online systen_ ' might-find .su¢..ha.fi_;Jf;made ..":". 'Adelaide D#I.F_J_, _mini_ttati_'brarian; :_ " " -.'" -

available to th_,:._heipful-,dn-,_developin.g_.-_searc_;.'_- -' ':. - .-_Chaiq_,_.,_, ARIN ._eeri_._.o.mmi#ee (2927) _ _; -; t -

strategies " ; ' ' _ '_'"':":,/- .__'- ;_> _' . "-_" :.K .Walter_& Pierce, iU, Pro&ramAJ_al_y_t_(2910) , - • ,:. _,

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Eff0rtwill be made to-determinecorrelati0ns ahddiffer- "_;.,. O_sf_._R_oresentative (2939)_ :1"--[ - ¢, .. " " -.-. -

ences in philo._,ophy:of.thesaurus_c0nstruction_and c Databa_ "lPr0duEtsand ServicesSection "- .... - - _--

maintenance, and constraints imposed, by_:missi0_-: - _1 - - ._

policies,_ and procedures of-each agen(_y, "to_assist'in, _- .', john H. wiison,4r., Acting Hea_'(2928):'- _" _"- :.

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other agencies, and possible mutual application. .. d ........ i cONTENTS

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Low-cost, man-independent Space,Shuttle e.xperi--._._ . c : -'_o_spatially separated electrons and donors.•Used_ .

__- _ mentat payloads. ' .._'_; _": '= _-:-_ " _"_'_ _-_" for mo_Uhlliondop_ EEl's. - "

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• . " _ hetemjunction device wi_d_in_r_/.whge t_e o_er . " • ,.-"

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are spatially separated, ionized impurity scattering

--is avoided and extremely•hish electro0 mobilities ,

are. obtained. -"

:_:Su88e_tions, 'materia! to_e considere¢l for _ndusion, and

c0mme_ts maybe directedto Jackie Streeks at the above

addressor telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washinston, IX: 20546, (202)

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mately 1915 through _theearly 1960's, it served "::!_,_-_:'" . way to correspond tO pre-existing cataloging

" as the National Advisory-Committee for Aeronautics. standards. Therefore, this file has-several unique charac-

(NACA) Headquarters Library shelflist. AI0ng with _= ... teristics Which differentiateit from other files. Some of

NACA reportsit contains reports of other U.S. govern= ;-: - .these unique search_features are described below. -

ment agencies, U.S. industry, foreign govemmdnt agen- - " - . ,- - ..... _ - 7-

• cies and industry, including Britain, German, and Scan21.-c_ -- " Subject termsare not.taker; from the:NASA Thesaurusl

dinavian. After the formation of NASA; the-collectio_-L _.... - .but are extracted from th@catalog cards. For the most -

Was entrusted to the NASA _ientific ancLTechnical-"":-.-': part the terms-used _are consistent 'with the Subject

.information (STI) Facility, where it has sewed as a refer- !:; :'-- Headings:for Index'of NACAPublications.-These subence source. Rene_wed interest ih the basic aeronautic.al';_ "-#i-ject headings are text searchable using mnemonic SUB,

research represented by these documents, and the man y_.. -:._.not term (or directly) searchable as the NASA subject

development projects underway in subsonic, transonii::, ..": _terms found in other files. • .... , - _. -

and supersonic flight that could benefit- probdbl_iin, _'_-_.:. 7--" __ -. _-. .- "

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- work. ........

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The Industrial Applications Centers provide information retrieval services through access to nearly 500

corn puterized databases. These databases range from

the NASA STI database to Chemical Abstracts and

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services to assist in applying technical information

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economical source of computer programs developed

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•AUGUST 1987

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"NASA Sn Facility celebrates 25 Years Of OPeration . "

The year 1987 marks the Silver Anniversary of NASA'_ -- is-announced in the semimonthly abstract journal

Scientific and Technical Info-{mation(STI) Facility.On Scientific and-TechnicalAerospace Reports (STAR);-a

._ January 2, 1962,-a letter contracf'was issued by the_ .. _'- companion abstract journal, International Aerospace "

NASA Office of ScientifiC and Technical.lnf0rmatior! Abstracts .(IAA) includ_ open literature items coi-

'"to permit the settiDg up..of- the.. NASA central. _ :- tected and processed by AI/_. :These two journals ..

documentation facility..." The initial=operatingphase _: are the basis ofthe-STi database: .. , "

began.in February 1962 when the first NASA do(:u-_ - _ _ ,_ _- - _ - ' .

. ments arrived and-_ere pr0cessed, linceits establish- Technology Utilization. <

. ment the.STI Facility has beeh-located at_hre_ediff,er-, :_;:.. ' _c ' " ; " _ ' _ _-_ " -_ _'- _ "- _ :" - -

ent sites: Bethesda,.MO; College:Park; MD;:'*nd _ : ""- Through theTechnol6gy Utilization (TU)'_Office, the

current site, Linthicbm-Heights, MD-.near-the_Balti A_ --_,:. NASA ST! Faci!ity_Tsupj_ortsthe.NASA Headquarters' _ = ,..

-rn.,r o Wa.hin,,,,_n in,=.n.,i..,..i _i_,_,.,.._-_ .,.,. --.:. : :: .-:_Office of Commercialprograms and in particular the_ : 5

v,.-p, _.._v .,, ,),v,,,, ._,_..v_,.:_., i_ _.-_ .... ,Technology utilization'Divisioh..Th'e-Tuprograr_ls-- )-

From the beginningthe NASA STI Fa(:ility has been _<,; ,..._tesign_,¢l, in.a nationwide effort, !o ihcrease public ,5:

contractor operated under the guidan(_e,o_ theSTI " and private sectorbenefits throughsecondary applica- - __

Office at.NAS_ Headquarters. In. its:2.5_years ofoper-_ tiont: of' aerospace_ _fechnology. + T_is twice-_used

&tion there have.]_-en five prin_ contractors.(, :" : . (._',_:" t'echnology-represents an added.divi_lend to the na--1- S-

• ::_. _._-_: __._,.__ .. rtionaJinvestrnentinihe_spacepmgram_ni:/increas_ed _ _._.

- - 1962:1966 Documeritation, Incorpotatecl_ ' _ _-_'-::- " natmnal' productivity.Th e products and services_pro_ -

(Doclnc) ...._. -%-__. -_ : _'; °' = .'_d_d by the TU,_pr0gram in(_lude_NAE_ Tech Briefs,--

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• Company) - " - - _" _" ' -..%- ,":- . E!om.the STI databasethe NASf_.ST.tFaClhty produces

1980_198_5_ Planning_Research " _, ...... CorpoTation -, (PRC)-. ,.. 'a+variety-of Current aw_eness_i_'oducts..andservices._

" ,_" " ": :The_ are.made available toscier_is_'and :enginee_ - 1985-Present RMSAssociates - : - ._

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- _ , . :- _,_ , , ,_ ,.,,.... . sitiesthrough Ioca!.teclinical libraries. In-addition to.

In 1962 the document collection, numbered-approxl- '.-. __ <STARihese-productsLand:siervicesi'n(:lude.a-seriesof ,-

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' This"collectiomof_information on-_ASA_sPace "and.. ' _ line d0cument _tdering _rvi-ce. Reportsare available

aeronauticai re_sea_h"-acc'umul_ted-ov_";_or_:tHan.- : in:either_0aper_:opy or in microfiche _o_m., " °

25 years an_d_is_growing'.at-_th_e' _a-teof 9'0,000 items _-

annuarl[y. This database o_aer0space information is _ 1-, .... _ -" _ _. _"__ "'._: "-_'.- Gontinued._n. . I_ge 2 "-,__

heartof the_NASA STIS_stem e_iabli_he.dto

the mandates of theSpace Act of :1958. ::i.:.<:i:: _

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resp0nsible for (_ollecting and processing NASA and

n0n-NASA documents to be,. included in .the STI

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The NASA STI Facility Celebrates " , _: 1

25 Years of Operation ;-

NASA/RECON Training Schedule " _2.

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" , " " "- . - _ "_ . _+ " _, , -,- _ - / _ + -'__-+>i:- _'_ " +- :. _-. _-,: " _ _. "" " " _ " "

, When you initiate a, PRI.NT command, always co_p_l.ete ;-.::._';.= .Once:theJ_RINT_.ommandJaasl_eencompleted, users " .

' _ the-t_n_action' by-entering _n END;command.' o_'_ _)_o :_q_rtust 4_roceecl_WTth Step, two"--"ent--erin-g an END corn-

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is a two-step process:.Xatepone =dentifie_.the Otati .or_s_ =-..-:"_..,;,-,==_,,_.,._;=;.=,._,,=-_=_r,,,_=,,,, ,_-,_=-=,_,,_ T o_-: "

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,.:-... aria -me aesjn__l.:roiYnat or-,me oulpu!::,.in il _ -ac_:.:---::., C'_nTm_nd finalizes"ihe I_IN_I_r_<_it.-_EC:ON mav'not .- .< -

: -. ____omplished._-through _t _O_..of.Ihe,.:PIR!__-N'P_nd._._ >Z,I.h-.D.'pr_ess=.the destrUCt_ou-t_.:wii_'enir_-of thai END.-_- , ..

• • tach r'lllN.l c.ommanocon>sisis-ol_mre_.ptip.s: a -set_or:._.t/_._ t-i_n"_m,vT"i_-, _l_ Ini'C_;v,h-i,_ i+_t_.'il-,,_.<,,k_m.,-+,,_.t +

+ • ..... + .+ _ . . +++_ Wllltllgll_++ll-_+p +v4/vm1+l_l Iv _iV_+l+l gu+ U_lll + ,

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_- _#ange to l_prlntC_l .... " +"_ " + " "" <- _" "-" - " " " tl_ be labeled wlth.thedelai._h 'values " ' - eslab- " '

"_+_" <-I'li_h£'_dur,Lnguserreglstrptlon.-gyith-0_STlFaclEtY-

"-" c_mp_:....r_,_ i --_mx-l-o_._':+ _"_'+---'=L_>-_._."_--+< - ".-_,> --- ="L - - ' '_, ".- ." . -

- - ": • "L - •Isi,l-r _;-,',..,.,+V_LA,_'_ - .':,"'_ :::- __-'_.-" _'--_+ -S" insteadi_-fenlerrn_ganENDC'ommaoo;'sorrli-'usersprel ei"" + -.

•.< , _ -+- ._ . - < +- , ;, +. _:_u:.:___.t4, -+:,"- tO enter aBEl_'IN_B.-yPASS-Thls'ilespeoally:cpnvenlent-. -. _ ,

: + ":- - -' PR!NT_/6>-'::> " - "- ":_- ' '-'__---_':"_- _:-2::ifthe ii_;er:'V'i_irlts:to -pe_orm an_tl;+er'searc_.+The BB-.-

.+.- :_---.'.. .......+e....._;_.._. _-._+ _ _ --_.---_-._-_...:_.-+ap_oaci_s acceptaole because,_tautomatically exe- - '

.-_ " " :- _ .7.-_ ,_- . . . . •. ._.-. -t___ _- :y'.___:,>___-_--_ +_ _ . . _ - . . . . ,'- - . , ..... : • . , --,

:. ,.. -_ -:, - _,._,- ,----._. >,--:_ . :>_ ::L.'-_ +;-'-o_. cUt_ _D.%ostrucilp.n.,.!t_: t!_is:ca.mi, the oulput-iS... - -/_

". ,'-_:,lnthe tirstexampie, tl_e, rirjt BO ¢ittibns oiset rmmoer-"- --_ ,-,}abel_! i_ith-Jthe'-clefifilt _;,_i=i_ati%n_'_,=lu_,,_s - -"-'=...'" " : " -

" " " " " " "'+ ' " "'"-" ;':-" ...... 'r -"_-:" ", -_"_+- _U _+: "'_ " _ +"..... "+": y- _ '_-_:+'= -"-' " - -" " - S_en punled format designated by++the-u+e _

• _: through the "SPECIFYFORM,_T,command.,(.F:<_rna{-_.'_... _:+To.oNal_n_nultt_!e.eo_so_. Out_.u!;tepeat St_pone: . . .

7 .'_":T+:Inthe secor_ example, +the/u[i-citatigO>COr_-esp0h_mg_2-:U,?L_ as ofieT"i-as.i_ces, sary l_..'ore_NDing-lhe search se_smn.: __":._ _ ,,

:<,'-? -.ioac_-=ssi0n nuhlber.87N_lOO23_s.pr_lr_e_aTheY_/sten_,-..J ¢ , It_y_o_renter_END._ommandbefore_.Ufi_ts_making . -_ . :

:" " .defa{iiiS fo _orrn_t+2 (foll-ciiatio.rt:i_use_!ier-'._._._ ;-_':_DPini _eg_sis,simply ieP_at,Siep, bn_-ll you. cannot :' . D_' '

....,:<7 mat was'not specified;Since._single aC-_-essio_n_numl_r__"_ :_7:reroeml_er:,,___at;sef_you_anred_cl.print,, enter a 'SET ....

: im d not a set iS_.speclfied to-I_ printed, it4s'not nec_e__Jry ;.. _, .-+ ST.A'I]JS ._ommand j ,:then:_-make_,your print-requests. -..

_ -.- tO d eterm[oeTa+citafi0n range.- _ %.--: _/L_- _f_.'L.-._, .7 . " i: Note: TheEND, commanddeletes_the_urren{ Forma! ,4< . _

• - .:, .: _++- --:-+,..- _ '. _'?._-',:_ L':.::- ._::_.='_ 7- +! (create_througli4he sPECIFY__OITd_AT command. ' _ <

"- - -In'tl_]ast i_xam'ple,full citations ai:e'-p'rim£_l, exclu_li_g-_ -'-+:-..-:_- -_.._. -_-. .... -- - :-, _., >..... _-- " .+.:

D- abs.tra_'ts(Format6)_forthefirst lOOaccessionrlumbel_ _." -An0iher poinrto-keep-in"mlndat_ut offlin_prin.ls is

- - _L--_ntai'nedjn s_(one: A separate PR_comnland"_c_le

- Lgnly) needs [o.beerltered for each additional 100 ci -ta- _ -

" tionstobe I_rin-tec]. RECON prompts the _ise_,to enter __ "

-succe_sive-PRIN_T commands for 17ach,b[.o_kOf-I00-

citaUons in the_set. - .

-_- . . P" " _.- .c --- >

< " ' ;.... -3

that_ECON _dOes__notperr_it an 6fflb_e=printrequest.to

b_ canceled once_i]_ EFIE) command has been _nterecl:'

Prior 40 enterin 8 theENI:) command, a print slateh_enlmay be cancel edby:RELEASEir_the _et to b_ printed.:

"If_ RECON c:.arinot _nd, th(_ set, it cannot print it= -: _

• - . .-.... ./...> "_ .- . : : ._-

........ • , .... :

- " :+ OF POOR _UALI'I'Y-:

• "_ . _..-,- ".- "_ ..... :_,, --- _-*'-_._ .... ._ .--'_< ..... " - _. - --_z • -.. ,,,'-" ..... ,;.-_ ',_ _'-*_ :_-_ ", "\-_'.-'-_--. "" ,'. ",- ,

- -.._-_._ _,_" _._..'-,_._:c. _-._ ,/:_--_'_,_"_-_'*.-" -, ,, '_ _",, , ,_--_"'"_ .... ', .....;.':c.'.'- "_#>_ _

-"'-_' "-;" _._'-;"-.':_E"_ -, .-':,_.:-:_ ,;.'" _:/- . ' .L_=_'. ",_,P • ..... _,'.':' '...... ". -_'" .."_L';":-:Z xF_.".> ' " W; C:-'._+-"_,._." .; :

..... STI BUl:let]n . .' , _ ,,_ .__.. _ .- -

Natk)n_ Aeronautk_sand, _- i/' - , "

- SpaceAdministration•-_. '"> a-: "_ s ientific.& Te "_Chnical. : " " - -:', .. -.-...... '...... _ - '"_ " ,

....... " " "" ' -- "' " " " -' Information ' -., .- "- _: : ,

=.-. _ -_ . .. ._ -- . _ .. . - " _ "-;. ,,. "_ - - .

scientin;.and "rechnncal --".... - --_-

.... :-:_ ' _- ' SEPTEMBER 1987 '

Information Division ,., -. ,,': , .,_

-. - _

.... '<NASA>s5TI FacilityCelebrates2StllAnniversary: :-

: -u " ....ChrOnology of Events : " "

_ f'_ , , - " . , . , _; . : , ,f - . . " _ " . . . .'-: . -

During its2S years of operationthe STI Facilityhas taken the lead mdevelopmg and prov0dmg mn0vatwe STI

. products and servicestothe user cornmunity.Jn 1962 the automated document c011ection-numbered appro_ximately

- 10,000; today the STI database con_ains_more.than 3,O00,000 records. The STI database was. originally supported : , .

by anIBM 1401 computer. The Current computer System include_-twolBM-438| computers and a configuration . "

. of-IBM_ 3380 Direc_ Access StorageDevices. Online storage capacity is 9 billion bytes. ThischronoIogy _resen_. -. " .

higI_lightsof'theN/(SA STI Facili_2Syearhisto_,_'.r:_ -_---.-. ':.b,: '_ _-"_ _"'<_-_"_-. ".'_'_";-:"-"_''_'_"':-_' "

- -- _- , ' .... - , , - . " _ ' _ _ "- . - _' _,/L r-, _-_:_t. ": -, _-" "_-" : " -" "_ '2 -_*:_

1962 ..... ..._- .-. _._ -..;.. _.... . ..... ....._,_,-.._..... _.-_ .......... _ >. _. ...... _,-... <. • : ..... , . ,

The NASA STI Facility, loc_'t_=d i_ Bethesda/MD/.fi_st_- -... Placed. NASA/RECO K. "m operat!Qn'as Goverment's -. :-

began- operation,, Pr_iuced .d_e :U.S. _6ve_nflientrs_;.=- --_---.tirstlarge-scale online_information retrieval service. ' " .--

fir_ microfiche and phot-oc_mposed abstra-djou_rnal):'-7_ii- _Bega.n-processing-book -acquisitionsTin prepar,a!!on ; ; -"

TechnTcal PublicationsAnnouncements[_.PA).'Begaq _..".., for..:cir.culation fgr.NASA;Centers,, "i '-_..--_ "'. _ " _idevelopment of i_dexing terms t_l_atmaintained a re.>...:<'- ?_-"!_ {..'.:. i .:"Y " - ' .-': - "'_i', _ .", _ _"= ; " '.-- " -'

lationship_subjectflead|ngsused|ntheNACAf|le, -" L = -"!:.'__........"",- ........ ,-'- _ : ."- '.'q,-. -

-. . ", " ..... _ -'.'-,_._---._" _" 1970" _...... __'. "_ . _...... , - - _'" : .- -- -_

1963 -_/'. " . . _._:--._;- :':._.:-_>:;';!_-_-_ _-_i_,_S?,'Add_f R&ea_ch"_nd Technology" Operating Plans. - -? :

NASA STI Officecontractedwith AIAA'_br _,or!dwide.:,'C-.'(RTOPs) fileto:_e clatal_e (W7OK series).Published: - -"-L

covera ge of aeros ace literature-m I _ernat(o_ ._-, "tllefirstcumula_iveAGA ...... -

. P . q , :,,_ ......... , . ROlndex_ofPubhcat;onsand. ......

.Aerospace Abstracts (IAA). Renamed ,TPA Soen(mc:_,_ :_. the'first issue.of Aeronaut-ic;JlT.hs_ineerin¢.NASA SP- : -_ .. .:

" . .... ' •.... :_._.r_-, .... -. - s ' - _- ._._ --. . = . _. '" _';;- _-*-_,"_ _ " ",,? -and Techmcai Aerospace Report, (STAR_,qss_] _-:--.._-./O3_._monthh, r_zont|nu|nlzb|bhoeraohv. .....- .--_- •

semimonthl • .. . .-. . - .:-.,- , _.._.._.: .:.,'-. c_;7_. _ • ._'.,_ "- _".c" <-- ,;It-t.-_ , _..-?.';.-_<.;-_-_j=.,_:.•_" -.__ ? _- ;._, -.. -..- , .- Y......... .... ,. _.-. ., ,- .... _ ...._,._...... ,......... _ .._ .... . ,. -- .. _ ...... .

, ...... _ .... ....... ,_..-_ _ .... . .. . .

_ . , _ . .. _ ...... _. . _ + , _- _ _ , .. _ _ , _.,.. - ... ,.., _. _ • .

Began the Government s first Select!v.e D,ssemmatio_n .. ; ",-Added =bstracts _et_ev=ble 0nline *o Curr,mt online :- "

of Information (SD.I) service.to the Agency.sscierdlsts ".,.,_ --:STARdisoi'av_'/mrdemented the NASA Online Innut '; "'

and engineers, Publisiied the:-first.Jssue-of "Ae_dspace .-:i _,. Phoiocoml)_sitionSystem; NOJPS t;o typeset STA_R_ .--- ' _'

" MedicmeandB;o/ogy, "" " " " " ' ......... hi on '_'...._' " , - ' ", -'-' -_. J- " " " '- '" '_ NASASP-7011,.amont yc --._- .... _:.... _ .... '_. .... . .,;.- : ..... -_ ..

..... - .. ,, .... _ _ . .7_, _-.,...,,-_ . ,, _ ....... , .... .

-. -tmumgblbhography,-. _-:,._:.-.._._.,,,,-%._- ........ ;,_. ...... • .. _.-.: ,_ ,_._ .,_ ........... . --., ... . .......

_: '- _.'": .:' "">..'>L, -.-'-'_;.<_',_:_;__q -_:':)_ ...... _- • "."" .--" , _-- -' "- -_ -_"_" . --." _ • _ '-

,=,,_t"_:4_= ;"--_'_ :_ _., ..--_._". : _:_--:- _:.".--_+_;,, _?_ .'7.(_'---1972,,.':_ .7-,:" v: . '_ _'_<:-_-_"":.-t,-:'-M'.':. ,'_"..... " '

• - _^_.."x;``_-m_i;`_h;_r-_``_`-``_°'_:n"_._Ea1_.'_Z_.Add_c£`_ntra_ Oata--Plle,Jater RID Contracts '_" -'

-" - _r IgYIU_U UCI_CI Igl LIII;_ wl_JIg_lllillll_llt.c_ _llj¢ll. lllO___l.=_ s.p_"-.. _'.'e_ : IL "e°l " .--'.1 "- /" . / " - _lt_lt " * • e.I _l_lt_--J ._ -.• .

" " ..... -- ,_-.'. V "____ -r - ;.i,'*. ...... : :. ".-'."'._:." _._.id'le TirS['LSSUe O|.-/%/#%J9#% t'arenlsPIDsrrac_, .l_leo#%bl .*- - " . ..

¢OrlOUC_eO. Dy' bUI_Ker-Kamo,/or _,'sO_.-L ::_-._G." c3--_: "'-^_ _ _- "--,-- ' • - -. ' •_ -,.-,_ - - ' -- ::. ' .- --.

" _ -- " -- r :-_,; . r,.-:._:.,__,--._,, .-"._- _.._>.;',,--7 W.:-'.'_._ .d/U_s_,.asemiannual cononuing DiOi,ograpny.._-,:. : -. =-

• -" • .'-" " ". "_' i .... ". "'_ .- " ":'.:':'_-_"_"i_-:',_._"", ._'<_.-........ :";;',.C_tinUedonpage2.- _ - --

.._ Provided .Se/ectn_e :Current_,_erosl_ace Not_ces_., .- _:.._- ._-_ ___...., .,_..... ,. _ _ . ,. .

. (SCAN)._increased''.numl_ers;of_Dl_.-osers; _,Im ....._; .,-_;7'/".,=.%." :, _--:+ii",-<:_ _':'-; _ -T' : .'--_""--

" - < - ,.' ...... _ " .. °" -_ --";., -".'=" "'" " " 7"-----.:_' _"-_._:" ""- ' " _' -_' '.. -" plemented,, m coordlnatlon w,.th DOD ,Pmjeqt.LEX,. : . . ...... __. ....... __ . .

" -_-a new NASA Thesaurus, NASA -'SP-7030,_a_sanqnq ,:_ ;. •_ . L. _UNIIP_I_ •_ , "

" dexing and-r-etrievaltool. Provided da_tq Lockheed'., ,? .,_. ;he'N#_SA S_"Facilib/'Celebrates' " :;- ",-"_"-" i- I_" " "

for,a second experimental _nline tetrieva!.sys, tem:-..' - 25th An_)versary -_Chronology of Events :. '" = ..

Published the firstissue of the AGARD Quarterly Listing._. .:...... ,-._" .......

1968. ,: _- " .... :-" _;" :........

Converted retrieval files from tape to direcrac_ess " "

disk storage. Published the first issue of Management,

NASA SP-7500, an annual continuing bibliography•

,Cooperation Needed - ,. - 3

Reminder on Full Name searching ., -- 3

on NASA/RECON

STl"Managers_ MeetingtO be'Heldat Ames 3

New_Thesaurus Terms - _ 4

* 4
Implemented NASA Library Network,'NALNET on

.NASA/RECON .for approx. 104,000 titles. Implemented text search capability with the NALNET

file. Published the first issue of Earth Resources;

NASA SP-7041, a quarterly bibliography• -

" 1976

Added online searches of commercial databases to

the retrieval services offered to Headquarters and Centers• _- " -.

1977

1984 " _ ._- -_

"_ Completed the ARIN requirements study..Received.

: approval from'.the NASA Automated .Information

Management Council via Headquarters to proceed

with.the project• Held first NASA/RECON Users con-

_ ference in Washington. Commenced support to the

- agency-wide, central NASA Equipment Management

• -- System (NEMS) and to the Translation Services at

Headquarters. Implemented retrospective indexing,

i.e._ automatic adding of new terms to old records.

Installed a Xerox 8700 Laser Printer."

_ L

1985

Added capability to text search abstracts back to 1972. - Published a series ofthreeforeign technology bibliog-

• , _ raphies; included a foreign technology index in the

• . - .... continuing and special bibliographies. Installed and

1978 _ . : -, tested ARIN prototype equipment, Began retrospecAdded capability to text Search titles back to 1962. _ tive conversion of NASA.Centers"libra,ry collections.

-- Implemented NASA'Library Network Periodical_ Sys_.. _•-: -Expanded online document ordering?service to. intern on NASA]RECON (6,000 titles). _ .-• " , _-:clude AIAA documents•

- ,__ --.,: . - . ..., .•_ . .._" .

1979 " . : ..- . :,_ . "" ...-. :......._'_.-._-:._:. _]" .,..-:'. ,-_" _ _.

-.- Provicled cal_ability known-as the Online I_IALNET.... -1986 :-_:_' _.,

.. _ book Data Entry System to.the,NASA libraries for :_>-AiJtomated the Input Processing System (IPS)for';ill _

• updating local holdingsdata. Replaced Bunker-Ramo -_ -_:• ,stand,_rd files_ Automated the collation of microfiche•

terminalswith "smart" terminals (Uni_,ac). Helcl_the. . " Eoadedthe-non-held MARC_database into the ARIN

first NASA/RECON Workshop at the Facility. Pub_ -._i. "_system.,Beganmachine phrase selection from text for

lished the first issue of Technology of Large Space: _ _ .'.?MAI. Published thefirst NASA Thesaurus Supplement -.

Systems, NASA SP-.7.046, a semiannual Continuing_ _ .... to include: sub]e_ term-definitions. Corn pleted the

bibliography. -_ _ -- : _ ; ...... _ :_:. pilot <installatioq of ARIN_on.site eqijipment and TM "-_"

• _ J /. _!_;"" ...._L_-_: _'_:''_'r_ rdatabase and support functions fcir-online_catalogs _ .

and cataloging_services .at LeRC. Published the first :_

Jncreased Univ,_c terminal transmission _tes frbm _ :": ,issue,of Space-Station-System_, NAS, ASP-70S6,_ . .

2400 to 9600 baud• Completed a came!_acopyof.thE__., i..., sehliannual _ontinuin8 bibiography. L _ ._ ,_ _ - •

AGARD Muliilingual Dictionary .using automated._(_;.;_ _ ,: ".r _ _ i "_. ""_ " _;':': _; _" --\ :'" _'."._i _ _" " " -

photocomposition technLques, ..... Implemented 7elenet_,._.Q ._lan 7 -- . , .... ...... _-... _,- .... _...... ,.... . .....

packet switching communlcatmns channels for. Dla|- ,-,'_.;_._.... ., ,,.,._,,_ _._ mc _^;-_, .... ,;. ,.. ,.,.;, _¢_,.,_,,o.__-',-.-

In users. _-

_ _.. : .._-_. -._.÷. .-_-_ .... :,--'_._:_:-Added:the NACAHistofical Ftle:(Hi0K-serie_s _) and -

- " " -: _"_- :"'-'.: . D_ : i:.._:_.,"_-!_.._ ,theSpaceCommeroahzatlon Database (C10Ksenes)-

1981 .... . ":"-. - .._. _ - -. _-- " : '_ _.,-h.,._.:--_ --:._to-the_S_ database. Implementedfull. author names " "

Initiated Dial-In- servic(_, forxNASAContractors.:_nd -- __;" on NASA/RECON and:in ublication indexes Proces- -

other government agencies.: ..... . ,-__ .'---._i;"_'--_ "" sed.416,_16 RECON commands in June, setting.a.

.- __ : ._ -.. - -_ ." _,._:y new monthly/record. Completedthe-conversion from

1982 - . ." : .- . - Y . - :.: .. T; ? . :. _" ".r.Marl¢ IV to ADABASF./Natural fordatabase manage-

. Implemented 1200. baud transmission"and.a23_il_: _:,, _:L: ment of the ResQurce ManagementInformation Sys-

• " disolavfor Dial;In users -:._- ".._. - - _, _ --_--. ,>. ,. .... temand theRe _stratlonandProductControlSystem.-

" .. _ .'. - _" . : " _ : J4 _- " " -.: _'_. _.. ..-" . , . _, : " ,¥.'--'" L_ -_. ,. / .... -,- . ,_>..Ll_, .. .• .... "_ "_ ._x_._

. - Added the-Directory -of.Nu_neri_:al ,Data Bases" to.. - _ - " _ ....... . "

NOtiCe

__ NAS,_ECON (file collect_on .Q):Jmplemented an i., : _" \

online documentordering service for?NASA docu--:.. '; _ , =l¢=k " _=k :.- _. -....

ments: Implemented a Demand IndeX se_ice_o pro--:_ ---.:

vide users with an indexof any sp_ifi_lsearc_on•" _.i..

the Primary Data_,Base. Be8arf'subject switching or -o _\

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COSMIC Software Catalog on NASA/RECON APR

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1987 NASA Thesaurus Supplement

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Advances in Planetary Geology

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Arctic Sea Ice, 1973-1976: Satellite PassiveMicrowave Observations (NASA SP-489) OCT

Atlas of Comet Haley 1910-11 (NASA SP-488) DEC

Criss-Cross Directory, Volume 2 DEC

Engineer in Charge (NASA SP-4305) AUG

Fifteenth NASTRAN Users' Colloquium

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Geomorphology from Space: A Global

Overview of Regional Landforms

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Life Sciences Space Station Planning

Document: A Reference Payload

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NASA Scientific and Technical Publications:

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Publications of the NASA CELSS (Controlled

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STI Bulletin .o0

Scientific and Technical Information

Volume XVlII, No. 6 Scientific and Technical Information Division June 1988

Technical Publications Program Productivity Initiative

ASA is seeking to improve the overall effi- ciency, quality, and timeliness in production

tion and publication as a productivity initiative. Quality and timeliness are expected to increase

by acquisition and implementation of new or updated equipment or state of the art technology and

aggressive tracking of reports during the production

phase.

Increased quality will provide documents with text

that is more easily read. Legibility will be increased

and technical data can be presented in clear but

more comprehensive illustrations.

Increased timeliness will provide reports to scientists

and engineers earlier, keeping researchers better informed and decreasing duplicate research. A more

timely report increases the value of the information.

Quality Standards

An increase in the quality of reports will occur as a

result of increasing usage of automated equipment.

Automated equipment or technology such as electronic transfer or optical character readers (OCRs)

will provide for improved quality while still allowing

for timely production. This equipment or technology

will provide the capability for minor editing, standard formatting, uniform illustrations, and clean

printout.

Quality increases will be realized through use of the

following:

Optical character readers and electronic transfer

These technology options will allow corrections

and clean printout of texts now accepted without

modification in the interest of getting a report to

the users in a timely manner. The equipment Will

allow reformatting of author illustrations for uniform style without total redrafting, and will enhance report presentation.

Color computer graphics

This capability will allow the author to create

illustrations presenting data in a single complex,

but more comprehensive, color graph, rather

than in a series of monochromatic graphs.

Timeliness Standards

The current measurement system indicate_ that it

takes an average o_"157 days to produce a ¢eport,

from writing togtjblication and including 41dhnical

review. The time required for the production and

printing phases, including author review of production, is measured at 84 days. No attempt will be

made to improve the time of the review phase, except through attention to schedules.

The number of authors and their clerical support having personal computers for writing and for making

revisions is expected to increase. Thus time spent in

the writing and revision phases should decrease.

NASA is now encouraging the more than 7000 NASA

R&D authors to submit their written material and

drawings not only on paper, but also via electronic

transfer. Reports so delivered will not require rekeyboarding. Editing software will allow online editing of text, electronic formatting according to standards, followed by typesetting by GPO or its contractors without rekeyboarding.

NASA documents contain many illustrations and

drawings which, when generated by hand, require a

substantial amount of time. NASA is seeking to reduce this burden by using state of the art computer

graphics technology to produce these drawings, at a

greatly reduced investment in staff time.

The technology provided by OCRs will be used

where available, or the equipment will be acquired

where possible. The use of OCRs will greatly decrease the time expended in rekeyboarding extensive

technical material that is not provided in electronic

format.

-IN THIS ISSUE

Technical Publications Program ............................ 1

Productivity Initiative

STI Division Moves ............................................... 2

Older NASA TMs and SPs ..................................... 2

Now Available

Milestone Firstsof the Space Age ......................... 2

From the Centers ................................................... 2

NSTL Name Change ............................................. 2

NASA Thesaurus Definitions ................................. 3

...for Scope and Coverage

Express_ Service ....................................... 3

0_0_/_/" PAvu4t/_
STI Division Moves

The Scientific and Technical Information Division,

NASA Headquarters, formerly located at 7th and D

Sts. SW, has moved to L'Enfant Plaza. The new telephone numbers for key personnel are listed below:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Scientific and Technical Information Division

Code NTT

Washington, DC 20546-0001

NTT

Van A. Wente ................................. 755-1089

Philip A. Thibideau ......................... 755-1078

NTT-1

James B. Phillips ............................. 755-1234

Adelaide Del Frate .......................... 755-1030

Walter B. Pierce ............................. 755-1061

NTT-2

John H. Wilson, Jr.......................... 755-1246

NTTo3

Kay E. Voglewede ........................... 755-1191

Rebecca W. Miller .......................... 755-1204

Kenneth G. Carroll, Jr..................... 755-1192

NTT-4

Charles W. Hargrave ...................... 755-1079

Patricia A. Sullivan ......................... 755-1076

Older NASA TMs and SPs

Now Available

The NASA STI Facility has received from UPDATA

Publications the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Technical Memorandum 1959- 1963

Collection, and Special Publication 1962 - 1965 Collection on microfiche. The report number range of

the TM Collection.is from TM-X-1 through TM-X-905.

The report number range of the SP Collection is from

SP-1 through SP-45. An occas'sional report in these

ranges was not available to UPDATA for filming, and

therefore was not included in the collection.

The NASA STI Facility will make blowback copies of

these microfiche available to registered users upon

request at the standard NTIS price. For those reports

currently in the STI database, your technical library

may order through the online order command. For

additional information contact Delores Johnson

(301) 621-0146 at the NASA STI Facility.

Milestone Firsts

of the Space Age

In June:

• June 16, 1963: The Soviet Union sends Vostok Vl

into orbit carrying the world's first female spacerarer, 26-year-old Valentina Tereshkova.

• June 3, 1965: Edward H. White II takes the first

American spacewalk, maneuvering for twenty minutes outside the Gemini IV spacecraft.

• June 2, 1966: Surveyor I, the first American vehicle to soft-land on the Moon, touches down gently

in the Ocean of Storms.

• June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to exit the Solar System as it speeds past the

orbit of Neptune.

• June 18, 1983: Rocketing aloft aboard orbiter Challenger, Sally Ride becomes the first American

woman to fly in space.

From the Centers

LeRC

On May 4, 1988 Lewis Research Center held its annual Honor Awards Ceremony. Dorothy A. Morris

was among the honorees. She was awarded an Exceptional Service Medal in recognition of "distinguished

performance in developing technical information

systems and providing outstanding library services to

the Lewis Research Center staff." After the ceremony

the ARIN Circulation Module recently installed at

LeRC was demonstrated. Ms: Morris was delighted to

see that milestone.

NSTL Name Change

Please be advised of the recent change in name

of the NASANational Space Technology Laboratories (NSTL) to John C. Stennis Space Center

(SSC). The new name is effective immediately.

Also, the address will change as follows:

Addressee's Name

Addressee's Title

Mail Code

John C Stennis Space Center

Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

Necessary changes will be made to the ARIN

database. The library staff has determined that

the library will be referenced as follows:

NASAJStennis Research Library

9
• NASA Thesaurus Definitions

...for Scope and Coverage

The lexicography staff at the NASA STI Facility has

developed definitions for 58 NASA Thesaurus terms

as part of the effort to revise the NASA Scientific and

Technical Information System ... its Scope and Coverage. These definitions will be added to the NASA

Thesaurus definitions file and will be published in

the NASA Thesaurus Supplement, NASA SP-7064 '

(Suppl. 1). A partial list of the definitions is given

below. Look for the remaining definitions in subsequent issues of this Bulletin.

air navigation

The art, science, or action of plotting and directing from within an aircraft its movement through

the air from one place to another.

air transportation

The use of aircraft, usually airplanes, to move

passengers and cargo from place to place.

aircraft communication

The conveyance of information to or from aircraft

by radio or other signals.

aircraft design

Plans for the structure of any apparatus,

machine, or contrivance, especially a vehicle, intended to be supported by air, being borne up

either by dynamic action of the air upon the object's surfaces, or by the object's own buoyancy;

also the values of the parameters of the aircraft's

systems.

aircraft performance

The manner in which any airborne structure,

machine, contrivance, or especially a vehicle,

functions while in operation.

aircraft safety

Techniques used to prevent aircraft failures or accidents.

astronautics

The science and art of designing, constructing,

and operating spacecraft.

astronomy

The scientific study of all aspects of the heavens:

compositions, distances, evolution, magnitudes,

masses, and motions of celestial bodies. The science now includes a number of specialized

branches such as radio astronomy, X-ray astronomy, astrometry, astrophysics, celestial

mechanics, and cosmology.

atomic physics

The study of the structure and characteristics of

atoms.

chemistry

A science that studies the identification, composition and properties of elements, their combinations, reactions, and applications.

climatology

The science that studies climate and its variations.

computer programming

The writing of a sequence of tasks to be performed by a computer, the scheduling, or the actual performance of these tasks.

computer programs

Coded sequences of instructions regarding operations to be performed by a computer.

computer systems

Defined configurations of hardware, software,

and processes used to fulfill data and information

processing requirements.

cost analysis

Examination of the effects on expenses and profits of various procedures that might be used by a

business or enterprise in creating or supplying its

goods or services.

earth resources

Power sources and renewable or nonrenewable

materials occurring naturally on Earth.

economics

The study of the production, distribution, and

consumption of goods and services.

electrical engineering

The useful application of the knowledge of electricity and its properties.

energy conversion

The change of a working substance or natural

power into a more usable form, such as electricity or mechanical motion.

engineering

The useful application of the knowledge of scientific principles, properties, and power sources.

Continued on page 4

Express Defivery Service

Need a document in a hurry? At your request

your documents will be sent by Federal Express

and your organization will be billed accordingly. To request Express delivery online, please

use *EX* for the first 4 characters before the

requester name.

Example: ORDER 2///*EX* JOHN SMITH
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NASA Thesaurus Definitions Continued from page 3

environment pollution

Undesirable conditions produced in the atmosphere or water by foreign substances, noise, or

thermal sources.

firmware

Software so frequently used that it is hard-wired

into an electronic circuit.

fluid mechanics

The study of the characteristics, behavior, and

applications of liquids and gases under various

physical conditions.

hardware

Electronic and electromechanical devices that

make up a computer.

inorganic chemistry

The study of noncarbon elements, including their

identification, composition, properties, combinations, reactions, and applications.

launch vehicles

Machines or vehicles, including catapults, by

means of which airplanes, rockets, or the like

are directed, hurled, or sent forth.

law (jurisprudence)

A rule or collection of rules for action or conduct

binding upon the population of a community.

lunar exploration

Scientific investigation of the Moon by means of

probes or manned or unmanned missions.

_=mm_ment

• he act or art of __ directiq&, _Ip¢"l_-

sing, or controlling the operation of a business,

enterprise, or similar endeavor.

masers

Amplifiers utilizing the principle of microwave

amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

mathematics

The study of the logical relationships among

abstract entities. These relationships are expressed in numbers, symbols, and signs and may

also be applied to concrete data such as measures and properties of shapes.

mechanical engineering

The useful application of the knowledge of

mechanical devices and their properties.

ST_ BLIHetin is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA's scientific and technical information

products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at: • .

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

755-1246.

Detach label with klmJctions for addressordistribution change

and mail qo: ATI'N: lill Services Section, NASA STI Facility.

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STI Bulletin

Scientific and Technical Information

Volume XVlll, No. 8 Scientific and Technical Information Division August 1988

Current Awareness Tool for Managers Available Online

id you know.., there is a weekly current awareness service entitled Managers on NASA/RECON? Are you

interested in new developments in space commercialization, Congressional and legislative reports, new

business methods and trends, research and development programs, and many more timely subjects?

Every Monday morning a list of twenty A10K and • Technologies of the European space programs as

N10K citations (including books) is compiled. Items well as those of the U.S.S.R. and Japan.

of interest to managers and administrators of NASA

Headquarters, NASA Centers, and NASA Contractors

are selected for pertinence to NASA's mission, management, and foreign technology exchange.

Any NASA/RECON user may utilize the service by

executing the Managers stored search from within

File Collections A, B, D, N, O, and P, as follows:

QUERY EXECUTE MANAGERS(NAHQ).

Once the stored search has ceased execution, simply

use the DISPLAY, BROWSE or TYPE command to review the results.

Some of the subject areas covered by the weekly

service are:

• Current aerospace technology on present and future NASA space missions, including aerospace

medicine.

Computer Aided Indexing

Article Published

An article written by Ronald L. Buchan, Lexicographer at the NASA STI Facility, was published in the

Reference Librarian, Summer 1987 p. 269-277. The

article, titled "CompUter Aided Indexing at NASA,"

is available on AIAA microfiche as A88-24200. It is

also available from the AIAA Technical Information

Service, 555 West 57th St., 12th Floor, New York, NY

10019, (21_2.)247-6500. The article deals with NASA

Thesaurus-related computerization activity at the STI

Facility. It includes coverage of a unique computerized technique called Retrospective Indexing.

The technique enables one to retrospectively index

information with new terminology. An abstract of the

article follows.

The application of computer technology to the

construction of the NASA Thesaurus and in

NASA Lexical Dictionary development is discussed in a brief overview. Consideration is

given to the printed and online versions of the

Thesaurus, retrospective indexing, the NASA/

RECON frequency command, demand index-

• New management methods, business trends, and

policies concerning procurement, financial, contract, personnel, and research management.

• Congressional and legislative reports, Federal

budgets, and appropriations of the NASA programs.

• New developments in database management systems.

• Current reports on international trade, market research, and economics.

• Current" research in artificial intelligence, expert

systems, and robotic technology.

• Current technology transfer, assessment, and utilization.

Current reports on international relations, cooperation, and space law.

ing, lists of terms by category, and the STAR

and IAA annual subject indexes. The evolution

of computer methods in the Lexical Dictionary

program is traced, from DoD, DOE, and Library

of Congress Subject Headings subject switching

to machine-aided indexing. Current techniques

for handling natural language (e.g., the elimination of verbs to facilitate breakdown of sentences into words and phrases) are described.

-IN THIS ISSUE

Current Awareness Tool for Managers .................. 1

Available Online

Computer Aided Indexing ..................................... 1

Article Published

ANSI-STD In / MIL-STD Out ................................. 2

Reference Products Updated ................................. 2

Milestone Firstsof the Space Age ......................... 2

NASA Thesaurus Definitions ................................. 2

...for Scope and Coverage

Have You Moved? ................................................ 3

New Publication ................................................... 4
ANSI-STD In / MIL-STD Out

[This article, written by Barbara Lesser, was originally

published in the July 1988 issue of Defense Technical

Information Center Digest.]

For several years there has been a movement in the

federal government to adopt non-government standards wherever it is feasible. The goal is to reduce

duplication of effort and to eliminate gaps that exist

between government and non-government standards. In the fall of 1987 a project was set up by DTIC

with the Defense Standardization Program Office to

have the Military Standard (MIL-STD) 847B, Format

Requirements for Scientific and Technical Reports

Prepared By or For the Department of Defense, replaced by American National Standards Institute

(ANSI) Standard Z39.18 -1987, Scientific and Technical Reports: Organization, Preparation, and Production. Coordination packages were sent out in late

November 1987 and concurrences from all the Services were received in early May 1988. As of May 25,

1988 the ANSI Standard replaces the Military Standard.

The ANSI Standard is comprehensive and is applicable to a wide variety of technical reports. Using the

Standard as a general guideline, organizations may

supplement it with their own requirements to meet

criteria they have established for their own publicaions.

Adoption of the ANSI Standard by the DoD gives

contributors more flexibility in how they format reports, making it easier for them to submit reports to

DTIC. The Standard is available from either the Naval

Publications and Forms Center, 5801 Tabor Avenue,

Philadelphia, PA 19120-5099 or from the American

National Standards Institute, Inc., 1430 Broadway,

New York, NY 10018.

Reference Products Updated

The 1988 updates io the Acronym Dictionary and the

Corporate Source Cross-Reference are now available.

The Acronym Dictionary, compiled from material

used over the years as a tool for NASA STI Facility

abstracters, is an ad-hoc reference rather than a systematic collection of all acronyms related to aerospace science and technology. This updated dictionary contains approximately 2,000 expanded acronyms.

The Corporate Source Cross-Reference also orignated as a tool for input processing at the NASA STI

Facility. The reference contains alternate forms of corporate names which are cross-referenced to the authorized form in the Corporate Source Authority List.

The list includes acronyms, alternate spellings, obsolete forms, names of corporate divisions, and other

forms not acceptable according to the COSATI rules

for citing corporate names. Generally, the CSAL reference in the cross-reference list includes only the corporate name and not the location. This Updated

cross-reference contains approximately 2,300 entries.

These products are available for $11.50 each. Contact

Delores Johnson at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-

0147.

Milestone Firsts

of the Space Age

In August:

• August 12, 1960: The first passive communications

satellite -- a giant aluminized balloon appropriately named Echo I -- is rocketed into orbit from

Cape Canaveral.

• August 7, 1961: Cosmonaut Gherman Titov completes the first day-long manned space flight, making 17 orbits of the Earth aboard Vostok II.

• August 12, 1977: The Space Shuttle program takes

wing as the prototype orbiter Enterprise makes its

first atmospheric test flight.

• August 30, 1983: Guy Bluford becomes the first

black American in space as a mission specialist on

Challenger's STS-8 crew.

NASA Thesaurus Definitions

...for Scope and Coverage

The Lexicography staff at the NASA STI Facility has

developed definitions for 58 NASA Thesaurus terms

as part of the effort to revise the NASA Scientific and

Technical Information System ... its Scope and Coverage. These definitions will be added to the NASA

Thesaurus definitions file, and will be published in

the NASA Thesaurus Supplement, NASA SP-7064

(Suppl. 1). The definitions listed below are continued

from the July 1988 issue of the STI Bulletin.

molecular physics

The study of the structure and characteristics of

molecules.

nuclear physics

The study of the structure and characteristics of

the atomic nucleus.

oceanography

The science that studies all aspects of seas and

oceans. Continued on page 3
Thesaurus Definitions Continued from pase 2

optics

The study of the transmission and polarization

properties of visible radiation.

organic chemistry

A study of carbon and carbon compounds, including their origins, properties, reactions, and

applications.

photography

A process for recording visual images by exposing a light-sensitive substance to radiation such

as light, infrared, or X-rays.

physical chemistry

The study of the physical aspects of chemistry

such as structures of compounds or measurements or properties of chemical interactions.

physics

The science that studies the elementary principles and laws of nature.

plasma physics

The study of the nature and properties of highly

ionized gases (comprised of free electrons and

charged nuclei) with application to fusion energy

devices.

power

The application of energy to do work.

propulsion

The action or process of imparting motion to an

object by means of a force, such as a thrust of

air or energy released by burning fuel.

solar physics

The study of the structure and activities of the

Sun.

solid state physics

The study of the physical structure and properties

of solid matter, including crystallography and

band structure, and magnetic, electric, and

dielectric properties.

space communication

The act of, or methods for, conveying or receiving intelligible information from beyond the

Earth's atmosphere.

space exploration

Scientific investigation of extraterrestrial bodies

and phenomena by means of probes or manned

or unmanned missions.

space transportation

Means of conveyance or the act of conveying or

traveling to, through, or from outer space.

spacecraft communication

The act of, or methods for, conveying information to or from manned or unmanned spacecraft.

spacecraft design

Plans for the structure of any apparatus,

machine, or contrivance, especially a device intended to be placed into orbit around the Earth

or into a trajectory that escapes the Earth's atmosphere; also the values of the parameters of the

spacecraft's systems.

Notice

To STi Bulletin Readers

If you have announcements or articles of general

interest to the STI community or search

techniques you would like to share with other

NASA/RECON users please provide them to us.

This is your publication and your input is vital to

its success. Contact Jackie Streeks at the NASA

STI Facility (301) 621-0105 or John Wilson at

NASA Headquarters (202) 755-1246.

Have You Moved?.

The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI)

Facility maintains the mailing lists and address file

for most of the NASA network. In order to ensure the

timely receipt/delivery of NASA products and services, it is very important to maintain complete, accurate and up-to-date addresses and contact points for

each user registered with the NASA STI Facility.

Due to the recent circularization many address

changes have been reported. So that we can continue

to deliver our products and services efficiently, please

provide us with any unreported or additional changes

on the form below and mail to:

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New Pubfication

A brief description of a publication recently released

by the Scientific and Technical Information Division

follows. The source from which the publicatiorl is

available is given with the description.

than Earth. All aspects of the field are covered:

spacecraft, telescope and laboratory measurement

capability, previous science results, current and future problems, analysis and interpretation capabilities and techniques, and laboratory and theoretical studies of material properties. (Avail GPO)

Reflectance Spectroscopy in Planetary Science: Review and Strategy for the Future, NASA SP-493

This report is the result of a workshop commissioned

by the Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program

of the NASA Office of Space Science and Applications, Division of Solar System Exploration. The purpose of this workshop was to review the field of reflectance spectroscopy as it is relevant to the sponsoring Program. The report addresses the basis for the

field, its contributions, present conditions, and future

directions and needs as well as the science and

technique, particularly in light of the need for future

space mission support. The scope of this report is

limited to reflectance spectroscopy in the visible and

near infrared regions and its application to remote

sensing of planetary surfaces and atmospheres other

$TI Bulletin isdistributed to established users to inform them about NASA's scientific and technical information

products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

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Scientific and Technical Information

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i

September 1988

Beginning with this issue, each month the STI Bulletin will feature a product or service provided by personnel at

the STI Facility. This month the Bulletin will focus on:

THE NASA STI DOCUMENT ORDERING SERVICE

he NASA document ordering service, which is

available to those in the NASA aerospace community who are registered to receive products and

services, provides quick and convenient access to

the vast holdings of case files, stock copies, and

microfiche stored at the NASA STI Facility -- more

than 3 million accessions.

With few exceptions, the 75 to 100 daily orders are

processed and mailed within 2 to 5 working days

after receipt. Users are invoiced monthly for document orders. NASA contractors are charged standard

NTIS prices for hardcopy and microfiche. Completed

orders are shipped via first class mail or, if the requester prefers, by overnight mail. Charges for the overnight mail services are itemized on the user's

monthly invoice.

Most orders are received electronically via the

NASA/RECON system. A smaller number of orders

received by telephone, letter, or facsimile are then

keyed into the NASA/RECON online order system.

When the online order is placed, the system immediately validates the order by electronically comparing the requester's registration profile with his/her

security classification and any limitation which may

be imposed upon the document. The order system

provides the online user with an immediate feedback

message which indicates either that the order was

accepted for processing or cannot be filled, or it provides a referral to another agency such as Univ.

Microfilm where documents unavailable through the

Facility might be acquired.

Document orders are filled by one of these methods:

1) A stock copy is provided, if available, or a Diazo

reproduction of a microfiche may be made upon request; 2) A copy is reproduced from the case file

using a high-speed, high-volume one-to-one copier;

3) A blowback is produced from standard microfiche

at either 20 x 1 or 24 x 1 magnification. (A mediumvolume copier is used for the 20 x 1 and a high-speed

copier for the standard 24 x 1 reproductions). Orders

that can be satisfied by pulling a stock copy are usually completed within two working days. Those orders that require either one-to-one copying or blowback from microfiche typically require two to five

working days depending upon the size, format, and

quality of the source document or microfiche.

Although an order may be accepted for processing

by the online order system, it still may not be possible

for it to be satisfactorily filled. At times, extenuating

conditions such as poor format, legibility, and/or reproducibility arise which could result in delays.

To aid the user in understanding some of the conditions contributing to the Facility's inability to fill an

order within the usual two to five day time frame, or

to fill the order at all, the following information has

been gathered. (These examples are by no means all

encompassing.)

NASA "A n (A10,000)

This accession series consists of items accessioned

and processed by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics for the journal, International

Aerospace Abstracts. Items in the series are from the

open literature and are included in the NASA

database.

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-IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On: The NASA STI ..................................... 1

Document Ordering Service

Citations Defined as Export-Controlled ................. 3

Milestone Firstsof the Space Age ......................... 3

NASA Integrated Library System Meeting .............. 3

Johnson Space Center News ................................. 4

Meetings with Israeli STI.Exchange ....................... 4

Program Manager

New Publication ................................................... 4
Focus On... Continued from page !

NASA supported "A" accessions are identified on

NASA/RECON by an asterisk immediately after the

accession number (i.e., 88A12345"). AIAA regularly

distributes to the Facility IAA microfiche, from which

reproductions for these NASA-supported items are

made. The RECON system shows the existence of

microfiche by displaying a pound sign after the asterisk (i.e., 88A10360"#). When this condition prevails, the Facility can usually reproduce and ship the

document within five working days.

When an asterisk is not shown, it means that the

document is a non-NASA sponsored item. Similarly,

when the pound sign is not shown, it means that no

microfiche was created for the item. The absence of

either an asterisk or a pound sign necessitates forwarding the order to AIAA in New York for servicing.

NASA "N" (N10,000)

The N10K series consists of

items published in Scientific

and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR)which are unclassified and deemed of signifi- Format

cant current interest to NASA

and the aerospace communi- 5x8inch

ty. These documents receive (84frames)

full Facility processing (e.g.,

abstracting, indexing, subject

categorizing, and microfiching, if not already on magnetic

tapes and/or microfiche). It is

important to note, however,

that not all reports announced

in the N10K series are available from the Facility. The availability section of the RECON

citation display identifies the

activity from which particular

documents may be obtained.

Those documents which show

the availability as NTIS (National Technical Information

Service) in most cases are available from the Facility as

well. Documents which do not carry the NTIS availability must be obtained from the listed source.

Generally, all NASA sponsored reports in the N10K

series are available in hardcopy stock, case file copy,

microfiche, or in a combination of all three. As in the

A10K series, NASA supported N10K accessions are

identified on NASA/RECON by an asterisk immediately after the accession number. The presence

of microfiche is identified by a pound sign.

For haidcopy requests, stock copies are used until

stock runs out. When stock is available, the item is

generally mailed within two working days.

When no stock is available, the requested document

is blownback from microfiche. In those rare instances

when neither a stock copy nor a microfiche is available, a one-to-one reproduction is made from the

case file processing copy. If reproduction is necessary,

the item is usually mailed within five working days

from date of receipt.

Non-NASA sponsored documents accessioned in the

N10K series are received from a variety of domestic

and foreign sources. Generally, such reports are received as single hardcopy or microfiche, and no

hardcopy stock is available. The single case file copy

is reproduced as needed to satisfy requests. Otheragency microfiche received by the Facility are generally second generation Diazo copies. These microMicrofiche Format

The Facility collection of NASA sponsored 5TAR and IAA microfiche covers a span of

over 26 years. During this period, the standards by which microfiche were produced

changed on three occasions:

AccessionRange

A64-12300 - A64-19999

N62-10000 - N64-19999

4 X 6 inch - A64-20000 - A73-16610

(60frames) N64-20000 - N72-33975

20:1

4 x 6 inch A73-16611 - Present

(98frames) N73-10000 - Present

Availability FromFacility

Cannot be filled by Facility.

Order is transferredto AIAA.

NASA supporteditemscan be

supplied in hardcopyfrom a 1 x 1

casefile reproduction. Non-NASA

itemscannot be filled sincecase files

are no longeravailable.

Canbe filled byFacility using medium

volume copier.

Can be filled by Facility

usinghighvolume copier,

24:1

| A stringent quality control check is made for each reproduction to ensure that it meets I

|the acceptance criteria for distribution. Should the reproducti0_ fail the a.cce_n_; |

I criteria, the user is notified and a determination is made as to whether the order shou I

I e, oeuedi, theseinsta,ce,. I

fiche copies received in the standard format are used

by the Facility for reproduction. Thus, the resultant

blowback copy may not be of the best quality. Often,

additional handling is necessary to obtain a good

readable copy. Should marginal copies result, the user

is notified and given the opportunity to either accept

or cancel the order. It is important to note that documents on microfiche are designated by a pound sign

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following the accession number. The pound sign is

used without regard to the source or quality of the

microfiche.

NASA _N" (N70t000)

The N70K series consists of older unclassified documents, documents not announced for administrative

reasons, or documents of limited aerospace significance. These are cataloged, indexed, subject

categorized, and included in the computerized

database, but are not announced in an abstract journal. The majority of these reports are NASA supported

and are received as a single paper copy only. The

source documents are of varying size, format, and

quality. Generally, microfiche does not exist for such

reports, and requests for these items require one-toone copying.

The NASA STI Facility welcomes any suggestions

users may have with regard to ordering documents

from the collection. The Facility Staff is committed to

providing a reasonable, responsive, high-quality

document turnaround service. If you experience any

problems or unreasonable delays with your order,

please contact us at (301) 621-0160.

Citations Defined as

Export-Controlled

Several NASA/RECON users have inquired which

citations in the STI Database are considered exportcontrolled documents. NASA has defined that

abstracts of X10K and X70K accessions that reference documents with availability limited by the International Traffic in Arms and Arms Regulations

(ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR)

are to be handled as export-controlled documents

under the terms of U.S. law. These citations clearly

show either a Limited by ITAR or Limited by EAR

statement following the SAP: output tag. Other citations in these _X" series are limited by NASA policy,

and all citations derived from online searching of

NASA files are limited to activities in the U.S. unless a formal information exchange exists.

NASA Integrated Library

System Meeting

Focusing on ARiN (Aerospace Research Information Network) FY 89 plans and schedules, the

NASA Interinstallation Project User Committee

(IPUC) met on August 23 and 24, 1988, at the NASA

STI Facility.

Pete Messina, NASA/ARIN Program Manager, led

the group in reviewing and assessing the requirements needed to implement the Acquisitions subsystem of ARIN. ARIN Cataloging and Circulation

subsystems are now in the final stages of completion. Library Acquisitions subsystems are designed

to handle the paperwork involved in buying library

materials including purchase orders, fund accounting, tracking order status, preparing payments, and

management reports.

Data gathered from a Booz-Allen and Hamilton questionnaire/survey of the NASA libraries' acquisition requirements was presented. A functional overview of

acquisitions by ARIN Project Staff included a comparison of requirements cited in the Booz-Allen survey and the functions presently available in the

NOTIS software.

Dale Hood of NOTIS, demonstrated the online system and responded to audience questions. NOTIS

is the ARIN software vendor based in Evanston, Illinois. Control of serials such as journals and annuals was also considered.

Implementation of KWSF (Keyword Search Facility)

was reviewed on the second day. An online demonstration was provided which showed the subsystems' capabilities to locate words or phrases anywhere in the existing online ARIN bibliographic record.

Other areas of discussion were: serials bibliographic and holdings data conversion; MIS (Management Information Systems) requirements; PSCN

and other communication issues; user registration;

CCB (Configuration Control Board) items; and committee reports.

Milestone Firsts of the Space Age

In September:

• September 17, 1968: The Soviets' Zond 5 executes the first circumnavigation of the Moon in a

checkout of procedures for possible Russian lunar

flights.

• September 1, 1979: Pioneer 11 becomes the first

space probe to encounter Saturn, returning the

first close-up pictures of the planet and its mysterious rings.
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Johnson Space Center

News

We regret to announce the death on July 18th of

Marry McDonough who had served as Head Librarian of Johnson Space Center since 1980.

JSC announced the appointment of Donna McAIlister to succeed Marry. She had been the JSC Medical

Sciences Division Librarian. Ms. McAIlister holds

an MLS from Emory University and has worked as

a reference librarian both in Texas and Georgia.

Her mail code is JM2 and her telephone number is

FTS 525-4007.

Meetings with israefi

Scientific and Technical

Information ($TI) Exchange

Program Manager

Dr. Beth Eres, the Israeli Program Manager for the

October 1986 STI Exchange Agreement between

NASA and the Israeli Space Agency (ISA), was at

the NASA STI Facility in July. Under the coordination of Phil Thibideau, NASA's International STI Activities Manager, Dr. Eres was at the NASA STI Facility for a technical coordination meeting. The principal issues addressed concerned ISA processing of

Israeli technical report materials for the NASA STI

System. Dr. Eres also met with other STI Division

staff at NASA Headquarters to consider broader

policy issues, including copyrights on Israeli theses

and dissertations, and NASA processing of Israeli

magnetic tapes. Dr. Eres was accompanied to both

meetings by the present Israeli Embassy Science

Counsellor, Dr. Menachem Tassa, and his designated successor (October 1), Dr. Meir Yogev.

New Pubfication

A brief description of a publication recently released by the Scientific and Technical Information

Division follows.

NASA Thesaurus: Astronomy Vocabulary

NASA SP-7069

Created for presentation at the International Astronomical Union Conference, July, 1988, this publication offers a terminology of descriptors used by

the NASA Scientific and Technical information effort to index documents in the area of astronomy.

The terms are listed in hierarchical format derived

from the forthcoming 1988 edition of the NASA

Thesaurus Volume 1 -- Hierarchical Listing. Over

1,600 terms are included. In addition to astronomy,

space sciences covered include astrophysics, cosmology, lunar flight and exploration, meteors and

meteorites, celestial mechanics, planetary flight

and exploration, and planetary science.

(Available: NTIS or STI Facility, Hardcopy/Microfiche)

STI Bulletin is distributedto establishedusersto informthemaboutNASA'sscientificandtechnicalinformation

productsand services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECONCoordinatorat:

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Suggestions, materialto be consideredfor inclusion,and

commentsmay be directed to JackieStreeksat the above

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Scientific and Technical Information

Volume XVIII, No. 10 Scientific and Technical Information Division October 1988

Focus ...

i i

Each issue of the 57-1 Bulletin features a product or

service provided by personnel at the 5TI Facility. This

month the Bulletin will focus on:

DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTION

BY STAR SUBJECT CATEGORY

ASA S&T reports will be distributed by the 75

STAR subject categories beginning in January

1989 in addition to the current subject division distribution. This distribution option is being developed

to better serve the needs of the growing NASA community. Ordering paper copies of NASA reports that

are announced in STAR by specific categories allows

you to tailor distribution to fit your research needs.

Since 1975, NASA has offered report distribution by

10 STAR subject divisions. This method of dissemination will continue to be available for those who prefer distribution in broader subject areas.

The STI Facility offers two subscription services for

document distribution: the Standing Order Service

and the Automatic Document Distribution Service

(ADDS). Once a year, subscribers to either service

select the reports they wish to receive by report

series, subject divisions, or subject categories.

Subscribers to the Standing Order Service receive

NASA reports announced within their selected areas

each month and are billed accordingly. These subscribers may opt to change the series or subject areas

they have chosen at any time.

ADDS offers annual subscription rates at a flat fee.

Subscribers prepay for the report series or subject

areas they wish to receive during the next year.

If you currently subscribe to either document distribution service and wish to order reports by subject

category, or would like more information about these

two services and how you may take advantage of

them, please contact:

NASA Scientific & Technical Information Facility

ATTN: Registration Services

P.O. Box 8757

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Accession Numbers Now

Range Searchable on

NASA/RECON

One of the enhancements that users suggest most

frequently is the capability to select Accession

Number (ACC) ranges. NASA is pleased to announce that this feature is now available on

RECON.

To SELECT an accession range, use the ACC

mnemonic and specify the beginning and ending

numbers. Cross file and accession year selection

are not permitted. The following example specifies

the range for issue 18 of STAR:

SELECT ACC/88N24573-88N25430

As with the KEEP command, 1539 accessions are

processed with each range selection. If a user tries

to create a set with more than 1539 records, the

system automatically truncates the search at that

number and displays a warning message. The last

accession number processed, along with the first,

is shown in the set response. Create multiple accession range sets and use the COMBINE command to

identify more than 1539 items.

HELP messages are available that give the accession ranges for all online files. To display a listing

of them, use HELP ACC-RANGE. Use the HELP

Continued on page 2

-IN THIS SSUE

Focus On: Document Distribution ........................ 1

By STAR Subject Category

Accession Numbers Now Range ........................... 1

Searchable on NASA/RECON

Report Numbers Cataloged Differently ................. 2

in IAA and STAR

Milestone Firstsof the Space Age ......................... 2

What's New at the NASA STI Facility ................... 2

New Publications .................................................. 3

New Thesaurus Terms ........................................... 4
Report and Grant Numbers

Cataloged Differently

in IAA and STAR

NASA/RECON searchers will find it useful to know

that in some cases, STAR catalogers and IAA catalogers observe different conventions in recording

report and grant numbers from the same source.

When this happens, it may be because the source

changed its own number format. Both STAR and

IAA endeavor to maintain consistent report and

grant number citations so that similar numbers appear together in indexes. If the STAR format is frozen before a change by the source and the IAA

format is frozen afterward, or vice versa, STAR and

IAA will show different formats for similar report

numbers.

An important illustration of this situation involves

similar numbers from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The STAR and IAA formats

for these are as follows:

STAR

Report: AFOSR-88-0999TR

Grant: AF-AFOSR-0111-88

/AA

Report: AFOSR-TR-88-0999

Grant: AF-AFOSR-88-0111

Therefore, the searcher who seeks AFOSR material

by report or grant number will find it necessary to

do two expands for each field. "

Accession Numbers Continued from page I

command with the file name or number shown to

see the ranges applicable to that file. Those file

names followed by the word ALT in parentheses

denote those series in the alternate database contained in File Collections G and H.

The following examples illustrate the two ways to

display the accession range screen for IAA, File

115:

HELP IAA

HELP X115

What's New at the

NASA STI Facility

User Services Section Created

The Facility combined the STI Services Section with the

RECON Services group to create the User Services Section. Managed by Dian A. Marincola, this section is

responsible for all registration, document request processing, and literature search activities. The consolidation provides users with a centralized location for accessing Facility services. This Section reports to Joseph E.

Gignac, Manager for the Mission Support Services Division.

New Staff in RECON/Reference Services

The RECON/Reference Services group has two new staff

members. Kate Kase joins the group as the new supervisor and Jonathan Grant as a reference analyst.

Milestone Firsts

of the Space Age

In October:

• October 4, 1957: The Soviet Union opens the era

of space exploratibn by launching the world's first

artificial satellite, 184-pound Sputnik I.

° October 7, 1959: Russia's Luna 3 takes the first

crude, intriguing images of the far side of the

Moon.

• C)ctober 27, 1961: The first U.S. heavy-lift booster, Saturn I, thunders aloft on its initial test flight.

October 12, 1964: Sandwiched in their cramped

Voskhodl capsule, Vladimir Komarov, Boris

Yegorov and Konstantin Feoktistov make the first

multi-man spaceflight.

October 11, 1968: Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and

Walt Cunningham orbit Earth for eleven days in

the first manned test of the Apollo Command and

Service Modules.

October 22, 1975: The television cameras of

Venera 9 relay the first panorama of the rocky

plains of Venus.

October 3, 1988: The Space Shuttle Discovery

lands safely at Edwards Air Force Base.
New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released

by the Scientific and Technical Information Division

follow. The source from which the publication is

available is given following the description. Copies

may be available for sale from the Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),

Washington, DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161.

The NTIS price code, accession number, and the

GPO order number are given, where available, with

the descriptions.

A Bibliography of Dunes: Earth, Mars, and Venus

(NASA CR-4149)

Dunes are important depositional landforms and

sedimentary environments on Earth and Mars, and

may be important on Venus. The similarity of dune

forms on Earth and Mars, together with the dynamic

similarity of aeolian processes on the terrestrial planets indicates that it is appropriate to interpret dune

forms and processes on Mars and Venus by using

analog studies. However, the literature on dune

studies is large and is scattered in a wide variety of

sources. The aim of this bibliography is to assist investigators by providing a literature resource on

techniques which have proved successful in elucidating dune characteristics and processes on Earth,

Mars, and Venus. This bibliography documents the

many investigations of dunes undertaken within the

last century. It concentrates on studies of inland

dunes in both hot and cold desert regions on Earth

and includes investigations of coastal dunes only if

they discuss matters of general significance for dune

sediments, processes, or morphology. (Avail: NTIS)

NASA Information Sciences and Human Factors

Program Annual Report, 1987 (NASA TM-4064)

This report contains FY 87 descriptions of technical

accomplishments in seven areas: automation and

robotics, communications systems, computer sciences, controls and guidance, data systems, human

factors, and sensor technology. (Avail: NTIS)

0 Stars and Wolf-Rayet Stars (NASA SP-497)

O Stars and Wolf-Rayet stars are the hottest of all

stars yet discovered and represent some of the most

massive, rapidly evolving, condensed objects in the

sky. This volume reviews observations of these stars

taken in visible, ultraviolet, and soft X-ray wavelengths from the ground and from observatories in

space. Theoretical models for the atmospheres of

these stars are described and critically evaluated.

Some implications for the evolution and internal

structures of these stars are considered.

(Avail: GPO as 033-000-010-21-4)

Present State of Knowledge of the Upper Atmosphere

1988: An Assessment Report (NASA RP-1208)

This report presents an assessment of the state of

knowledge as of March 15, 1988, when the Ozone

Trends Panel, Organized by NASA and co-sponsored

by the World Meteorological Organizati6n, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the

Federal Aviation Administration, and the United Nations Environment Program, released an executive

summary of its findings from a critical in-depth study

involving over 100 scientists from 12 countries. Chapter summaries of the International Ozone Trends

Panel Report form the major part of this document.

Two other sections are Model Predictions of Future

Ozone Change and Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical data for Use in Stratospheric Modeling.

(Avail: NTIS)

Planetary Geology: Goals, Future Directions, and

Recommendations (NASA CP-3005)

Planetary exploration has provided a torrent of discoveries and a recognition that planets are not inert

objects. This expanded view has led to the notion of

comparative planetology, in which the differences

and similarities among planetary objects are assessed.

Solar system exploration is undergoing a change from

an era of reconnaissance to one of intensive exploration and focused study. Analyses of planetary surfaces

are playing a key role in this transition, especially as

attention is focused on such exploration goals as returned samples from Mars. To assess how the science

of planetary geology can best contribute to the goals

of solar system exploration, a workshop was held at

Arizona State University in January 1987. The participants discussed previous accomplishments of the

planetary geology program, assessed the current

studies in planetary geology, and considered the requirements to meet near-term and long-term exploration goals. (Avail: NTIS)

Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics

Program - 1987 (NASA TM-4041)

This is a compilation of abstracts of reports from Principal Investigators of NASA's Planetary Geology and

Geophysics Program, Office of Space Science and

Applications. The purpose is to document in summary

form research work conducted in this program during

1987. Each report reflects significant accomplishments within the area of the author's funded grant or

contract. (Avail: NTIS)

Next Scheduled Shuttle

Launch

The 27th Space Shuttle flight is scheduled for

November 17, 1988 with the launch of Atlantis.
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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus

are listed. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. Definitions are given for selected

terms. Terms marked with an asterisk will appear in

the forthcoming 1988 NASA Thesaurus. All other

terms are supplementary to the 1988 edition and will

appear in the January 1989 Thesaurus Supplement.

User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility (301) 621-

0103.

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_r[ BiJHetin is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA'sscientific and technical information

products and services.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

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Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

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755-1246.

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Volume XVlll, No. 11 Scientific and Technical Information Division November/December 1988

1988 Edition

NASA Thesaurus

Available in 3 Volumes

The 1988 edition of the NASA Thesaurus, (NASA 5P7064), is now being distributed to NASA Centers,

NASA/RECON subscribers, and organizations receiving STAR through the NASA STI Facility registration.

Other organizations registered at the Facility may

order the NASA Thesaurus from the Facility at a price

of $75. The general public may order the NASA

Thesaurus from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA

22162 at a price of $75. Individual volumes may be

ordered separately from the two activities as follows:

Volume I - Hierarchical Listing, $40; Volume 2 -

Access Vocabulary, $20; Volume 3 - Definitions, $15.

The addition of Volume 3 - Definitions carries on the

precedent begun in the supplements to the 1985 edition. This volume provides definitions for some 3,300

NASA TFesaurus terms out of more than 17,000 terms.

Many definitions are standardized since they have

been derived from standard sources such as the Compilation of ASTA4 Standard Definitions (American Society for Testing and Materials), the Energy Data Base

Subject Thesaurus and NASA's own Dictionary of

Technical Terms for Aerospace Use (NASA SP-7).

Other definitions are developed by the lexicographer

in charge of the NASA Thesaurus as well as other

sources.

1985 Thesaurus Used

in Commercial Thesaurus

Hemisphere Publishing Corporation published a

single-volume hard-bound version of the 1985 edition

of the NASA Thesaurus. It is entitled Thesaurus of

Scientific, Technical, and Engineering Terms and sells

for $125. This volume provides the entire Volume I,

Hierarchical Listing, and the alphabetical portion

only of Volume 2, Access Vocabulary.

Focus On...

Each issue of the STI Bulletin features a product or

service provided by personnel at the 5TI Facility. This

month the Bulletin will focus on:

CONTINUING

BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES

ibliographies covering a wide variety of key sub- ject areas and providing a current awareness service are published at frequencies that vary from

monthly to annually. Each bibliography assembles recent unclassified and unlimited reports and journal

articles announced on a single aerospace topic of

wide interest from STAR and IAA. The selected citations are available on NASA/RECON.

Format

Each entry in the bibliography consists of a standard

bibliographic citation accompanied in most cases by

an abstract. The citations and abstracts are reproduced exactly as they originally appeared in STAR

and IAA, and include the original accession numbers

from the respective announcement journal. The IAA

items precede the STAR items within each category.

The bibliographies include seven indexes - subject,

personal author, corporate source, foreign technology, contract number, report number, and accession

number - unless stated otherwise below.

The Continuing Bibliography series includes:

Aeronautical Engineering, NASA SP-7037

Aerospace Medicine and Biology, NASA SP-7011

Earth Resources, NASA SP-7041

NASA Patent Abstracts Bibliography, NASA SP-7039

Technology for Large Space Systems, NASA SP-7046

Space Station Systems, NASA SP-7056

Management, NASA SP-7500

NASA Scientific and Technical Publications:

A Catalog .... NASA SP-7063

Continued on page 2

--IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... Continuing Bibliography Series .......... 1

NASA Thesaurus Available in 3 Volumes ............. 1

NASA / RECON Training Schedule ....................... 2

New Publications .................................................. 3

Milestone Firsts of the Space Age ......................... 4

Dial-a-Shuttle has Resumed .................................. 4
Focus On...Continued from page 1

Availability

The continuing bibliographies are distributed to

NASA Centers, NASA contractors and University libraries free of charge from the NASA STI Facility. All

other domestic organizations that are registered with

the STI Facility can obtain the bibliographies on a

pay basis. The general public may purchase any of

the bibliographies from NTIS. Cited documents are

available from multiple sources as noted in each

issue.

Aeronautical Engineering, NASA SP-7037

Aeronautical Engineering, issued monthly, includes

documents on the engineering and theoretical aspects of design, construction, evaluation, testing, operation, and performance of aircraft (including aircraft engines) and associated components, equipment, and systems. It also includes research and development in aerodynamics, aeronautics, and

ground support equipment for aeronautical vehicles.

The listing of the entries is arranged by the first nine

STAR specific categories and the remaining STAR

major subject divisions. This arrangement offers the

user the most advantageous breakdown for individual objectives. An annual cumulative index is also

available.

Aerospace Medicine and Biology, NASA SP-7011

Aerospace Medicine and Biology, issued monthly,

concentrates on the biological, physiological,

psychological, and environmental effects to which

man is subjected during and following simulated or

actual flight in the Earth's atmosphere or in interplanetary space. References describing similar effects on biological organisms of lower order are also

included. Such related topics as sanitary problems,

pharmacology, toxicology, safety and survival, life

support systems, exobiology, and personnel factors

receive appropriate attention. In general, emphasis

is placed on applied research, but references to fundamental studies and theoretical principles related

to experimental development also qualify for inclusion.

Continued on page 3

NASA/RECON Training Schedule

Below is listed the NASA/RECON training schedule for the first half of 1989. All classes currently scheduled

will be held at the STI Facility near Baltimore, Maryland. Prices listed are for non-NASA personnel.

1989 Basic RECON Session

for New Users:

One day

Wednesday, March 22 $ lO0/person

Thursday, May 18 Class size: 12

The Basic training session is designed for the beginning NASA/RECON searcher, preferably with some

online experience. The STI database, file, and record

structure are covered along with the basic RECON

system commands. Search strategy formulation,

Boolean logic, and query analysis are emphasized as

they pertain to the NASA/RECON system. A series of

lectures are combined with .hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are provided.

1989 Advanced RECON Session

for Experienced Users:

One day

Thursday, March 23 $160person

Thursday, April 20 Class size: 6

The Advanced training session is designed for the

experienced NASA/RECON searcher. Basic text

searching is reviewed as well as more indepth text

searching techniques. Advanced RECON system features and stored search formulation and editing are

covered. A series of lectures are combined with

hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are provided.

NASA/RECON Training Registration

Pre-registration is required for all training sessions. To register, call RECON Services at (301) 621-0150 between

8 am and 4:30 pm ET, Monday through Friday. If a preferred session is closed, ask to be wait-listed. A confirmation letter and registration package will be forwarded for each reservation placed.

Reservations may be cancelled or changed up to five business days before the session. Cancellations after that

date and no-shows will be billed for the full amount. New users are entitled to one free training class.

You may be billed to a standing RECON purchase order, to a new purchase order, or you may pay with a

company or personal check.
New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released

by the Scientific and Technical Information Division

follow. The source from which the publication is

available is given following the description. Copies

may be available for sale from the Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),

Washington, DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161.

The NTIS price code, accession number, and the

GPO order number are given, where available, with

the descriptions.

Atlas of Galaxies Used for Measuring the

Cosmological Distance Scale (NASA SP-496)

This atlas of about 322 galaxies, arranged in 95

panels, is comprised of the highest quality photographs obtained with the Palomar 5m reflector since

1950, and the Las Campanas 2.5m reflector in Chile

since 1976. The atlas will serve as a reference guide

for astronomers planning observational programs

with the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxies represented here have been chosen as the best candidates for high-resolution studies. (Avail: GPO)

Microgravity Science and Applications

Bibliography- 1987 Revision (NASA TM-4067)

This document is a compilation of government reports, contractor reports, conference proceedings,

and journal articles dealing with flight experiments

using a low-gravity environment to elucidate and

control various processes or with ground-based activities that provide supporting research. It includes

literature published but not cited in the 1984 revision

and that literature which has been published in the

past year. There are six major categories; electronic

materials; metals, alloys, and composites; fluid

dynamics and transports; biotechnology; glass and

ceramics; and combustion. Also included are publications from the European, Soviet, and Japanese MSA

programs. In addition, there is a list of patents and

appendices providing a compilation of anonymously

authored reports and a cross reference index.

(Avail: NTIS)

Reports of Planetary Astronomy. 1988

(NASA TM-4063)

This is a compilation of abstracts of reports from Principal Investigators funded through NASA's Planetary

Astronomy Program, Office of Space Science and Applications. It provides a summarization of work conducted in this program for 1988. Each report contains

a brief statement on the strategy of investigation and

lists significant accomplishments within the area of

the author's funded grant or contract, plans for future

work, and publications. (Avail: NTIS)

Sapping Features of the Colorado Plateau:

A Comparative Planetary Geology Field Guide

(NASA SP-491 )

This book is an attempt to determine geomorphic

criteria to be used to distinguish between channels

formed predominantly by sapping and seepage erosion and those formed principally by surface runoff

processes. The geologic nature of the Colorado

Plateau has resulted in geomorphic features that

show similarities to some areas on Mars, especially

certain valley networks within thick sandstone formations. Where spring sapping is an effective process,

the valleys that develop are unique in terms of their

morphology and network pattern.

(Avail: GPO, $6.00)

Technology for Future NASA Missions: Civil Space

Technology Initiative (CSTI) and Pathfinder

(NASA CP-3016)

The Technology for Future NASA Missions conference was helcl September 12-13, 1988 at the Capital

Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference

provided members of industry and academia with

programmatic and technical information on Office

Aeronautics and Space Technology efforts. Areas discussed were CSTI, Pathfinder, and the Research and

Technology Base program. (Avail: NTIS)

Focus On...Continued from page 2

The selected items are arranged by STAR Categories

51 through 55, the Life Sciences division. An annual

cumulative index is also available.

Earth Resources, NASA SP-7041

Earth Resources includes documents related to the

identification and evaluation by means of sensors in

spacecraft and aircraft of vegetation, minerals, and

other natural resources, and the techniques and

potentialities of surveying and keeping up-to-date inventories of such riches. It encompasses studies of

such natural phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes,

ocean currents, and magnetic fields; and such cultural

phenomena as cities, transportation networks, and

irrigation systems. Descriptions of the components

and use of remote sensing and geophysical instrumentation, their subsystems, observational procedures,

signature and analyses and interpretive techniques

for gathering data are also included.

The selected items are grouped in nine categories

especially chosen for this publication, and differ from

those found in STAR and IAA.

This article will be continued in the January issue

of this Bulletin.
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Milestone Firsts

of the Space Age

In November:

November 9, 1967: The awesome Saturn V moon

rocket, developing 7.5 million pounds of thrust,

makes its first successful unmanned test flight.

November 11, 1982" The STS-5 crew of Columbia

deploys the first of two communications satellites

on the Shuttle program's first operation mission.

November 28, 1983: Columbia hauls the billiondollar, European-built Spacelab into orbit for initial flight.

In December:

• December 14, 1962: Mariner II passes within

21,600 miles of Venus, sending back the first detailed information about the planet and its environment.

December 15, 1965: Astronauts Wally Schirra

and Tom Stafford achieve the first true space rendezvous as they fly Gemini VI-A within several

feet of the previously orbited Gemini VII.

• December 24, 1968- Apollo 8 astronauts Frank

Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders make ten circuits of the Moon during the world's first manned

lunar voyage.

• December 15, 1970: The Soviet Union's Venera 7

descends via parachute through the thick atmosphere of Venus to achieve the first soft landing

on another planet.

• December 3, 1973: Pioneer 10 becomes the first

spacecraft to explore the Jovian system, returning

dozens of images of Jupiter and its remarkable

family of moons.

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