Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

Public Access to the NRC's Official Agency Document Repository

Web-based ADAMS:

Providing Public Access to the 

Official Agency Document Repo
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

Public Access to the NRC's Official Agency Document Repository

History of

Web-based ADAMS (WBA

The current version of Web-based ADAMS (WBA) was deployed on October 20, 2010A mid-version update was made available on December 19, 2011Version 2.0 of WBA was launched on February 20, 2012
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

Public Access to the NRC's Official Agency Document Repository

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Public Library vs. Public Legacy Lib

WBA’s “Public Library” (or PARS) refers to the library within ADAMS that provides full-text documents in PDF formatMost documents are dated November 1999 to present
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Public Library vs. Public Legacy Lib

WBA’s “Public Legacy Library” refers to the library within ADAMS that provides bibliographic records for NRC documentsMost documents predate November 1999 and are likely available on

microfiche in the Public Document Room (PD
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Three Ways to Search: Folder Vie

WBA offers an easy-to-navigate Folder View listing full-text documents released from October 1999 to present
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Three Ways to Search: Content Se

Provides an option for a quick search of a document’s content; just type in your term(s) and click the blue Search button
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Three Ways to Search: Content Se

Users can search specific fields (title words, docket number, author(s), etc.) in addition to a document’s content, but only in PARS
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Three Ways to Search: Advanced Se

WBA’s Advanced Search offers a Query BuilderCreate Boolean or other complex searches, or perform simple edits to your search built by the Query Builder
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Three Ways to Search: Advanced Se

WBA’s Advanced Search also offers an Edit Mode that allows you to modify searches in SQLUsers can switch between the Query Builder and Edit Mode
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Maximum Results Retrieved

WBA sets a default of 1000 for maximum documents retrievedWBA will alert you if the number is higherYou’ll need to refine your search to get the number below 1000
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Maximum Results Displayed

You can display up to 500 documents per screen, up from the previous high of 100
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W_LDCARDS

Use an “_” as a wildcard after or within terms to search for single wildcard cha
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W%LDCARDS

Use a “%” as a wildcard after or within terms to search for multiple wildcard ch
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Get the URL for a Document in PA

Users can see, copy and paste a direct URL for a full-text document in PARSAfter running a search, right-click on your document and select the “Get URL” option
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

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Get the URL for a Document in PA

Your document’s URL will be displayed
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Save Query as URL

Run your search in ADAMSChoose the Save Query button
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Save Query as URL

Save the query as a file or copy the URL to your computer’s clipboard
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

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Save Query as URL

Paste the URL into an E-mail or other program, such as a word processor
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

Public Access to the NRC's Official Agency Document Repository

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Edit Search in SQL Format

Instead of the ADAMS Query Builder, users can edit their search strategies in SQL
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

Public Access to the NRC's Official Agency Document Repository

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Time-stamp Searching in PARS

Users can search for the time of a document’s release by date, hour and minute in PARS
Web-based ADAMS: Providing 

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Users can choose the columns to display their search results

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Columns
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Consult the WBA User Guide

The WBA User Guide is linked from the Web-based ADAMS Web pageThe WBA User Guide is in PDF format
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Contact the PDR for Additional He

Hours (walk-in)

7:45am – 4:15pm Eastern Time Monday – Friday

Hours (phone)

8:00am – 4:00pm Eastern Time Monday – Friday

Location

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Document Room One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Room OWFN-1 F21 Rockville, MD 20852
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Contact the PDR for Additional He

Phone

(301) 415-4737(800) 397-4209

E-mail

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov

Web Page

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/pdr.html

U.S. Mail

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Document Room Mail Stop: OWFN-1 F13 Washington, DC 20555