ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 12 – 14, 2013

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ADAMS at Work

Understanding the Public Version of the 

NRC's Agency Document Repository
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Do You Find ADAMS 

Confusing?
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System

• Agency's document repository launched in 

November 1999

• http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

• http://adams.nrc.gov/wba/

ADAMS
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

ADAMS

http://www.nrc.gov/
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• ADAMS launched in November 1999

• WBA - debut in October 2010

• Two libraries in WBA:

– Public Library

– Public Legacy Library

Web-based ADAMS (WBA)
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• WBA's Public Library 

(or "Publicly 

Available Records 

System" (PARS)) 

refers to the library 

within ADAMS that 

provides full-text 

documents in PDF 

format

Public Library (PARS)
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Refers to the library 

within ADAMS that 

provides access to 

documents that are 

mostly dated 

November 1999 to 

present

Public Library (PARS)
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• WBA's Public Legacy 

Library refers to the 

library within 

ADAMS that 

provides 

bibliographic records 

for NRC documents

Public Legacy Library

• Electronic full-text is not available
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Most documents 

predate November 

1999 and are likely 

available on 

microfiche in the 

Public Document 

Room (PDR)

Public Legacy Library
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• AND

• OR

• NOT

Boolean Search:

Use of AND – OR – NOT in a search strategy
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• AND

– pressure AND vessel

• OR

– 05000325 OR 0500024

• NOT

– creek NOT creak

• NESTING

– (pge AND gas) NOT pacific

Boolean Search:

Use of AND – OR – NOT in a search strategy
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 12 – 14, 2013

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Questions???
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 12 – 14, 2013

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Demonstration Time!
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents

• Hours

– 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

OnSite
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents

• Please contact staff ahead 

of time so the appropriate 

microfiche can be pulled

• Microfiche can be scanned 

and saved as PDF

• Microfiche can be printed

• Cost: $0.00

OnSite
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents

• 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
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 11– 13, 2014

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Getting Copies of

Non-Electronic Documents
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 12 – 14, 2013

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Questions???
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 12 – 14, 2013

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Questions???

• Phone

– (301) 415-4737

– (800) 397-4209

• E-mail

– PDR.Resource@nrc.gov
ADAMS at Work: Understanding the Public Version 

of the NRC's Agency Document Repository

Regulatory Information Conference

March 12 – 14, 2013

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Thank You!

Adam Glazer

IT Specialist

Information and Data Operations Branch (IDOB)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Three White Flint North

11601 Landsdown Street

Mail Stop: 3WFN-4 C28M

Rockville, MD 20852

(301) 287-0826

Adam.Glazer@nrc.gov