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INTERNET RESOURCES OF INTEREST TO SCIENTISTS

• The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) contains links to over 300 federal government/agency home pages, as well as specific sublists for technology transfer resources, Requests for Proposals and "gateway" to information on environmental technology. A good one-stop shopping stop.

• The World Bank's site contains a searchable "Documents and Reports" section. http://www-wds.worldbank.org.

• The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has established the Technology Information System (TIS) to help locate pertinent information on federal technologies and recent patents as well as locating requests for proposals.

• The North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Homepage lists various divisions of the department along with sections on news releases, facts and the North Carolina Board of Agriculture. http://www.agr.state.nc.us/

• The National Agricultural Library gives access to information on water quality, biotechnology, food and nutrition, farming systems, etc.

• The University of Iowa's Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research (CGRER) promotes interdisciplinary research efforts focusing on the multiple aspects of global environmental change.

• Australia's Department of Environment provides world-wide geographically related data for environmental planning and decision making. http://kaos.erin.gov.au.

• The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is dedicated to making information available to a wide range of users--researchers, policy makers, and the general public.

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Environmental Sciences Division offers a series of articles in its electronic journal http://www.esd.ornl.gov/pubs/index.html.

• Rice University has a number of leads on Environmental information, especially for women.

• University of Texas at Dallas.

• The US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network is a collaborative effort among over 775 scientists and students and extends the opportunities and capabilities of the individual sites to promote synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems, and among other related domestic and international research programs.

• The Center for Ecological Health Research is located at the University of California, Davis. It is one of four environmental research centers established in 1991 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (R819658 & R825433).

• Global Change Data and Information System (GCDIS).

• Institute for Global Communications site is a launching point into EcoNet, PeaceNet, WomensNet and AntiRacismNet. EcoNet covers issues such as global warming, water quality, environmental education, energy policy.

Usenet Groups:

• Discussions about ecological research: sci.bio.ecology,

• Discussions about energy, science and technology: sci.energy

• Discussions about environment and ecology: sci.environment

• Discussions about spectroscopic techniques: sci.techniques.spectroscopy

Databases Found On and Off the Net:

• REOPT (Electronic Encyclopedia of Remedial Action Options) contains about 90 remediation technology descriptions developed at Pacific Northwest Laboratory, as well as applications and regulatory information for nearly 400 contaminants. ReOpt also gives references where more information can be found containing a particular technology. Each profile contains a flow diagram, description, engineering/designing parameters, contaminant applicability, data requirements, similar technologies, technical restraints, regulatory constraints, previous applications, etc. ReOpt is a commercialized version of RAAS.
  • Sponsor: DOE, EM-43
  • System Developer: Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL)
  • Contact: Janet Bryant (509) 375-3765

• PROTECH (Prospective Technology Communication System), developed in support of the DOE's Office of Technology Development (OTD), is a computer- based communication tool to describe innovative environmental cleanup technologies. The ProTech system contains information pertaining to six Integrated Demonstration Sites supported by the DOE OTD. Fact sheets on each technology contain evaluation criteria, including technical performance, cost, cleanup time, ease of use, regulatory acceptability, public acceptability, etc. Users can compare technologies by viewing any two of the evaluation criteria for the technologies on the same screen.
  • Sponsor: DOE, EM-50
  • System Developer: Battelle Seattle Research Center
  • Contact: Bill Noel (301) 903-7900

• ENVTRD (Environmental Technologies Remedial Actions Data Exchange or Envirotrade) is designed to facilitate the transfer/exchange of EM technologies for domestic and international user groups (governments, industry, academic-partnerships). User will be able to search the database and produce ad-hoc reports such as: available technologies for environmental restoration and waste management, status of a given technology, indexing technology research sites, and indexing restoration sites. The system supplies users with possible matches between worldwide site needs and technologies specific to their queries.
  • Sponsor: DOE, EM-50
  • System Developer: Pacific Northwest Laboratory and Sandia Laboratory
  • Contact: Susan Johnson (301) 903-7930

• Technology Profile System is a database and computer information system obtaining worldwide information on Environmental Management activities and needs, using existing information and databases developed by others to the maximum extent possible. The system allows identification of Environmental Management activities and technologies in a country and associated technology needs, and allows matching needs to technologies on a worldwide basis.
  • Sponsor: EM-50
  • System Developer: Pacific Northwest Laboratory and SAIC
  • Contact: Don Alexander (301) 353-7954 or Sandi Marcum (301) 353-7949

• RAPIC (Remedial Action Program Information Center) database is a bibliographic database containing relevant technical information pertaining to scientific, technical, legal, regulatory, financial, and social aspects of environmental restoration work. Obtained from domestic and worldwide sources, documents covered in the database include technical reports, progress reports, journal articles, conference papers, symposia proceedings, theses, books, patents, legislation, regulations, and DOE orders. Each record in the database provides a bibliographic citation, and abstract, and number of indexing data fields. Indexing fields consist of key words, subject categories, and geographic descriptions of the site. The database currently contains over 10,000 records encompassing all aspects of DOE's environmental restoration program. RAPIC's Home page can be reached at http://web.em.doe.gov/rapic/.
  • Sponsor: Department of Energy
  • System Developer: Martin Marietta Energy Systems

• RTIMS (Remedial Technology Information Management System) contains information on 156 technology process options within 36 technologies for environmental restoration. Intended to assist RI/FS users in selecting appropriate remediation technologies for non-radioactive contaminants.
  • Sponsor: U.S. Army
  • System Developer: EBASCO Environmental
  • Contact: Mark Besmer or Bryan Peters (303) 988-2202

• Technology Catalogue is an information catalog that features various Environmental Management technologies. The catalog will help enhance the communication between developers and end users. It features a concise 2-page format that describes performance data of EM- support technologies.
  • Sponsor: DOE, EM-50
  • System Developer: Sandia Nationals Labs along with Applied Sciences Laboratory, Inc.
  • Contact: Joe Paladino (301) 903-7449

• DROLS (Defense Research Development Testing & Evaluation On-line System) provides on-line access to the Defense Technical Information Center's data collection of DOD research and technology efforts in progress. The system contains citations to DOD reports, and allows the user to identify, input, and order documents. DROLS may be searched by subject, title, author, project, contract, report numbers, and funding sources. The system actually accesses three databases, including the Research & Technology Report Database and the Independent Research and Development Database.
  • Sponsor: DOD Technical Information Center
  • System Developer: Defense Technical Information Center
  • Contact: Agnes Taylor (703) 274-7709

• RAAS (Remedial Action Assessment System) contains information on environmental restoration technologies. This database, which is intended to support the RI/FS process, can be used alone or in conjunction with a knowledge-based system. This system is intended to act as a human expert in guiding the user through the process of selecting technologies suitable to a specific situation.
  • Sponsor: DOE, EM-43
  • System Developer: Pacific Northwest Laboratories
  • Contact: Mary Tolbert-Smith or Jim Buelt, (509) 376-3926

• ATTIC (The Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center) is a collection of four databases accessed through an electronic Bulletin Board System. This includes the ATTIC database, RREL Treatability database, Technical Assistance database, and a Calendar of Events. Features include news items, bulletins, computer files and a messaging system which allows user to communicate and request advice from each other. There is a system operator for seeking help.
  • Sponsor: EPA. System
  • Developer: Environmental Management Support
  • Contact: Gary Turner (301) 670-6294
  • On-line Computer Access: (301) 670-3808

• ETIS (Environmental Technical Information Service) is a 800 phone number service and knowledge-based information retrieval system.
  • Sponsor: DOE, EM-50
  • System Developer: HAZWRAP
  • Contact: Bill Noel: (301) 903-7900

• ITIS (Integrated Technical Information System) provides access to DOE scientific and technical databases, information merging for customized information products, and electronic mail to act as a communication link among OSTI and other DOE and contractor offices. The system accesses the following databases: Energy Science and Technology System (ESTS); Management Information File (MIF); Report Holdings File (RHF); Research in Progress (RIP); Controlled Access File (CAF); Minority Economic Impact (MEI); Nevada Nuclear Waste (NNW); Energy Science and Technology Software (ESTS); Numeric Database Directory (NDB); Foreign Research in Progress (FRP); New Technology from DOE (NTD); and Nuclear Critical Safety (NCS). ITIS's Home page can be reached at http://artemis.osti.gov/focus/osti_iti.html.
  • Sponsor: DOE, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
  • System Developer: DOE, OSTI
  • Contact: ITIS Hotline: (615) 576-1222

• NTIS (National Technical Information System Bibliographic Database) is the largest single source for public access to federally-produced information. The database covers information on federally-generated machine-readable data files and software, U.S. government inventions available for licensing, reports on new technologies developed by federal agencies, federally-generated translations, and reports prepared by non-U.S. government-sponsored research. NTIS's Home page can be reached at http://www.ntis.gov/.
  • Sponsor: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Technical Information Center
  • System Developer: NTIS
  • Contact: Betty Van Epps (703) 603-8918

• OSTI (Office of Scientific and Technical Information) maintains a database for all of the Department of Energy (DOE). The purpose of this database is to archive and retrieve technical data, reports, journals, etc., generated by various laboratories in the DOE complex. This system can be accessed remotely by DOE and contractors through modem. There are over a million technical reports archived at OSTI. This office provides an alternative to the National Technical Information Services (NTIS) for DOE and its contractors. Tracking Research in Progress (RIP) for the DOE is a function of OSTI. DOE laboratories are required to provide information to this office for include into the OSTI Database. DOE Order 1430.1C, 2-27-92, Management of Scientific and Technical Information required that all DOE Department Elements and DOE contractors involved in the creation of scientific and technical information report all information used, developed, or accumulated to the Office of Technical Information (AD-21), Office of Information Resource Management. This DOE order outlines the various elements, responsibilities, forms, and software to be used. OSTI's Home page can be reached at http://www.osti.gov.
  • Sponsor: DOE, Office of Science and Technical Information
  • Contact: Customer Service (615) 576-1288

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