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From: mpk9172@ritcv.UUCP (Michael Kirby)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Getting federal documents
Message-ID: <879@ritcv.UUCP>
Date: 25 Sep 88 20:06:12 GMT
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Reply-To: mpk9172@ritcv.UUCP (Michael Kirby)
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
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In article <14688@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
>In the US, there's a program where federal documents are maintained in
>libraries across the country.  Odds are that it's a local university
>library that is part of the program in anyone's area.  And it doesn't
>have to be a big name university either: I know of some small schools
>that are part of the program.
>
>Try looking in the white pages under "Government".

There is a requirement by law that federally funded research be available for
public inspection unless it's classified (and I'm sure there are other
exceptions from the rule).  These documents are given to government 
repositories.  Here in rochester, the University of Rochester is a partial
repository for such documents.  There are also computer databases that
contain lists of all these documents.  I've used the NTIS (National 
Technical Information Service) and INSPEC(Not sure what it means, but it's
got alot of good stuff) on occasion.  Just ask your local colegiate
librarian, and they should know what your talking about.  At RIT, they'll
even run a computer search for you (for five dollars).

Michael Kirby
mpk9172@ritvax.bitnet
mpk9172@ritcv.UUCP