Information sources

Database Name:

Accessionskatalogens Lokaliseringsbase

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of more than 7 million books and serials held by Danish research libraries and books and serials in the Danish and British national bibliography, in the Library of Congress catalogue, and in the International ISSN centre.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Danish National Library Authority, Computer Department, Nyhavn 31E, DK-1051 Copenhagen, Denmark. Tel: (+45 33) 934633, Fax: (+45 33) 936093

Database Name:

AGRALIN

Content:

Union bibliographic catalogue of the Wageningen Agricultural University of the Netherlands. Available on the internet: www.bib.wau.nl

Media:

On-line

Source:

Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen, Bibliotheek, Postbus 9100, 6700 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Database Name:

Antilope

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions and holdings Information for more than 50,000 periodicals held by some 75 university and other research libraries in Belgium.

Media:

Online, CD-ROM

Source:

Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, UIA Bibliotheek AD: Universiteitsplein 1, P.B. 13, B-2610 Antwerpen (Wilrijk), Belgium. Tel: (+32 3) 8202141, Fax: (+32 3) 8202159

Database Name:

ARTIKKELI

Content:

Finnish periodical articles since 1983, 40,000 references, subject areas include environmental sciences and food/nutrition.

Media:

On-line, internet (http://www.helsinki.fi/lumme)

Source:

Agricultural Library, University of Helsinki, P.O Box 27, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Fax: (+358 9) 708 5011

Database Name:

ARTO

Content:

Catalogue of articles by Finnish researchers or articles in Finnish Scientific serials.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Helsinki University Library, University of Helsinki, P.O Box 26, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 9) 191 44335

Database Name:

Automated Library Information System

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of the holdings of the National Technological Library of Denmark, the institutional libraries of the Danish Technological University, and the libraries of the 9 Danish engineering schools. Contains more than 300,000 items covering technical and scientific literature in engineering, applied physics, and applied mathematics held by Danish libraries.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Danmarks Tekniske Bibliotek (DTB), Anker Engelunds Vej 1, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark. Tel: (+45 42) 883088, Fax: (+45 42) 883040

Database Name:

BASIS and DANBIB

Content:

Contains more than 8 million bibliographic descriptions of monographs and periodicals from the Danish National Bibliography and Danish Union Catalogue foreign book holdings of Danish libraries, music and sound recordings, and audio-visual materials, as well as selected library catalogues. Covers all subject areas.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

Danish Library Centre, Tempovej 7-11, DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark. Tel: (+45 44) 974000, Fax: (+45 44) 971485

Database Name:

BIBLIODATA

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of more than 1.9 million books, periodicals, theses, maps, and audio-visual materials published in Germany as well as German-language materials published in other countries. Corresponds in part to Deutsche Nationalbibliographie, the national bibliography of Germany.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Zeppelinallee 4-8, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main 7, Germany. Tel: (+49 69) 75661, Fax: (+49 69) 7566224

Database Name:

Bibliografia Espanola

Content:

Contains more than 300,000 full bibliographic descriptions of books cataloged by the Biblioteca Nacional since 1976. For each book, records include author, title, publisher, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and subject headings.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

Biblioteca Nacional de Espana, Paseo de Recoletos 20, E-28001 Madrid, Spain. Tel: (+34 1) 2756800, Fax: (+34 1) 5641550

Database Name:

Bibliographie Nationale Francais sur CD-ROM

Content:

Contains more than 650,000 full bibliographic descriptions of books published in France and received by the Bibliotheque Nationale through legal deposit since 1975.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Bibliotheque Nationale de France, 58, rue Richelieu, F-75084 Paris Cedex 2, France

Database Name:

BIDS (Bath Information and Data Services)

Content:

Provides bibliographic and full-text services incorporating several indices such as the science citation index, available to organisations in the UK.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Bath Information & Data Services, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. Tel: (+44 1225) 826074, Fax: (+44 1225) 826176

Database Name:

BNBMARC

Content:

Contains more than 1 million full bibliographic descriptions of all books and first issues of serials published in Great Britain since 1950 and deposited with the Copyright Receipt Office of the British Library. Covers all types of publications and includes Cataloguing in Publication data. Corresponds to British National Bibliography.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

British Library, National Bibliographic Service, Boston Spa, Wetherby, W. Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, England. Tel: (+44 1937) 546600, Fax: (+44 1937) 546586

Database Name:

BOK

Content:

Contains more than 150,000 citations to monographs and journal articles published in Norway. Corresponds in part to Norsk Bokfortegnelse (monographs) and Norske Tidsskriftartikler (journal articles).

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

University of Oslo Library, Bibliographic Services Department, Drammensveien 42, N-0242 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47 22) 859126, Fax: (+47 22) 434497

Database Name:

BOOKBANK OP

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions and subject indexing for more than 700,000 books published in the United Kingdom or available in Western Europe from an exclusive stockholding agent. Covers books that were in print in 1970 or published since that time and which are now out of print.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

J. Whitaker & Sons Ltd, 12 Dyott St, London WC1A 1DF, England. Tel: (+44 171) 4206000, Fax: (+44 171) 8362909

Database Name:

BookFind-CD Compact World

Content:

Provides bibliographic information on books and other material published world wide. Provides access to the combined databases of Book Data, Baker & Taylor Books, and other sources.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Book Data Limited, Northumberland House, 2 King St, Twickenham TW1 3RZ, England. Tel: (+44 181) 8922272, Fax: (+44 181) 8929109

Database Name:

Books in Print

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions and ordering information for more than 1.9 million books currently in print or declared out of print (from July 1979 to date), and soon-to-be-published titles from some 45,000 publishers.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape

Source:

R.R. Bowker, Reed Reference Publishing, 121 Chanlon Rd, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA. Tel: (+1 908) 464 6800, Fax: (+1 908) 665 3528

Database Name:

Books Out-of-Print

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of more than 680,000 books declared out-of-print or out-of-stock (from July 1979 to date) from some 14,000 publishers, as well as publishers' addresses, and more than 60,000 full-text book reviews (from 1985 to date) from 12 reviewing media.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

R.R. Bowker, Reed Reference Publishing, 121 Chanlon Rd, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA. Tel: (+1 908) 464 6800, Fax: (+1 908) 665 3528

Database Name:

Burk-Sok

Content:

Contains more than 1 million bibliographic and holdings records for books held in some 80 Swedish libraries.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

Bibliotekstjanst AB / Library Service Ltd (BTJ), PO Box 200, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden. Tel: (+46) 180000, Fax: (+46) 180125

Database Name:

BYGG och MILJÖ

Content:

180,000 references to literature (journal articles, monographs, reports, conference papers etc.). Topics covered include civil engineering, construction, environment, energy saving, air, noise and water pollution, water supply and treatment.

Media:

On-line and hard-copy

Source:

BYGGDOK The Swedish Institute for Building Documentation, Sankt Eriksgatan 46, S-112 34 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: (+46 8) 617 7450

Database Name:

CA Plus

Content:

Contains more than 11.9 million records of bibliographic citations to information on all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. Comprised of all the records included in the CA and CA previews files as well as additional citations and abstracts from 1,300 core chemical journals.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), 2540 Olentangy River Rd, PO Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210-0012, USA. Tel: (+1 614) 447 3731, Fax: (+1 614) 447 3751

Database Name:

Catalogue Collectif National

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions and library holdings information for more than 220,000 periodicals held by 2,800 French university and public libraries and documentation centres. For each periodical, provides title, publisher, place of publication, date of first issue, frequency of publication, other publishing details, name of each library holding the title, issues available, library name and address, hours open, and conditions of access.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Centre National du CCN, 5, rue Auguste Vacquerie, F-75116 Paris, France. Tel: (+33 1) 47208233

Database Name:

CATBIB

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of more than 20,000 journals held in more than 400 Portuguese libraries. Provides title, editor, International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), country and first date of publication, language, and holding libraries. Also contains references to libraries, including name, address, and contact numbers. Corresponds to the Catalogo Colectivo de Publicacoes Periodicas contidas em Bibliotecas Portuguesas.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Junta Nacional de Investigacao Cientifica e Tecnologica (JNICT), Centro de Documentacao Cientifica e Tecnica (CDCT), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2, 1699 Lisbon Codex, Portugal. Tel: (+351) 7931300, Fax: (+351) 7965622

Database Name:

CCB: Belgian Union Catalogue

Content:

Contains bibliographic information on approximately 4 million monographs held by Belgian university libraries and scientific institutes.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

National Conference of University Chief Librarians, Mgr. Ladeuzeplein 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel: (+32 16) 284619, Fax: (+32 16) 294097

Database Name:

CDMARC Bibliographic

Content:

Contains bibliographic and cataloguing information on more than 5 million monographs published world wide since 1968.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

U.S. Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, Washington, DC 20541-5017, USA. Tel: (+1 202) 707 6100, Fax: (+1 202) 707 1334

Database Name:

Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index

Content:

Contains bibliographic information on more than 70,000 serial and non-serial publications held by more than 350 libraries world wide.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), 2540 Olentangy River Rd, PO Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210-0012, USA. Tel: (+1 614) 447 3731, Fax: (+1 614) 447 3751

Database Name:

Collective Catalog of Belgium

Content:

Contains bibliographic information on approximately 4 million monographs held by Belgian university libraries and scientific institutes.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

National Conference of University Chief Librarians, Mgr. Ladeuzeplein 21, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel: (+32 16) 284619, Fax: (+32 16) 294097

Database Name:

Current Advances in Ecological and Environmental S

Content:

Contains most current citations to articles published in more than 2,000 primary reference journals in the areas of ecological and environmental science.

Media:

Diskette

Source:

Elsevier Science B.V., Secondary Publishing Division, Molenwerf 1, NL-1014 AG Amsterdam, Netherlands. Tel: (+31 20) 4853507

Database Name:

Current Contents Search

Content:

Provides complete bibliographic coverage, with abstracts, to articles listed in the tables of contents of approximately 6900 leading journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Media:

On-line, Magnetic Tape

Source:

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 3501 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: (+1 215) 386 0100, Fax: (+1 215) 386 2911

Database Name:

Den Norske Bokdatabasen

Content:

Contains more than 70,000 bibliographic descriptions of books available from Norwegian publishers.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

Forlagsentralen ANS, PO Box 1 Furuset, N-1001 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47 22) 329600, Fax: (+47 22) 329601

Database Name:

Dermal Absorption

Content:

Contains more than 3,000 records on the qualitative and quantitative health effects of approximately 655 chemical substances administered to humans and test animals via the dermal route.

Media:

On-line

Source:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Pollution, Prevention and Toxics, 401 M St., S.W., 7407, Washington, DC 20460, USA. Tel: (+1 202) 260 2320, Fax: (+1 202) 260 4659

Database Name:

Derwent Crop Protection File

Content:

Contains more than 230,000 citations to the world-wide journal literature on pesticides, plant protection, and agricultural chemicals.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Derwent Information Ltd, Derwent House, 14 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5DF, England. Tel: (+44 171) 3442800

Database Name:

Deutsche Bibliographie Aktuell CD-ROM

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of more than 900,000 publications and other materials covered by the German National Bibliography catalogued by the Deutsche Bibliothek.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Buchhandler Vereinigung GmbH, Grosser Hirschgraben 17-21, Postfach 100442, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 1, Germany. Tel: (+49 69) 13060, Fax: (+49 69) 1306201

Database Name:

Deutsche Nationalbibliographie

Content:

Contains bibliographic and cataloguing information on books, periodicals, books on tape, audio-visual materials, maps, and dissertations published in Germany and other German-speaking countries.

Media:

Diskette

Source:

Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Zeppelinallee 4-8, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main 7, Germany. Tel: (+49 69) 75661, Fax: (+49 69) 7566224

Database Name:

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Content:

Contains more than 20,000 citations, with abstracts, to the world-wide literature on teratology. Includes citations to literature in chemical, physical, or biological agents that may cause birth defects.

Media:

On-line

Source:

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), Specialized Information Services Division, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894 USA. Tel: (+1 301) 496 1131, Fax: (+1 301) 480 3537

Database Name:

Dutch Union Catalogue

Content:

Bibliographic database of books and journal articles available in the Netherlands. Available on the Internet: http://www.konbib.nl/home-en.html.

Media:

Internet

Source:

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, NCC, Postbus 90407, 2509 LK The Hague, The Netherlands.

Database Name:

Environment Data System

Content:

The Environment Data System consists of nearly 50 basic databases, a GIS system and a Remote Sensing Data System (RSS). The databases contain mainly data describing the state and load of the environment; air quality and emission, environmental effects of chemicals, hydrology, land use and forest interpretation, nature conservation areas, water quality and pollution, water supply and sewage as well as water usage. (Finland).

Media:

On-line

Source:

Finnish Environment Agency, Regional Environment Centers, PO Box 140, FIN-00251 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 403 000

Database Name:

Environmental Bibliography

Content:

Contains more than 500,000 citations to scientific, technical, and popular periodical literature dealing with the environment, including water, air, soil, and noise pollution, solid waste management, recycling and reduction, health hazards, and urban planning.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

International Academy at Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies Institute, 800 Garden St., Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-1552 USA. Tel: (+1 805) 965 5010

Database Name:

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Data

Content:

Contains more than 640,000 citations, with abstracts, to literature covering the environmental sciences. Covers some 1,498 core journals, monographs, and conference proceedings, as well as 5,500 secondary sources, drawn from the primary sources of abstracts journals such as: Ecology, Pollution, Digest of Environmental Impact Statements, Toxicology, Health & Safety Science, Bacteriology, Environmental Engineering, and others.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape

Source:

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 601, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Tel: (+1 301) 961 6750

Database Name:

European Commission Library Automated System

Content:

Contains 130,000 bibliographic citations to official European Community (EC) documents. Includes EUR reports, non-legislative COM documents and European Parliament documents, publications from other intergovernmental organisations, items from commercial academic and government presses, periodical articles, theses, and statistical publications.

Media:

On-line

Source:

European Commission, Central Library, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: (+32 2) 2950001, Fax: (+32 2) 2960624

Database Name:

FENNICA

Content:

Catalogue of the Finnish National Collection, including books and other publications.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Helsinki University Library, University of Helsinki, P.O Box 26, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 9) 191 44335

Database Name:

GenBank

Content:

Contains citations to journal articles and technical reports in genetic research, as well as descriptions of DNA and RNA sequences with 50 or more nucleotide bases.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), 8600 Rockville Pike, Bldg.38A, Room 8N-803, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. Tel: (+1 301) 496 2475, Fax: (+1 301) 480 9241

Database Name:

Ingram Books in Print Plus

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of more than 1.5 million books currently in print and available for purchase from some 21,000 publishers.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

R.R. Bowker, Reed Reference Publishing, 121 Chanlon Rd, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA. Tel: (+1 908) 464 6800, Fax: (+1 908) 665 3528

Database Name:

Ingram Books in Print with Book Reviews Plus

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of more than 1.4 million books currently in print and available for purchase from some 21,000 publishers. Includes the complete text of book reviews for selected titles.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

R.R. Bowker, Reed Reference Publishing, 121 Chanlon Rd, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA. Tel: (+1 908) 464 6800, Fax: (+1 908) 665 3528

Database Name:

Inside Information

Content:

Contains bibliographic details from the contents pages of more 10,000 of the most frequently requested journals held at The British Library Document Supply Centre. Covers 100,000 contents pages cumulatively citing one million articles each year.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

British Library, Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby, W. Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, England. Tel: (+44 1937) 546457, Fax: (+44 1937) 546288

Database Name:

ISTP&B; Search

Content:

Contains bibliographic data, indexing approximately 4,100 published scientific and technical proceedings each year and more than 160,000 individual papers covering all disciplines of the sciences.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape

Source:

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 3501 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: (+1 215) 386 0100, Fax: (+1 215) 386 0100

Database Name:

KIRJA

Content:

Finnish and foreign monographs since 1986/1987, subjects include environmental science and food/nutrition.

Media:

On-line, internet ( http://www.helsinki.fi/lumme)

Source:

Agricultural Library, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Fax: (+358 9) 708 5011

Database Name:

KIRJAT

Content:

Catalogue of collections of the Finnish Environment Institute.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Library and Information Service, Finnish Environment Institute, PO Box 140, FIN-00251 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 9) 403 000

Database Name:

KR Information OnDisc Environmental Management

Content:

Contains citations more than 640,000, with abstracts, to literature covering the environmental sciences. Covers some 1498 core journals, monographs, and conference proceedings, as well as 5,500 secondary sources, drawn from the primary sources of abstracts journals.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 601, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Tel: (+1 301) 961 6750, Fax: (+1 301) 961 6720, (CD-ROM available from Knight Ridder Information)

Database Name:

LINDA

Content:

Catalogue of books on all Finnish University libraries.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Helsinki University Library, University of Helsinki, PO Box 27, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 9) 191 44335

Database Name:

LOGOS

Content:

Contains bibliographic and textual coverage of governmental information from publications issued by La Documentation Francaise since 1970 and from publications issued by the French government and grey literature published since 1982.

Media:

On-line

Source:

La Documentation Francaise, Banque d'Information Politique et d'Actualite (BIPA), 8 ave. de l'Opera, F-75001 Paris, France. Tel: (+33 1) 42961422, Fax: (+33 1) 42613784

Database Name:

NATUR

Content:

Contains approximately 21,000 citations, most with abstracts, to research reports, including descriptions of research projects, on environmental issues in Sweden, including the areas of air, water, and soil pollution; natural resources; wildlife; environmental technology; environmental hygiene and toxicology; epidemiology; and ergonomics.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Sweden Statens Naturvardsverk (SNV), PO Box 1302, S-171 25 Solna, Sweden. Tel: (+46 8) 7991000

Database Name:

Nederlandse Centrale Catalogus

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of more than 6 million items available in Dutch public and university libraries, scientific institutions, and educational centres.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Netherlands Koninklijke Bibliotheek, PO Box 90407, NL-2509 LK The Hague, Netherlands. Tel: (+31 70) 3140367, Fax: (+31 70) 3140652

Database Name:

NOSP

Content:

Provides approximately 100,000 complete bibliographic descriptions from the Union Catalogue of Periodicals in Nordic Libraries, excluding Norwegian titles. Typical data elements include periodical title, publisher, dates held, and library and location.

Media:

On-line

Source:

University of Oslo Library, Bibliographic Services Department, Drammensveien 42, N-0242 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47 22) 859126, Fax: (+47 22) 434497

Database Name:

NOTA

Content:

Contains more than 125,000 citations to articles appearing in 440 Norwegian periodicals. Records provide article title, author, journal title, publication date, page numbers, and volume and issue numbers.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

University of Oslo Library, Bibliographic Services Department, Drammensveien 42, N-0242 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47 22) 859126, Fax: (+47 22) 434497

Database Name:

OCLC Online Union Catalog

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions and cataloguing information for more than 32 million books, serials, manuscripts, sound records, audio-visual materials, maps, music scores, and computer-readable files published world wide.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape

Source:

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 6565 Frantz Rd, Dublin, OH 43017, USA. Tel: (+1 614) 764 6000, Fax: (+1 614) 764 6096

Database Name:

OPAC

Content:

Complete catalogue of books, journals and patents held and accessible at the British Library.

Media:

On-line via JANET, and internet-May 1997

Source:

The British Library, National Bibliographic Service, Boston Spa, Wetherby, W. Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ, England. Tel: (+44 1937) 546 603, Fax: (+44 1937) 546586

Database Name:

PHYTOTOX

Content:

Contains approximately 100,000 records providing data extracted from some 4,000 published articles on the toxic effects of organic chemical substances on terrestrial vascular plants. Each record covers a single experiment with one chemical and one plant and includes a description of the chemical and the plant species, dosage level, method of application, and test results. A bibliographic reference is also provided.

Media:

On-line

Source:

University of Oklahoma, Department of Botany and Microbiology, Norman, OK 73019, USA. Tel: (+1 405) 325 3174

Database Name:

Pollution Abstracts

Content:

Contains more than 190,000 citations, with abstracts, to the world-wide technical and non-technical literature on pollution research, sources, and controls. Covers air, water, land, thermal, noise, and radiological pollution; pesticides; sewage and waste treatment; environmental action; and toxicology and health.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape

Source:

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 601, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Tel: (+1 301) 961 6750, Fax: (+1 301) 961 6720

Database Name:

PORBASE

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of more than 750,000 books, serials, and other materials held by the Biblioteca Nacional and some 100 other Portuguese libraries.

Media:

On-line, internet ( http://www.ibl.pt/ )

Source:

Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro de Portugal, Campo Grande 83, 1751 Lisbon Codex, Portugal. Tel: (+351 1) 7950130, Fax: (+351 1) 7393607

Database Name:

RECODEX

Content:

RECODEX is a computerised register of unique report numbers for locating reports in Nordic libraries for energy and environment. 630,000 references.

Media:

On-line, Micro-fiche, Hard-copy

Source:

Royal Institute of Technology Library, Studsvik Library, S-611 82 NYKÖPING, Sweden. Tel: (+46) 155 22 10 00

Database Name:

SAMPER

Content:

Contains more than 95,000 citations to serials in the collections of some 350 Norwegian libraries.

Media:

On-line

Source:

University of Oslo Library, Bibliographic Services Department, Drammensveien 42, N-0242 Oslo, Norway. Tel: (+47 22) 859126, Fax: (+47 22) 434497

Database Name:

Science Citation Index Compact Disc Edition with A

Content:

Provides complete bibliographic data plus citations and English-language author abstracts to world-wide literature across a wide range of scientific and technological disciplines. Covers approximately 3,200 journals.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 3501 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: (+1 215) 386 0100, Fax: (+1 215) 386 2911

Database Name:

SciSearch

Content:

Provides complete bibliographic data plus citations and abstracts to world-wide journal literature across a wide range of scientific and technological disciplines. Covers approximately more than 4,600 journals. Corresponds to coverage in Science Citation Index. Also includes additional journal coverage drawn from ISI's Current Contents series of publications.

Media:

Online, CD-ROM (Science Citation Index Compact Disc Edition), Magnetic Tape (SciSearch)

Source:

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 3501 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: (+1 215) 386 0100, Fax: (+1 215) 386 2911

Database Name:

SIEPPO/Kirjat

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of more than 45,000 books, reports, dissertations, and other publications held by the Helsinki University Library, Science Library and some departmental libraries.

Media:

On-line

Source:

University of Helsinki, Science Library, PO Box 26, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 70844114, Fax: (+358 0) 70844498

Database Name:

SIGLE

Content:

Contains citations to reports and non-conventional (grey) literature issued informally throughout EC member countries and held at the British Document Supply Centre.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

British Library Science Reference and Information Service, 25 Southampton Buildings, London WC2 1XX, England. Tel: (+44 171) 323 7494

Database Name:

Social Sciences Citation Index Compact Disc Edition

Content:

Contains complete bibliographic data plus citations to significant articles from the 1,400 most important social sciences journals world-wide and social sciences articles from 3,200 journals in the natural, physical, and biomedical sciences.

Media:

CD-ROM, On-line (Social SciSearch)

Source:

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 3501 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: (+1 215) 386 0100, Fax: (+1 215) 386 2911

Database Name:

Springer Complete Catalogue 1842-1994

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of the more than 50,000 books and journals that have been published by Springer-Verlag over the past 150 years, including additional information on some 10,000 books published within the last 5 years.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Springer-Verlag, Electronic Media, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA. Tel: (+1 212) 460 1682, Fax: (+1 212) 473 6272

Database Name:

TENTTU-Serials

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions of 20,000 scientific and technical serials and periodicals held by the Helsinki University of Technology Library.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

Teknillisen Korkeakoulun Kirjasto, Otaniementie 9, FIN-02150 Espoo, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 4514120, Fax: (+358 0) 4514132

Database Name:

Toxicology Abstracts

Content:

Contains more than 135,000 citations, with abstracts, to the world-wide literature on toxicology. Covers clinical toxicology, including acute or chronic poisoning from drugs, medicines, and chemicals; toxic risks in the workplace; and environmental toxicology.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM, Magnetic Tape

Source:

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA), 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 601, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. Tel: (+1 301) 961 6750, Fax: (+1 301) 961 6720

Database Name:

TOXLINE

Content:

Contains more than 1.6 million citations, with abstracts, to the world-wide literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), Specialized Information Services Division, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. Tel: (+1 301) 496 1131, Fax: (+1 301) 480 3537

Database Name:

UKOP: The Catalogue of United Kingdom Official Pub

Content:

Contains full bibliographic descriptions of all parliamentary and non-parliamentary UK Government and official documents published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) as well as those not published by HMSO. Includes records for approximately 3,000 titles per year published by other British and International Organisations for which HMSO acts as the UK agent.

Media:

CD-ROM

Source:

Great Britain HMSO, HMSO Publications Centre, 51 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5DR, England. Tel: (+44 171) 8738401, Fax: (+44 171) 8738463

Database Name:

ULIDAT

Content:

Key source of bibliographic information on environmental issues, policies and research from primarily German language publications - more than 260,000 citations with abstracts.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM

Source:

Federal Environment Agency, Postfach 33 00 22, 14191 Berlin, Germany. Tel: (+49 30) 89030

Database Name:

Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory Online

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions, subject classification, and ordering information for approximately 131,000 serial publications, including international magazines, newsletters, and general-interest publications published regularly as well as annuals, continuations, conference proceedings, and other serial publications that are published at least once every 3 years.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM (Ulrich's Plus), Magnetic Tape (Ulrich's International Guide to Periodicals)

Source:

R.R. Bowker, Reed Reference Publishing, 121 Chanlon Rd, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA. Tel: (+1 908) 464 6800, Fax: (+1 908) 665 3528

Database Name:

VANYTT

Content:

Contains references to literature (journal articles, monographs, reports, conference papers etc.). Topics covered include conservation; air, noise, and water pollution; pollution control; water supply and treatment; sewage systems and treatment; industrial waste and waste water; sludge handling and treatment; solid waste treatment and recovery; and the occupational environment (56,000 references).

Media:

On-line, Hard-copy

Source:

BYGGDOK The Swedish Institute for Building Documentation, Sankt Eriksgatan 46, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: (+46 8) 617 7450

Database Name:

VINTTI: Serials Database

Content:

Contains both bibliographic and stock information for more than 3,000 journals and serials ordered by Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT).

Media:

On-line

Source:

Technical Research Centre of Finland (VIT), PO Box 2000, Vuorimiehentie 5, FIN-02044 Espoo VTT, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 4561, Fax: (+358 0) 456 4374

Database Name:

VINTTI: VTT Books

Content:

Contains more than 45,000 bibliographic references to monographs acquired by the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) - Science literature including technology, bioengineering, computer sciences, material sciences, environmental sciences, and civil engineering.

Media:

On-line

Source:

Technical Research Centre of Finland (VIT), PO Box 2000, Vuorimiehentie 5, FIN-02044 Espoo VTT, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 4561, Fax: (+358 0) 456 4374

Database Name:

Whitaker's Books in Print

Content:

Contains bibliographic descriptions and subject indexing for more than 1.7 million books published in the United Kingdom as well as books published world wide which are printed in the English language and which are available in Western Europe from an exclusive stockholding agent. Covers in-print, recently out-of-print, and forthcoming books. Also covers government publications considered to be of wide general interest.

Media:

On-line, CD-ROM (BOOKBANK), Magnetic Tape (Whitaker's Books in Print (WBIP))

Source:

J. Whitaker & Sons Ltd, 12 Dyott St, London WC1A 1DF, England. Tel: (+44 171) 4206000, Fax: (+44 171) 8362909

Database Name:

YTJ/Kirjat

Content:

Contains references to the holdings of the library of the Finnish Environment Agency (41,000 references).

Media:

On-line, Hard-copy

Source:

Finnish Environment Agency, Library, PO Box 140, FIN-00251 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 4030 0201

Database Name:

YTJ/YMJULK

Content:

Contains references to publications in the publication series of the Ministry of the Environment (Finland).

Media:

On-line

Source:

Environment Ministry, Library, PO Box 39, FIN-00121 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: (+358 0) 19911