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Accession Number:
AD0652737
Title:
THE ROLE OF SEARCHING SERVICES IN AN ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
DAYTON UNIV OHIO RESEARCH INST
Report Date:
1967-05-31
Pagination or Media Count:
9.0
Abstract:
A user presents his point of view of literature searching through the major searching services in the overall program of acquisitions for the engineering staff of the Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory. These major searching services include the Defense Documentation Center DDC, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA, the Science Information Exchange SIE, and the National Referral Center NRC. Procedures have been established within the laboratory for utilizing these searching services. These procedures include writing and submitting the requests for retrospective literature searches and interest profiles for current-awareness services as well as the subsequent acquisition of documents and information cited in the returns. The relative value of the returns from these searching services is described the value of a search return is determined by its completeness, response time, format, accuracy, and availability of cited information.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
