Newsletter for Reference Student Assistants

We have a couple of databases that are special -- that is, there are special instructions on how to access them. In general someone will ask you for a password. Then just remember this: GO TO MANUAL.

1. USA Trade Online

This is a gov docs database with only 2 "seats" for users. The two designated computers for this are in the gov docs room, facing South. There is a shortcut to the database on the desk top. You need a password, which is in the big black Reference manual (next to your student manual), as well as the Gov Docs manual, which is on the same shelf. DO NOT GIVE THE PASSWORD TO THE PATRON. Log the patron in yourself using the password.

Note: If these two computers are in use, politely tell one of the patrons they must move. Gov docs users are always given priority at the computers in the gov docs room.



2. NTIS / DARTS

Maybe you remember an old blog post about this database. It also requires a password that you are not to give to the patron. Log them in yourself. For this database, the patron can use any computer in the Reference or Gov Docs rooms.

This password, along with many more, is also in the big black Reference Manual.

Any Questions? Please ask!

Hello everyone!

I come bearing access to a new database: NTIS / DARTS, which is a collection of downloadable government documents. It is on the A - Z list of databases.

This database is ONLY available in Gleeson Library, and it requires a special log-in. If someone asks to use the database, log them in yourselves. DO NOT GIVE OUT THE PASSWORD.

The password is located in the Reference Department binder above the key cabinet. It's in the section "Passwords."

About NTIS / DARTS:

This database is a collaboration between NTIS and the Government Printing Office (GPO) and was designed specifically for depository libraries. The DARTS database from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) provides access to approximately 240,000 full text documents dating from 1964 to 2000. The database includes documents from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), and NTIS. The documents in the NTIS collection are the products of many different Federal agencies and include both agency and contract studies. Some of the major subject areas covered in this database are as follows: physics, environmental pollution and control, nuclear science and technology, medicine and biology, energy, chemistry, materials science, natural resources and earth sciences, computers and information theory.

Please let me know if you have any questions.