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          INTERNET NEWSBRIEF  	   	     	  October 20, 1995
          
          
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          **  EPA INFORMATION  **
          
          National Center for Environmental Publications and Information
          Publications Catalog
          URL = http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Catalog.html
          
          The EPA's National Center for Environmental Publications and 
          Information (NCEPI) is a major repository and distributor for EPA 
          publications, with over 5,500 titles available in a variety of 
          formats, including print and electronic.  NCEPI's Publications 
          Catalog is now available as a searchable database via the 
          Internet.  Information provided in the catalog includes: title; 
          EPA publication number (used for ordering); and address, phone, 
          and fax information for placing orders.   
          
          **  ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION  **
          
          ARC/INFO Coverages of Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and 
          Cropping Practices in the United States
          URL = http://h2o.usgs.gov/public/pubs/bat/batOOO.html
          
          This URL points to an electronic version of U.S. Geological 
          Survey (USGS) Water-Resources Investigation Report 94-4176, 
          "Spatial Data in Geographic Information System Format on 

          Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and Cropping Practices in 
          the United States."  Eighteen ARC/INFO coverages provide spatial 
          data estimating annual use of 96 herbicides for 1989; annual 
          sales of nitrogen fertilizer in tons for 1985-91; and 
          agricultural expenses, land use, chemical use, livestock 
          holdings, and cropping practices in 1987.  Data are provided at 
          the county level for 3,111 counties in the conterminous United 
          States.  The electronic version of the report also provides 
          online documentation, the USGS's ARC Macro Language, and 12 
          cartographic summaries of selected attribute data.  These 
          products were developed in cooperation with the Environmental 
          Protection Agency under an interagency agreement.
          
          National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Bibliography
          URL = gopher://gopher.niehs.nih.gov/11/niehs-library/bilblio
          
          The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) 
          compiles annual bibliographies of material produced by NIEHS 
          authors.  The NIEHS Library maintains the annual bibliography at 
          this gopher site, offering users the option of viewing or 
          downloading the entire bibliography as an ASCII file or searching 
          each year of the bibliography via a WAIS search engine.  Full 
          bibliographic information is supplied for each entry so that 
          users are able to identify articles, notes, and other materials 
          of interest, however no abstracts or full-text are provided.  
          Examples of titles in the 1994 bibliography include: "Cancer and 
          Non-Cancer Risk to Women in Agriculture and Pest-Control - The 
          Agricultural Health Study" and "Biodegradation of Hazardous 
          Wastes."
          
          National Biological Information Infrastructure
          URL = http://www.nbs.gov/nbii/
          
          The National Biological Information Infrastructure, initiated 
          under the auspices of the National Biological Service, is a 
          partnership of government, private, and educational organizations 
          working to provide a "distributed electronic 'federation' of 
          biological data and information."  The website, initially 
          established in March of 1995, now maintains the following 
          resources: a directory of WWW servers with biological 
          information; a list of guides, directories, and inventories; a 
          list of biological databases; and a list (by state) of state-
          oriented biological resources.  Also provided are: overview and 
          background on the NBII, a description of future services, and 
          links to several of the information sources and services of the 
          National Biological Service. 
          
          **  GOVERNMENT INFORMATION  **
          
          New Address for EDGAR Database!
          URL = http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
          
          The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, 
          also known as the EDGAR database, has moved to the above URL.  

          The previous site, town.hall.org, (which was mentioned in the 
          4/21 issue of Internet Newsbrief) was discontinued on 10/1/95.  
          The EDGAR database contains the full-text of annual reports and 
          other documents that publicly held companies are required to file 
          with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
          
          California State Codes and Constitution
          URL = http://www.jhhw.com/codes/index.html
          
          Jones Hall Hill & White, "a professional legal corporation," has 
          established a website providing access to the full-text of the 
          California State Codes in both browsable and searchable format.  
          The website, which does not represent the official version of the 
          codes, maintains a disclaimer; the code files are mirrored from 
          the site ftp://leginfo.public.ca.gov/pub/code/.  The browsable 
          format offers the option of browsing specific sections or viewing 
          the table of contents as a text file.  The search interface 
          allows users to search all titles of the code or to specify a 
          title and conduct the search in only that area (e.g. water).  
          Users are also allowed to set the parameters of their search 
          (case sensitive, exact word matching, etc.) and online help is 
          provided.  A search for "water treatment" returned a "hotlinked" 
          list of 19 matching sections accompanied by a one-line excerpt.  
          A link to the ftp site at leginfo.public.ca.gov is also 
          available. 
          
          
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          important to remember, however, the dynamic nature of the 
          Internet.  Resources that are free and publicly available one day 
          may require a fee or restrict access the next, and the location 
          of items may change as menus and homepages are reorganized.