overseas news bureaus. The Associated Press is
ral gas resources. Energyline contains approxi-
the largest supplier of general-interest news to
mately 167,000 records from 1965 to the present.
the media worldwide, serving more than 15,000
ICONDA is produced by the Information Cen-
newspapers and broadcast outlets in 115 coun-
tre for Regions Planning and Building Construc-
tries around the world. AP NEWS is available
tion of the Fraunhofer Society, Stuttgart, Germany,
from Dialog Search Service, Palo Alto, California,
and is available online from Orbit Questel,
and contains over 1.5 million records from 1984
McLean, Virginia. The ICONDA database covers
to the present. This database is copyrighted by
areas of construction and civil engineering. Cur-
the Associated Press. No part of the AP NEWS
rently the database contains over 400,000 records
database may be published, reprinted, or other-
from 1976 to the present.
wise redistributed without written authorization
TULSA is the online version of Petroleum Ab-
from the Associated Press.
stracts, which is produced by the University of
WELD (Weld Search) contains over 140,000
Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma. TULSA provides world-
records from 1967 to the present. Coverage in-
wide coverage of technical literature and patents
cludes joining metals and plastics, metals spray-
related to the exploration, development, and pro-
ing, thermal cutting and related topics such as
duction of oil and natural gas. The search of the
brazing, soldering, and microjoining. Weld is pro-
TULSA database was performed by a TULSA
duced by the Welding Institute, Cambridge, En-
search services specialist. The University of Tulsa,
gland, and is available from Orbit Questel,
holder of the copyright to Petroleum Abstracts,
McLean, Virginia.
has given permission for the U.S. Army Cold Re-
Safety Science Abstracts covers the broad inter-
gions Research and Engineering Laboratory to
disciplinary science of safety --identifying, evalu-
include the results from the TULSA search in the
ating, and eliminating or controlling hazards.
larger search contained in this report. The Uni-
Safety Science Abstracts covers liability informa-
versity of Tulsa waives any liability for direct or
tion and phenomena that directly threaten hu-
consequential damages resulting from the use of
manity, the environment, or the technology upon
these records. These records are warranted only
which they depend. This database is produced by
as to readability of the medium. The TULSA data-
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, Mary-
base contains approximately 565,000 records from
land, and is available from Orbit Questel, McLean,
1965 to the present.
Virginia. Safety Science Abstracts contains over
80,000 records from 1981 to the present.
The Bibliography of Cold Regions Science and Tech-
TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
nology (COLD) is produced by the Library of Con-
gress for the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research
The following abbreviations are used in these
and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New
bibliographies:
Hampshire. The bibliography contains 150,000
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent
records and is available online from Orbit Questel,
States
McLean, Virginia, and in CD format from NISC
CWF
Coal-water fuel
Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland. The COLD
E&P
Exploration and production
database provides coverage of areas that are tem-
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction
porarily or permanently affected by freezing tem-
and Development
perature, including materials in the Arctic and
FSU
Former Soviet Union
Antarctic. Snow, ice, frozen ground, navigation
JV
Joint venture
in ice, civil engineering in cold regions, and the
R&D
Research and development
behavior and operation of materials and equip-
In addition, many of the items appear in non-
ment in cold temperatures are major subject areas
English journals, books, and newspapers. For the
included. The database contains records from 1951
reader's convenience, the titles are translated here:
to the present.
Erdoel, Erdgas, Khole (German): Oil, Natural
ENERGYLINE is produced by Petroleum Ab-
Gas, Coal.
stracts, University of Tulsa, and is available from
Stroitel'stvo Truboprovodov (Russian): Pipe-
Orbit Questel, McLean, Virginia. Coverage in-
line Construction.
cludes economics, U.S. policy and planning, in-
Izvestiia Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Neft i
ternational political and economic issues, R&D,
Gaz (Russian): College and University
resources and reserves, and petroleum and natu-
News, Oil & Gas.
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