The National Referral Center may be described as the "information desk" of the scientific and technical community. It does not provide technical details in answer to inquiries or furnish bibliographic assistance. It functions, rather, as an intermediary, directing those who have questions concerning scientific and technical subjects to organizations or individuals who have specialized knowledge in these fields and are willing to share this knowledge with others. In answer to requests for guidance and assistance, the center provides names, addresses, telephone numbers, and brief descriptions of appropriate information resources. "Information resources" has been defined broadly to include professional societies, university research bureaus and institutes, Federal and State agencies, industrial laboratories, museum specimen collections, testing stations, and individual experts as well as more traditional sources of information, such as technical libraries, information and documents centers, and abstracting and indexing services. The National Referral Center should be notified directly about any information resources not included in the present directory. Referral services are available without charge. No special forms are required. Requests may be made by calling area code 202, 426-5670, by writing to the Library of Congress, Science and Technology Division, National Referral Center, Washington, D.C. 20540, or by visiting the center on the fifth floor of the Library of Congress Annex, Second Street and Independence Avenue SE. The center welcomes registration by any organization having knowledge or expertise that it is willing to share with others. A registration form is available for this purpose but its use is not mandatory. Those who wish to register may call area code 202, 426-5680, or write to the Library of Congress, Science and Technology Division, National Referral Center, Washington, D.C. 20540. Other National Referral Center directories published by the Library of Congress are for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The number following the title should be used in placing an order. Social Sciences, Revised Edition, 700 p., 1973 (LC 1.31:D62/2-973-Stock No. 3000-00065) $6.90 Biological Sciences, 577 p., 1972 (LC 1.31: D62/7 - Stock No. 3000-00060) $5.00 Physical Sciences, Engineering, 803 p., 1971 (LC 1.31:D62/6-Stock No. 3000-0040) $7.40 General Toxicology, 293 p., 1969 (LC 1.31:D62/5) $3.00 Water, 248 p., 1966 (LC 1.31:D62/3) $1.50 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT With a Supplement of Government-Sponsored Information Analysis Centers Revised Edition Science and Technology Division National Referral Center LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. WASHINGTON. 1974 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES AS .056 1974 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A directory of information resources in the United Supt. of Docs. No.: LC 1.31:D62/4/974. 1. Information services - United States - Direc- National Referral Center for Science and Technology. |