






               NSF STIS - Science and Technology Information System


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            STIS
            National Science Foundation
            Division of Information Systems (Room 401)
            1800 G Street NW
            Washington, DC 20550

            _E_m_a_i_l: stis-request@nsf.gov

            _P_h_o_n_e: (202) 357-7555 (Voice mail)
            TDD: (202) 357-7492


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            STIS is an electronic  dissemination  system  that  provides
            fast,  easy access to National Science Foundation (NSF) pub-
            lications.  There is no cost  to  you  except  for  possible
            long-distance  phone  charges.   The  service  is  available
            twenty-four hours a day, except for maintenance periods.

            Publications currently available include:

               o+  "The NSF Bulletin"

               o+  Program announcements and "Dear Colleague" letters

               o+  General publications and reports

               o+  Press releases

               o+  NSF organization charts and phone books

               o+  NSF vacancy announcements

               o+  Award abstracts (1989-now)



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            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            There are many ways to access STIS.  Choose the method  that
            meets  your  needs and the communication facilities you have
            available.

               o+  Electronic documents via electronic mail.  Send a mes-
                  sage  to  "stisserv@nsf.gov".  Put  the  command  "get
                  index" in the text of your message.

               o+  Anonymous FTP.  Connect  to  "stis.nsf.gov".  Retrieve
                  the file "index".

               o+  Direct E-mail.  This service automatically  mails  you
                  information about documents added to STIS.  For infor-
                  mation on this, send the  command  "get  stisdirm"  to
                  "stisserv@nsf.gov".

               o+  Gopher.  Connect to port 70 on host "stis.nsf.gov".

               o+  WAIS.  There  are  two  databases  on  "stis.nsf.gov".
                  "nsf-pubs"  contains  all  documents and publications,
                  and "nsf-awards" contains award abstracts.

               o+  Online STIS.  You must have a VT100  emulator.  Telnet
                  to "stis.nsf.gov", and log on as "public".

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _S_y_s_t_e_m

            STIS is available to the public.  There is no charge for any
            of the services, and no need to register for a password.




















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