Abbreviations & Definitions
- Abstracts
- contain concise summaries of and bibliographic
citations to articles, reports, patents, etc.
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- ASTM
- American Society for Testing Materials
- BIOSIS
- BioSiences Information Service
- CAS
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- CCRIS
- Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System
- CD-ROM
- : Compact Disk-Read Only Memory; usually contain
indexes to the periodical, report, patent literature.
- CRC
- Chemical Rubber Company
- Database
- a collection of electronically-stored data. In context
of information technology it may be a collection of bibliographic
citations, compilation of numerical data, or full text of journals,
books, etc.
- DIALOG
- the software and search language for accessing Lockheed's
on-line databases.
- Dictionary
- an alphabetical listing of words with their
definitions.
- Directory
- a listing of people, organizations, or companies with
names and addresses.
- DBIR
- Directory of Biotechnology Information Resources
- DIRLINE
- Directory of Biotechnology Information Resources
- Encyclopedia
- a comprehensive work providing background
information in a specific discipline, special field, or subject.
Information arranged alphabetically by topic.
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Government document
- primary publication issued by an agency of
the Federal, State, or local governments.
- GPO
- Government Printing Office
- Gov. Pub.
- Governmental Publication Division
- Handbook
- a concise work covering a subject or discipline.
Written for experts; containing textual and numerical data; tables,
charts, and formulas.
- HSDB
- Hazardous Substances Data Bank
- Index
- provides access to periodical articles, reports, patents,
books by subject and/or keyword and author.
- IR
- Infra red
- IUPAC
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
- JANAF
- Joint Army-Navy-Air Force
- Journal
- a primary publication intended for a scholarly
audience and published at regular intervals.
- NBS
- National Bureau of Standards
- NIH
- National Institute of Health
- NIOSH
- National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health
- NLM
- National Library of Medicine
- NMR
- Nuclear magnetic resonance
- NTIS
- National Technical Information Service
- OSHA
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Periodical
- a publication issued at regular intervals aimed at a
broad audience. Usually refers to both magazines and journals.
- Pr
- Press
- Review
- contains an overview of a subject.
- RN
- Registry number (CAS provided)
- RTECS
- Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
- SI
- International System of Units
- STN
- Scientific and Technical Information Network
- Sci. Ref.
- Science reference
- Survey
- a critical summary of progress made in a subject field.
- Tables
- compilations of data presented in tabular form.
- TOXNET
- Toxicology Data Network (National Library of Medicine)
- Treatise
- a multi-volume work with comprehensive and historical
coverage of a subject including extensive documentation.
- TRI
- Toxic Chemical Release Inventory