Page 4 of NTIS Database Search Guide by National Technical Information Service

the ntis database and related products the ntis database search guide 4 information product types the ntis information collection contains a wide variety of types of publications as well as other media for distributing information the following table provides a snapshot of some of the types of information products received by ntis in 2005 information sources the titles in the ntis collection are submitted by hundreds of government agencies numerous state and local governments federal contractors academic institutions foreign governments international organizations and private sector organizations since the american technology preeminence act public law 102-245 passed in 1991 ntis wealth of information has increased dramatically the atpa requires all federal agencies to submit their federally-funded scientific technical and engineering information to ntis within 15 days of the date the product is made publicly available consequently ntis can provide its customers with timely access to a more diverse and comprehensive range of information ann types of information products u.s government produced technical reports conference proceedings journal articles theses bibliographies computer products audiovisuals foreign acquisitions technical reports conference proceedings theses 534 0 1 0 number 25,740 368 1,056 1,216 7 169 39 international sources ntis is the lead u.s government agency for cooperation in international technical information exchange overseas organizations that currently contribute to the ntis collection include the national aerospace laboratory in japan micromedia in canada and many more top ten foreign contributors fiscal year 2005 country of origin number of citations bibliographies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 canada sweden norway united kingdom italy china taiwan netherlands hungary japan 1,841 294 61 47 31 19 14 14 13 12 4

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