The Center for Electronic Records of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration has updated the 'Title List: A Preliminary and Partial Listing of the Data Files in the National Archives and Records Administration.' The 'Title List' is up to date as of February 28, 1995, and now has entries for approximately 10,500 of the over 23,000 electronic records files in the custody of the National Archives.

The 'Title List' is available via the National Archives information server, CLIO. The general URL is http://www.nara.gov/ with information about the electronic records program and holdings in the Gopher server section (see below for the full path to reach the Title List, and for information about access via FTP).

New entries to the 'Title List' include:

1. Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29): Numerous series from the Decennial Census of Population and Housing, 1990, including 1990 Summary Tape File (STF) 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D; STF 2A, 2B, 2C; STF 3A, 3C, 3D; STF file 420; 1990 Summary Extract Data, Equal Opportunity Files; and 1990 Public Law 94-171 files (all total 1471 files); and the Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS) FY 1994 Quarter 4 and 1995 Quarters 1 and 2 (3 files).

2. Records of the Economic Stabilization Programs (Record Group 432): Economic Stabilization Programs: Cost of Living Council Databases 1971-1974 (2 files).

3. Records of the Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation (Record Group 467): The Combined Service Segment and T-9, Data Bank 27T, 1984-1989; T-100 Domestic Market Data, Data Bank 28DM, 1990-1993; T-100 International Market Data, Data Bank 28IM, 1990; T-100 Domestic Market Data, Data Bank 28DS, 1990-1993; and T-100 International Market Data, Data Bank 28IS, 1990 (total 16 files).

4. Records of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Record Group 479): Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace: Trends, Progress, Continuing Challenges, 1994 (2 files).

5. Records of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (Record Group 510): National Medical Expenditure Survey, 1987, Public Use Tape 8, Institutional Population Component and Public Use Tape 11, Survey of American Indians and Alaskan Natives (total 6 files).

The full 'Title List' file and/or 19 extract files are available electronically. There is one extract file for each executive branch department, presidential offices, independent establishments and government corporations, temporary committees, commissions and boards, and the legislative and judicial branches. Entries are arranged in each file numerically by National Archives Record Group and thereunder alphabetically by data file series title. The files are available on the National Archives Gopher/WWW server, CLIO. The URL is:

http://gopher.nara.gov:70/1/inform/dc/electr

Alternatively, the Title List files are available on an FTP site. Anonymous FTP (password 'guest') to FTP.CU.NIH.GOV, directory NARA_ELECTRONIC. A READ.ME file on the FTP site provides further information about the 'Title List' and Title List extract files. Note that the full 'Title List' file has 18,469 lines and is approximately 1.5 megabytes in size.

Finally, the National Archives General Information Leaflet 37 (GIL37), "Information About Electronic Records in the National Archives for Prospective Researchers," has been updated and reissued. The text of GIL37 is available on both CLIO and the Center's FTP site. A copy of the printed brochure is also available. Please contact the Center's general electronic mail address (cer@nara.gov) to request a copy of the printed brochure, please include a mailing address.

Sincerely,

THEODORE J. HULL
Archives Specialist
Center for Electronic Records
National Archives
(301) 713-6645
theodore.hull@arch2.nara.gov


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