Conference 7.286::space

914.0. "U.S. Government Printing Office" by MTWAIN::KLAES (Houston, Tranquility Base here...) Thu Jul 07 1994 12:52

Article: 2450
From: [email protected] (Thomas J. Frieling)
Newsgroups: sci.space.tech
Subject: Re: Stages to Saturn
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 10:40:25
Organization: Bainbridge College
 
OK, here is information on how to get US Goverment Printing Office
publicationsand other space books. Information is courtesy of
gregb@gemini. den.mmc.com  who has compiled a great space bibliography. 
 
DOCUMENT SOURCES:
 
The most cost effective source for any publication is most likely 
a local library. Although most libraries have only a few of these 
references available, most libraries offer inter-library loans. 
See the reference librarian. For those folks who are fortunate to 
have physical security access, try the libraries at space centers 
like ESA, GSFC, JPL, KSC, and MSFC. Many aerospace contractors 
also have excellent libraries (The best libraries are in 
Washington DC, such as the US National Archives). The remaining 
part of this section is devoted to methods for obtaining personal 
copies of cited documents.
 
The US Government has a good reputation of providing reprints of 
many very good documents to the general public. Many US Government 
publications (including NASA History Series) are available for 
sale (to those who are patient) at the following address:
 
    US Government Printing Office
    Superintendent of Documents
    P.O. Box 371954
    Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
    202-783-3238 (Washington DC)
 
or
    US Government Printing Office
    Superintendent of Documents
    Washington, DC 20402
    202-783-3238
 
The US Government Printing Office is part of the US Government 
General Services Administration. US Government publications are 
listed in a "Subject Bibliography" pamphlet, and all subject 
bibliographies are listed in a "Subject Bibliography Index." The 
subject bibliographies pertinent to this bibliography are listed 
below. These pamphlets are free; call and request the following:
 
    SB-599  Subject Bibliography Index
    SB-222  NASA Educational Publications
    SB-257  NASA Scientific and Technical Publications
    SB-297  Space Exploration
 
Call your local US Government federal center bookstore (see the 
blue pages in a US phone book). There are about two dozen 
US Government bookstores in the United States (three are listed 
below). They might have a few current and out of print books on 
their shelves. Most of these books are inexpensive. They will take 
phone orders and charge to Visa/MC (and they pay shipping). Most 
books are "destroyed" (!) after a specified shelf life (too bad). 
Call now, before they burn.
 
    US Government Bookstore
    ARCO Plaza, C-Level
    505 Flower Street
    Los Angeles, CA, 90071
    213-239-9844
 
    US Government Bookstore
    Federal Building, Room 117 Bookstore
    1961 Stout St
    Denver, CO 80294
    303-844-3964, 8:30AM - 4:00PM MST, M-F.
 
    US Government Bookstore
    100 W. Bay Street, Suite 100
    Jacksonville, Fl 32202
    904-353-0569
 
NASA has been funded by the US Government to document its own 
history for almost all US space programs. Like most programs at 
NASA, documentation of history is also obsessively complete. Many 
outstanding publications are available; most are listed in the 
above bibliography. An excellent guide to start with is: "Research 
in NASA History: A Guide to the NASA History Program", 
NASA HHR-55. Additional information may be obtained from the NASA 
History Office. NASA history is administrated and documented at 
NASA headquarters:
 
    NASA History Office
    NASA Headquarters
    Washington, DC 20546
    202-453-8300
 
General information about NASA may be obtained from:
 
    NASA Headquarters Information Center
    Federal Building 10-B (Lobby)
    Washington, DC 20546
    202-453-1000
 
Apollo history files can be viewed on site at:
 
    JSC History Office
    History Office Coordinator, Management Analysis Office
    Mail Code BY
    NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
    Houston, TX 77058
 
Information about planetary probes and research spacecraft may be 
obtained from the JPL Public Information Office:
 
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Public Information Office
    4800 Oak Grove Drive, Mail Stop 180-200
    Pasadena, CA  91107
    818-354-5011
 
NASA has a large archive of film and video footage:
 
    NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
    Media Services Branch/AP3
    Film/Video Distribution Library
    Houston, TX 77058
    713-483-8645
 
Photographs of NASA launch vehicles can be found in the "NASA 
Photography Index" (NP-104) which can be obtained from:
 
    NASA History Office
    Washington, DC  20546
    202-358-0384
 
Additional videos and Slide Transparencies which contain some NASA 
archive film may be obtained from:
 
    AVD Services
    737 St Michaels Drive
    Mitchellville, MD  20716  USA
 
    Finley Holiday Film Corporation (VHS and European PAL format)
    12607 East Philadelphia Street
    Whittier, California  90601  USA
    213-945-3325, 800-345-6707
 
    The British Interplanetary Society (European PAL format)
    27/29 South Lambeth Road
    London SW8 1SZ
    England
 
    The Planetary Society
    65 North Catalina Avenue
    Pasadena, CA  91106  USA
    818-793-1675 (voice)
    800-966-7827 (fax continental US/Canada)
    818-793-5528 (fax international)
 
Unfortunately, many of the bibliographic references contained in 
the above reference sections are out of print. Other sources of 
publications include: publisher archives, estate auctions, used 
bookstores which specialize in technical publications, or 
professional book finder services. A few professional book finder 
services are listed below. Expect to pay at least twice the cost 
of the used cover price for book finder services.
 
    Books by Modem (Service connecting Readers to Dealers)
    Boston, MA
    617-923-4990 (modem)
    617-923-4991 (voice)
 
    C. Dickens
    Lenox Square Mall
    3393 Peachtree Road
    Atlanta, GA  30326  USA
    1-800-548-0376 (voice)
      404-364-0713 (fax)
    Search fee: US$3.00 per book, expensive markup (>3 times
    their cost) (January 1994 status).
 
    Knollwood Books
    PO Box 197
    Oregon, WI  53575-0197
    608-835-8861 (voice)
 
    Lincoln Book Search
    PO Box 5
    Foster, RI 02825 USA
    1-800-292-8969 (voice)
    401-647-2825 (fax)
    Search fee: US$3.50 per book (January 1994 status)
 
    Powell's Technical Bookstore
    33 North West Park
    Portland, Oregon, 97209 USA
    1-800-225-6911 (voice, Technical Bookstore)
      503-228-0505 (fax, Technical Bookstore)
    1-800-878-7323 extension 217 (voice, Out of Print Department)
      503-228-4631 (fax, Out of Print Department)
    Search fee: US$2.00 per book, highly respected, ~2X markup,
    (January 1994 status)
 
    Robert Shaw
    150 W 26th St. #810
    New York, NY  10001-6813
    Send a large SASE
 
    Trans-Orbital Resources
    1637 E. Valley Parkway
    Box 177
    Escondido, CA  92027
    Send a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
 
    Sam Weller Bookstores
    254 South Main
    Salt Lake, UT
    1-800-333-7269
    Highly respected, about 2 times markup (March 1994 status)
 
Out of print US Government literature may be obtained from 
microfiche copy from the National Technical Information Service 
(NTIS). Considering the source media is microfiche, these can be 
fairly good quality reproductions. NTIS does not publish a rate 
table, but a fair starting guess is US$0.10/page. The NTIS offers 
discounts for orders of multiple copies (i.e. 25% for 5 or more).
 
    National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
    US Department of Commerce
    5285 Port Royal Road
    Springfield, VA 22161
    703-487-4650 (8:30AM - 5:00PM EST)
 
University Microfilms prints books from microfilm, taking care of 
copyright issues and royalty payments. A fair starting guess is 
US$0.30/page, with a US$6.00 surcharge for cloth binding. Printing 
academic books is their speciality.
 
    University Microfilms, Inc.
    300 North Zeeb Road
    Ann Arbor, MI 48106
    313-761-4700 (voice)
    800-5210600 (voice)
    800-343-5299 (voice, Canada)
 
Or try a local library for the following sources to perform your 
own book search.
 
    AB Bookman Weekly (a used book trade magazine).
 
    Bookquote Price Index, used book dealer's pricing guide.