sist NEWSLETTER vol.1, no. 4

PUBLICATIONS

The US National Technical Information Service (NTIS) announces the publica-

tion of a Directory of Computer Software Applications-Energy . It is 80 page

reference source which presents over 300 abstracts of available energy-related
reports and computer programs developed from federally sponsored research. The

abstracts detail what software is available in fossil, solar, nuclear, geothermal

ocean thermal and other energy areas. The programs range in subject matter from
comparative costs to social impact and are offered in several computer languages.

You receive complete software program instructions (or a program source) and/or
a report for a cost of a paper copy (average cost is $6). The NTIS brochure sug-

gests that the Directory is an ideal source for reviewing available energy soft-

ware programs for guidance before undertaking expensive program development of

your own. The Directory costs $20 and is available in paper copy or microfiche.
NTIS Order No. is PB-264 200. Write to NTIS, US Department of Commerce, Spring-

field, VA 22161.

The analysis of textual data has recently benefitted from the methods and

tools which are the result of computer analysis. Editions du CNRS announces a

new text on the analysis of textual data: Analyse et validation dans 1 'etude

des donn^es textuelles . The brief description says that the objective of this

work is to put forward a certain number of theoretical perspectives and concrete
experiences that present the analysis of texts in the light of data-handling
techniques and be a reference to the most valued acquisitions of contemporary lin-

guistics". The book groups 14 papers from French and foreign specialists working
in diverse fields of study but all of whom are concerned with the same fundamen-

tal questions. The more strictly methodological or theoretical parts presented
in each of these contributions are illustrated by reports on particular experiences
related to specific branches of knowledge and objectives (archaelogy and history,
folklore, literature, anthropology). For further information, write Editions du

CNRS, 15 quai Anatole France, 75700 Paris, France; in Canada: Presses de

I'universite de Montreal, case postale 6128, Montreal 101; USA: SMPF, 14 East

60th Street, New York, NY 10022.

The Social Science Data Archive of the Social Science Library at Yale Univer-

sity announces the revision and updating of its Directory of Data Holdings and

Services . Cost is $5.00 and prepayment is requested. Checks should be made pay-

able to Yale University, but sent to the Social Science Data Archive, Social Science

Library, Box 1958, Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.