How to Order from NTIS

Telephone Orders (703) 605-6000 or 1-800-553-6847
The NTIS Sales Desk is available between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Fax Orders (703) 321-8547
For assistance call (703) 605-6050.

Mail Orders
Send orders to NTIS, Springfield, VA 22161, USA. Do not mail RUSH orders.

RUSH Service
RUSH service is available for an additional fee by calling 1-800-553-6847. RUSH orders are usually shipped the next business day by overnight courier in the U.S. or by air mail outside the U.S. Do not mail RUSH orders.

Methods of Payment
Customers may pay for NTIS products by: (1) American Express, MasterCard, or VISA; (2) an NTIS Deposit Account or (3) check or money order, payable to NTIS in U.S. dollars drawn on: a U.S. bank; an international bank with a U.S. address on the check; a Canadian bank.

Handling Fee
See chart under price list. Fee does not apply to RUSH service, SRIM, subscriptions, standing orders, QuikSERVICE, and pickup orders. Documents downloaded directly from FedWorld are exempt while all other documents ordered from FedWorld are subject to the new fees.

Postage &;Shipping
Printed reports and microfiche copies are shipped surface mail unless air mail is requested. For air mail service to Canada and Mexico add $4 per printed report and $1 per microfiche copy.  Other countries add $8 per printed report and $1.25 per microfiche copy. Computer products are shipped by air courier as part of the regular handling fee. Please check with the NTIS Sales Desk for fees for tapes and diskettes at (703) 605-6000.

Tracing an Order
For questions about orders, write, fax or call our Customer Service Department at (703) 605-6050 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Refund Policy
Although NTIS cannot accept returns for credit or refund, we will gladly replace any item you requested if we made an error in filling your order, if the item was defective, or if you received it in damaged condition. Just call our Customer Service Department at (703) 605-6050.

Original Copies

NTIS reprints directly from the master archival copy after the original stock of a technical report is exhausted. These printed-to-order copies are the best possible reproductions.



NTIS Standard Prices "A" Codes

NTIS generally uses price codes to indicate the cost of items sold. The following schedules convert these codes into actual 1994 prices for customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Standard Prices "A" Codes

Microfiche &;Paper Copy Reports


Price Code Price
A01* $ 6.00
A02* 9.00
A03 17.50
A04 through A05 19.50
A06 through A09 27.00
Al0 through Al3 36.50
Al4 through Al7 44.50
Al8 through A21 52.00
A22 through A25 61.00
A99 Call NTIS
for price

* A01 for microfiche is $9.00
A02 for microfiche is $12.50

Discounts for paper copy "A" code reports are available. When ordering 5 to 100 copies of the same publication, to be mailed to the same address, an automatic discount of 25 percent is provided. Call the NTIS Sales Desk at (703) 605-6000 for discount information on orders over 100 copies.

These prices are for the United States, Canada, and Mexico only.  For the most recent schedule for all other price codes, write or call (703) 605- 6000 and request PR-360-3 for customers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and PR-360-4 for customers in other countries.

Prices are effective July 11 1994.
Prices are subject to change.

Value of Order Handling Fees
$10.00 or less $2.00
$10.01 - $50.00 $4.00
$50.01 - $100.00 $6.00
Over $100 $8.00

Please add $2.00 to above for orders sent outside of the U.S.. Canada, and Mexico,


ORDER FORM

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Technical Information Service
Springfield, VA 22161

NTIS Sales Desk FAX (703) 321-8547

Call (703) 605-6000 RUSH 1-800-553-NTIS (additional fee)

1. Address Information DATE:

Last Name/First Initial___________________
Title/Phone_______________________________
Company/Organization______________________
Address___________________________________
City/State/Zip____________________________

2. Method of Payment

___Charge my NTIS Deposit Account
___Check/Money order enclosed for $______
___Purchase order attached ADD $7.50
Purchase Order No.__________________
Charge my Amer. Express/Visa/MasterCard
Account No./Exp.____________________
Signature:(Required to validate order)

3. Order Selection
QUANTITY

Enter order number(s) Printed Micro- UNIT TOTAL
copy fiche PRICE PRICE
1 CDI
2. CDI
3. CDI
4. CDI
5. CDI
6. CDI

Regular Service Handling Fee per order_____________
(see chart)
Purchase Order Fee if required ($7.50)_____________
Grand Total_____________

Prices are subject to change

Handling Fees:
Value of Order Handling Fees
$10.00 or less $2.00
$10.01 - $50.00 $4.00
$50.01 - $100.00 $6.00
Over $100 $8.00

Please add $2.00 to above for orders sent
outside of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.


About NTIS

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), is an agency within the Technology Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NTIS is the U.S. government's largest, central source and primary disseminator of federally funded R&D results of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information. NTIS also handles a substantial amount of foreign material. Serving as the nation's clearinghouse for this type of
information, the National Technical Information Service offers:
* Announcements, through its information products, of the more than 2.2 million items, available in its collection - reports describing research conducted by federal agencies and their contractors; statistical and business information; audiovisual products; computer software and electronic databases developed by federal agencies; and technical reports prepared by foreign research organizations. Approximately 75,000 new items are added and indexed into the collection each year. A permanent repository is maintained of material available for sale to its customers.
* The Federal Computer Products Center - This center provides access to software, data files, and databases produced by federal agencies.
* FedWorld-- NTIS' electronic marketplace provides public access to thousands of government documents, connects to more than 100 federal online systems, and offers instant electronic delivery of selected products from NTIS. FedWorld provides both dial-up and Internet access, at no charge to the public, to information from over 60 different government agencies and programs. Presently, FedWorld menus offer gateways to other agency computer systems, libraries (file transfer facilities), subsystems (interactive agency information services), and special subscription services.
* The Federal Research in Progress (FEDRIP) Database - This database provides access to information about ongoing federally funded research projects - more than 150,000 research projects now underway.
* The Office of Federal Patent Licensing - Assists your agency in commercializing government-owned inventions. The NTIS Patent License Bulletin Board (PLBB) allows online, full-text searching of more than 3,000 abstracts that are of U.S. government patents available for licensing. (The PLBB is in a special section of FedWorld.)
* A variety of contract services in support of other federal agencies which include - in-house production capabilities; prescreened quality contractors, full customer service and support; imaging, reproduction and distribution; accounting services and NTIS tax management services. NTIS is a unique Government agency sustained only by its sales of products and services. All NTIS costs (salaries, marketing, postage, and all other operating expenses) associated with collecting, abstracting, indexing, archiving, reproducing and disseminating the nation's collection of scientific, technical,
engineering and related business information are paid for by revenue generated from the sales of its products and services. Costs are not covered by tax-supported Congressional appropriations.

For a free copy of the NTIS Catalog of Products and Services, please call the NTIS Sales Desk at (703)605-6000 and ask for PR-827CDI.



*Verified as Current: QTR3 2002