Academic Support Services

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Academic Support Services

• Technology Proposal Preparation Support

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Why DTIC ?

• Gain the competitive edge!
• Almost 2 million items of strategic information
  online to help you
• Assess how your RD interest areas match DODs
• Locate agencies most interested in your
  capabilities
• Determine where money is available to pay for
  your effort

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DTIC The Beginning

• Repository for DOD and contractor scientific and
  technical information
• Originally formed after WW II to house, organize,
  and make available captured scientific and
  technical documents
• Citation database computerized in the late 1960s

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DTIC Resources 1970s

• Defense Research Development Test Evaluation
  Online System (DROLS)
• Three main databases
• Command driven interface
• Hard-wired secure system (classified information)
• Documents had to be ordered
• Target audience Search experts

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Resources New Millennium

• Web enabled interfaces
• Electronic full-text documents
• Electronic and credit card ordering
• No classified information on open web
• Target audience RD community
• Multi-level search capabilities
• End-user friendly

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Its Not Your Grandfathers DTIC
Its Not Your Grandfathers DTIC
Any More !
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What Can DTIC Provide Me?

• DOD/contractor RD information
• Strategic intelligence
• What has been done?
• Did it succeed or fail?
• Can I build on the information?
• Will it allow me to skip some duplication and
  develop further?
• Save yourself time and money

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Whats In It (free ) For Me?

• Current/ongoing full text research reports and
  retrieval services
• Completed research reports
• Alerting services
• Reference and research support
• Literature searching
• Search strategy assistance
• Online and classroom training

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The Resource Piece

• Technical reports memos
• Test results
• Studies analyses
• Journal articles
• Conference proceedings
• Theses dissertations
• Patent information

• Research reports ongoing and completed efforts
• Project details
• Objective
• Approach
• Progress
• Organization information
• Funding data
• Performing/funding agency/contractor

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We Want You To Join Us!

• Competitive intelligence
• Project background information
• Continuous updating
• Your database entry and marketing

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Strategies

• Point of Contact
• Searching, searching ... who?
• DOD sponsor? -- or not?
• Choices
• Public release information only?
• Government/DOD contractor information

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Searching Quick Start !

• Register
• Sign up for a database password/login
• Choose a quick orientation
• Click on Getting Started
• Use our online distance learning
  http//training.dtic.mil/welcome/welcome.html

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DTIC Home Page

• Any questions? -- www.dtic.mil

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WED URL
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WED Login
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Quick Search
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WED Home Page Bottom (Tech Support, Training)
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Quick Search Query Form
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Quick Search - Dates
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Quick Search - Limits
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Quick Search - Sort by
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Quick Search - Hits
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Quick Search - Citation format
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Quick Search - Sample
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Hits Page
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Full Citation - 1
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Full Citation - 2
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Full Text Document
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Guided Search Page
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Guided Search - Regular Field Menu
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Guided Search -Unselected Field
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Guided Search - Boolean
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Guided Search - Date Range
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Guided Search - Limits
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Format Selection
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Custom Format Search - 1
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Custom Format Search - 2
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Short Citation - 1
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Short Citation - 2
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Save Search Request
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Save Search Documentation
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Item Check for Shopping Cart
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Shopping Cart Display
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Save for Later
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WED Advanced Search
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Collections Page
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Thesaurus Search
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RADAR Thesaurus Listing
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Diversity RADAR Page
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Diversity RADAR TR Guided Search
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Diversity RADAR Selected Results
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Corporate Source
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RAYTHEON Search Results
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Raytheon C/S Record
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Guided Search S/C Hierarchy
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S/C Hierarchy Search Results
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Research Summaries Quick Search
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Research Summaries Hit List
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U/U Research Summary - 1
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U/U Research Summary - 2
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U/U Research Summary - 3
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Research Summaries Guided Search
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Research Summaries Guided Search - Unselected
Field Menu
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Cross Collection Quick Search
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Cross Collection Guided - 1
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Cross Collection Guided - Optional
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Cross Collection Guided Search
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Cross Collection Hit List
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Limited Information Home Page Text
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Form 55
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How to start

• DTIC Internet registration page
  http//www.dtic.mil/dtic/registration/index.html
• Program Internet registration information
• URS http//www.dtic.mil/dtic/prodsrvc/urs.html
• HBCU/MI http//www.dtic.mil/dtic/forms/hbcu-regfo
  rm.html
• SBIR/STTR http//www.dtic.mil/dtic/sbir/service_r
  eq.html

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Or

• Call
• 1 (800) CAL DTIC (225-3842)
• Either academic program, follow menu for general
  registration
• SBIR Only 1 (800) DOD SBIR (363-7247)
• E-mail
• reghelp_at_dtic.mil
• urs_at_dtic.mil
• hbcumi_at_dtic.mil
• sbir_at_dtic.mil

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Almost lastdefinitely slowest

• Mail
• Defense Technical Information Center
• 8725 John J. Kingman Rd Ste 0944
• Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-6218

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And LastAbsolutely Not Least!

• DTICs four Regional Offices provide you with
  customized services
• Ask them about anything DTIC
• Expect regional insight and information
• Draw on their experience in specialized areas and
  subjects
• Compatible time zones!

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Midwestern Regional Office, Dayton

• ATTN DTIC-BPD
• Building 196, Area B
• 2261 Monahan Way
• Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7022
• Phone [phone]
• Bill Whalen, Manager
• Debra Francis

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Northeastern Regional Office, Boston

• ATTN DTIC-BPB
• Building 1103, 5 Wright Street
• Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-3012
• Phone [phone]
• Randall Bergmann, Manager
• Evelyn Walsworth

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Southwestern Regional Office, Albuquerque

• ATTN DTIC-BPA
• AFRL-VSIL
• 3550 Aberdeen Avenue, S.E.
• Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776
• Phone [phone]
• Jan Hodges, Manager
• Marv Sommers

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Western Regional Office, Los Angeles

• ATTN DTIC-BPL
• Building 80
• 2420 Vela Way
• El Segundo, CA 90245-4659
• Phone [phone]
• Mark Gorwitz, Manager
• Daisy Clark
• Ron Russillo

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