This message is being posted to a number of Listservs. Please forgive cross-posting and length. This message updates information last posted April 14, 1997. ========================================================== The Center for Electronic Records of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 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 current as of July 18, 1997, and now has entries for approximately 13,000 of the over 34,000 electronic records files in the custody of NARA. The 'Title List' is available via the NARA information server. The general URL is http://www.nara.gov/ with information about the electronic records program and holdings available at http://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic. We also recently restructured/updated the Center?s homepage to improve access to our information and direct researchers more effectively to information about our holdings. Also now included on the homepage is a description of the various Securities and Exchange Commission data in our custody. See below for information about access to the Title List directly and via FTP. Among the other new entries to the 'Title List' are: 1) Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29): Decennial Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 4C. 2) Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29): Current Population Survey, 1991 data files. 3) Records of the Internal Revenue Service (Record Group 58): Statistics of Income (SOI): Partnership Sourcebook Data File, Form 1065, 1957-1983. 4) Records of the United States Naval Academy (Record Group 405): Naval Academy Student Records files, Class of 1991-Class of 1993 (restricted). 5) Records of the National Institute for Education (Record Group 419): Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 1965-1978 6) General Records of the Department of Education (Record Group 441): National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Year 13, Age 13 (1981-82); Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), 1979-1985, and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 1986-1992. 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 extract file numerically by NARA Record Group and thereunder alphabetically by series title. The direct URL is: http://gopher.nara.gov:70/11/inform/dc/electr/titlelst 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 21,056 lines and is approximately 1.5 megabytes in size. Sincerely, THEODORE J. HULL Archives Specialist Center for Electronic Records National Archives (301) 713-6645 [log in to unmask]