INFORMATION SUPPORT TO THE NEVADA APPLIED ECOLOGY GROUP Helen Pfuderer Ecological Sciences Information Center Oak Ridge National Laboratory ABSTRACT The Nevada Applied Ecology Information Center (NAEIC) has initiated additional approaches to selecting and disseminating information to the Nevada Applied Ecology Group (NAEG). Attempts to keep the NAEG and its contractors informed on developments reported in literature include: (2) (1) sending a monthly reference listing of new documents, alerting researchers to incoming documents that match needs, and (3) conducting bimonthly or quarterly individualized updated searches from the computerized information file. Information from classified documents is being selected, cleared, and entered into the computerized file. The NAEIC is collaborating with the scientific staff of the Comparative Animal Research Laboratory, ORNL, on a computerized file of tabular data on plutonium in mammals. DISCUSSION The NAEIC has initiated additional approaches for selecting and disseminating information to the NAEG. The primary objective of the information center is to keep the NAEG and its contractors informed about literature in their fields. The Information Center now attempts to supplement this objective by sending a monthly reference listing of new documents (over 100/month) to NAEG contractors who have requested it. From the reference listing, contractors can request copies of documents of interest and the Information Center will 155