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JPRS

The Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS), operating within the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, was a similar translation service for information from newspaper, journals, and speeches covering topics including agriculture, business, science and technology. Some individual series focused on political analysis or scientific and technical developments. In 1995, JPRS translations were merged with FBIS Daily Reports.

Some JPRS reports may be available through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) Technical Reports Collection. The database contains citations to and selected full-text of JPRS reports from 1974 to the present.

JPRS Locations:
1953-1979 are part of the U.S. Non-Depository Microcard Set, arranged by Monthly Catalog number, and located in (AnnexA). For assistance, consult a reference librarian.
1979 - 1995 microfiche are located in Firestone Library, C-floor (C-16-F).
1979-1983 are filed by a Transdex number, i.e. 783968.
1984-1995, are filed by an alpha-numeric number, i.e. ATC-91-002

JPRS Indexes:
1958-1977 is indexed in the Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications.
Use The Index to Readex Microprint JPRS Reports, 1958-1976 - (SSRC) AS36.U5612 - to find a correlation between Monthly Catalog numbers and JPRS numbers.
1970-1973 is indexed by the print title: Transdex: Bibliography, (SSRC) AS36.T735
1978-1995 has keyword access provided by fiche Transdex Index (annual cumulations filed with JPRS microfiche).

Also see the Main Catalog for geographic- or subject-specific indices.

 
 

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