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Rare-earth Information Center (RIC) Offers references to information collected by qualified scientists from all available sources (books, journals, reports, conference notes) More information is available at www.external.ameslab.gov/RIC Department of Energy (DOE)-Ames Laboratory (AMES) The Center was established to service the scientific and technological communities by collecting, storing, evaluating, and disseminating rare-earth information from various sources. The RIC Database contains over 100,000 references to information collected by qualified scientists from all available sources (books, journals, reports, conference notes, etc.). This information has been custom indexed by topics, chemical formulas and compositions to allow fast accurate searches tailored to the needs of the rare earth community. RIC maintains a file of the available references concerned with the metallurgy, solid state physics of metals and alloys, analytical, inorganic and physical chemistry, ceramics, technology, geochemistry, and toxicity of the rare earth elements and compounds. Furthermore, the personnel of the center have access to more than 1,000 journals and 400,000 U.S. Government reports available at the Iowa State University Parks Library. Publications The center publishes two newsletters, maintains files on activities of interest to the rare earth community, and maintains a custom database of relevant scientific publications and reports. The RIC News is a quarterly newsletter containing items of current interest concerning the science and technology of rare earths. Subscription to the RIC News is free. The RIC Insight a monthly newsletter, contains more editorial comments, provocative opinions on the future directions of rare earths, later breaking news than the RIC News, and is slanted toward the technological and commercial aspects of the rare earth field. RIC Insight is available only to supporters of the center as a membership benefit. Services Custom services to the scientific and technological community such as extensive surveys or searches in-depth analyses, and critical reviews are available on a cost-recovery basis. Keywords: Chemistry-Basic and synthetic chemistry; Materials Sciences-Ceramics, refractories, and glass Resource tags: Bibliographic database; Current awareness; Information centers
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