NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI)

(Across Canada)

Knowledge and Information for the New Economy

NRC-CISTI is one of the world's leading providers of information in science, technology and medicine (STM). It is also Canada's foremost publisher of scientific journals and books, through its publishing arm, NRC Research Press. As the global economy evolves from resource to knowledge and innovation-based, NRC-CISTI is increasingly considered a key strategic component of Canada's S&T information infrastructure.

Canadians access the information resources of NRC-CISTI and of the world through NRC-CISTI's Web-based catalogue and state-of-the-art document delivery service. Fast turnaround times and electronic ordering, processing and delivery ensure that Canadians have access to the STM information they need when they need it. NRC-CISTI resources benefit researchers, innovators, students, librarians and medical workers in industry, universities, government, hospitals and libraries across Canada and throughout the world.

Resource person in the NRC-CISTI library

A national network of NRC information centres, staffed by highly trained specialists, brings vital information resources and expertise to local innovation communities. These centres help researchers and innovators in fields of strategic importance, including biotechnology, biosciences, molecular sciences, fuel-cell technology, e-business, and specific industry sectors.

NRC-CISTI's publishing arm, NRC Research Press, offers scientists and engineers 16 international, peer-reviewed journals and a growing list of monographs and conference proceedings. It also provides publishing services, such as journal and Web publishing, to many Canadian science and engineering societies.

NRC-CISTI Strengths

• 13 NRC information centres across Canada

• Close links to NRC institutes, NRC-IRAP and networks, ensuring NRC-CISTI is known and used by a wide variety of sectors and interest groups

• Consortia agreements with university libraries, extending its information links and dissemination strengths across Canada

• International partnerships and agreements with six major S&T libraries, giving access for Canada to the STM resources of the world and for the world to Canada's STM resources

• NRC Research Press, supporting Canada's scientific community by publishing peer-reviewed journals and offering advanced publishing technologies