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The Arctic ScienceandTechnology InformationSystem Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
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What is ASTIS? What is ASTIS?
- The Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
is Canada’s national northern database.
- ASTIS has been in operation since 1978.
- It contains 77 000 records describing publications and
- It contains 77,000 records describing publications and
research projects about northern Canada and, to a lesser extent, the circumpolar Arctic.
- ASTIS includes all subjects and covers the three territories, the
northern parts of seven provinces, and the adjacent marine areas.
- ASTIS records contain abstracts, detailed subject and
geographic indexing terms, and links to 20,600 online publications. p