Environmental Finance Program

The EFIN database is available via the OLS web site. There are two access points:

1. Go to the OLS web site at http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm and click on "Search OLS". Then go to the list for Special Collections, click on "Environmental Financing Information Network.
2. Go directly to the EFIN Search page.

For assistance searching the EFIN database, call the EFIN Infoline at (202) 564-4994. The searching instructions and EFIN Keyword Index are also available on the web. See also the OLS help page for additional instructions.

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For technical assistance, call EPA's National Computer Center at 1-800-334-2405 or (919) 541-7862 (outside the U.S.).

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Ordering documents:

All of the records in the EFIN database include ordering information for the documents. The EFIN Center distributes EPA publications produced by:

• the Environmental Finance Program (EFP),
• the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB)
• the Environmental Finance Centers (EFCs)

For those EPA documents that are not published by the above mentioned offices of EPA, the EFIN center will refer callers to the appropriate EPA source for the document. Note: The EPA Public Information Center (PIC) has been closed and incorporated in the Headquarters Information Resource Center.
Those EFIN database records that feature publications produced by non-EPA sources provide directions for obtaining those publications from the appropriate source.

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Search Form Instructions

The following are the primary search fields on the Search Form. There are boxes with options for each field. For Text Fields, the search engine has the options "all the words", "exact phrase" and "any words". The Record Number field has the options "equals" and "is not". The Year Published field includes the options "=", "less than" and "greater than".

• Record Number
  Enter record number, if known.
  Usually used when a record is cross-referenced Ex:123-EFIP


• Keywords
  Enter keyword(s) to be searched. See the EFIN Keyword Index
  Ex: stormwater
  Ex: wastewater treatment


• Main Title
  Enter one or more words from the title excluding words like "a" or "the".
  Ex: brownfields financing


• Description
  Enter one or more words to be searched in the description of the document.
  Ex: municipalities
  Ex: financing mechanisms


• Author
  Enter any known portion of the author's name. This includes organizations or individuals. Word order is not important.
  Ex: EFAB
  Ex: Environmental Financial Advisory Board


• Publisher
  Enter the publishers name, must be specific. For example entering EPA gives a different number of results than entering Environmental Protection Agency.


• Year Published
  Enter the year of publication or a range of years.
  Ex: 1995
  Ex: 1992:1995


• Contact
  Enter any word or words from the name of the organization responsible for distributing the document.
  Ex: Environmental Finance Program

Note: The OLS Web site also provides the records in a bibliographic format.