The scope of Training Abstracts Service (TAS) coverage is explained, along with the abstracts and their production, use of the TAS classification scheme, access to source materials, and information on ordering from the TAS. Appendix 1 contains the TAS classification schedules: general; national considerations; the educational system; training specialists; identification of training needs; the trainee; training administration; training methods and learning aids; training effectiveness. Other appendixes contain specimen abstract and quarterly index card, periodicals scanned, cooperating organizations in the United States and Great Britain, industries and their Standard Industrial States and Great Britain, industries and their Standard Industrial Classification numbers, groups and subgroups of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, examples of Universal Decimal Classification numbers for subject matter of training courses, and an alphabetical index to terms in the TAS classification. (A related document is ED 016 913, Training Abstract Service, Notes for Users.) (ly)