The IMSL 10 database in SPIRES is a collection of descriptions of the almost 1000 mathematical and statistical subroutines available under IMSL. Through gopher, you can search this database using: NAME - the name(s) of subroutines PRECISION - single or double precision PURPOSE - word or words describing the subroutine COMPOUND - index(s) and value(s) You may save the information to your disk by pressing PF5; a filename and filetype will be created from the data's record number. Or you may Xedit the file (PF11) and type FILE filename filetype . .