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CANadian Defence Information System and Database - CANDIS/CANDID
DRDTIS Information Holdings and Services


CANDIS is an integrated database of documents, bibliographic records, patron records, circulation records, etc. CANDID describes the bibliographic records for classified and unclassified documents of a scientific and technical nature related to defence. In addition to titles documenting our own collection, CANDIS also contains records supplied to DRDTIS from American and British defence information services. CANDID contains over 500,000 bibliographic records.


In general, information is for Defence Purposes Only. You may also order documents on-line using your web account, or download selected documents using the appropriate reader (usually Adobe Reader). Limited, or Defence Purposes Only pdfs are downloadable from DWAN workstations only.



What is DRDTIS?

Director Research and Development Technical and Information Services (DRDTIS) is part of Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC). DRDTIS is responsible for DRDC information holdings. It also provides a Departmental service which acquires, stores, retrieves, announces and provides classified or limited defence-related scientific and technical information to the Canadian defence community, including defence contractors.

Who uses our services?

The services of DRDTIS are available to members of the defence community including civilian employees, members of the Canadian Forces, and defence contractors.

What can we do for you?
  • Keep you current with developments in your subject area
  • Request foreign documents on your behalf
  • Provide a list of documents in your research area
  • Locate elusive technical documents
  • Provide you with copies of documents held in the DRDTIS collection
What makes our collection unique?

DRDTIS provides a unique information resource of over 500,000 Canadian and international documents which are primarily limited or classified in nature and include:

  • DND scientific and technical documents produced by the Defence Research Centres, other DND directorates, or DND contracts;
  • Foreign defence documents;
  • Documents issued under the auspices of NATO, AGARD, DRG, TTCP, and other international agreements; and
  • Defence documents from other Canadian government departments, agencies and universities.

DRDTIS manages the collection through the use of an in-house on-line database system called CANDID (Canadian Defence Information Database). This allows DRDTIS to provide a wide range of products and services to the defence community.

Can you contribute to information flow in the defence community?

Canadian Forces Administrative Orders (CFAO) 57-11 instructs all DND personnel to deposit copies of scientific and technical documents with DRDKIM.

These documents include documents created by or for DND and the Canadian Forces, documents received through foreign channels, and documents generated by or for the defence community in general.

By depositing your information with DRDTIS, you contribute to a valuable defence resource. A comprehensive scientific and technical information collection ensures an efficient flow of information to others with similar requirements and reduces the duplication of effort. In return, DRDTIS can provide you with access to others collections via the ALERTs and literature searches.

Documents deposited with DRDTIS are controlled in accordance with pertinent security procedures and in accordance with any distribution or announcement limitations indicated by the originators.

How do you contact DRDTIS?

If you wish to:

  • establish an ALERT profile
  • order documents
  • request a literature search
  • deposit documents with DRDTIS
  • access CANDID on the Web
  • or, if you would like more information,
E-mail: candis-bdidcan@drdc-rddc.gc.ca