Technical Reports
Research organizations issue technical reports to report back to their sponsoring agency the progress or results of their research. Technical reports do not go through the same peer review process that journal articles do but they can be very good sources of information, information that may never make it into the journal literature.
Technical Report Search Engines
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS)The NTIS Service is the largest central resource for government-funded scientific and technical information. Search the NTIS database through the Public Access NTRL.
- Link to help screens available on results page
- AND, OR, NOT available (use uppercase) but don't give reliable results
- For best results, search phrases in " ".
- Advanced Search limit features helpful.
- PDF icon indicates full text - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)This database contains aerospace related citations and abstracts for publicly available technical reports, journal articles, and conference proceedings.
- Look for Search Tips link for help
- Able to use " " and * for exact phrase and truncation searching
- Advanced Search mode and limit features helpful - Science.govScience.gov is a gateway to government science information and research results.
- Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRIAL)U.S. government technical reports issued primarily prior to 1975 and digitized by the TRAIL Working Groups.
