Databases by Type - Technical Reports

Search library catalog and limit by Location: Technical Reports to find print copies located on the ground level.

Database Title	Description	Coverage	Some Full Text
DTIC Online Public Technical Reports	Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)'s, indexes Defense Department literature and links to some full text. Help and Tips	1974-	Y
ETDEWEB	Energy Technology Data Exchange includes information on the environmental impact of energy production and use. Requires free account unless you are within the WPI IP range. Search Tips	1995-	Y
Homeland Security Digital Library	Documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management.	Current	Y
NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)	Search technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Search Tips	-	Y
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Library	Index of government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information. Most reports are pay-per-view, so search the web or specific agency site, our library catalog, or use ILL for access to full text.	1964-	N
Science.gov	Gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.	Varies	N
Scienceaccelerator.gov	Searches R;&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.	Varies	N
TechXtra	Find articles, books, the latest industry news, ejournals, technical reports, the latest research, in Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing.	Varies	Y
TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library	A collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.	Pre-1975	Y
TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services)	From the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences, indexes transportation literature and links to some full text. Search Tips	1968-	Y
Virtual Technical Reports Center	From the University of Maryland, lists institutions who provide full text abstracts of their technical reports.	Varies	Y

Database Title

Description

Coverage

Some Full Text

Restricted to...

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)'s, indexes Defense Department literature and links to some full text. Help and Tips

1974-

ETDEWEB

Energy Technology Data Exchange includes information on the environmental impact of energy production and use. Requires free account unless you are within the WPI IP range. Search Tips

1995-

Homeland Security Digital Library

Documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management.

Current

NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)

Search technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Search Tips

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Library

Index of government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information. Most reports are pay-per-view, so search the web or specific agency site, our library catalog, or use ILL for access to full text.

1964-

Science.gov

Gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.

Varies

Scienceaccelerator.gov

Searches R;&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy.

Varies

TechXtra

Find articles, books, the latest industry news, ejournals, technical reports, the latest research, in Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing.

Varies

TRAIL (Technical Report Archive and Image Library

A collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

Pre-1975

TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services)

From the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences, indexes transportation literature and links to some full text. Search Tips

1968-

Virtual Technical Reports Center

From the University of Maryland, lists institutions who provide full text abstracts of their technical reports.

Varies

Maintained by lib-webmaster@wpi.edu
Last modified: Aug 11, 2009, 14:30 EDT