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Georgia Tech Library Research Guide for Technical Reports

Subject Librarians are available to provide Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff with expert in-depth and quick library research assistance.

The authors of this Guide used significant material from a previous Georgia Tech Library Research Guide written by Mary-Frances Panettiere. Kathy Tomajko wrote the Tip Sheet on Finding GT NACA/NASA Reports.

Technical Reports Databases (NTIS etc.)

Sources of technical reports

• NTIS.  Search the NTIS database to identify technical research reports.  GT subscription NTIS (ProQuest) database or free NTRL
• Internet Sources (selected full text)
  Some technical reports are freely available on the Internet, many from the issuing agencies such as Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense  (DoD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). TRAIL Working Groups have digitized selected pre-1975 U.S. reports. NTRL is NTIS's free searchable technical reports database.  Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff should use the subscription GT Library NTIS (ProQuest) database for searching technical reports.
• Microfiche
  The Georgia Tech Library owns over 2.5 million microfiche technical reports (housed in remote storage).
• GT Library Catalog
  Selected print and electronic reports are listed in the Catalog.

How to Obtain Full Text Copies - Georgia Tech community

• For individual technical reports, Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff can request copies of technical reports by filling out an ILLiad request form. Please indicate in the ILLiad "Notes" field that this is a technical report, and mention where it was cited (in the NTIS database, etc.).

What is a Technical Report?

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