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NTIS - Technical Research Reports Database

NTIS - National Technical Information Service. Subscription database

A large number of NTIS records link to full text NTRL PDFs (included with the GT Library's Engineering Village NTIS subscription).

Full Text Availability of Selected Technical Reports

  • The Georgia Tech NTIS subscription technical reports database links to many full text NTRL technical research reports.
  • Other agency databases also include full text reports, such as DOE, DoD, NASA and more.
  • For individual technical reports not available online, Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff can request copies of technical reports by filling out an ILLiad request form.

Engineering Village's NTIS

Engineering Village Guides

  • Engineering Village Support. Access and Use Support Center
  • Support training
  • Support Center - Top row, right side [click on "?"]. Drop down menu. FAQs, Release notes, Knowledge base, Support overview
  • Engineering Village Top FAQs
  • Engineering Village tutorials
  • Cited in Scopus. Citations’ display - the total number of times that the Engineering Village document has been cited in Scopus.
  • Compendex references.  The Compendex references refer to information used to publish a Compendex document. These references display on the ‘Compendex References’ tab on the left side of the record page.

Engineering Village Quick Search Hints

  • Search databases simultaneously. Check relevant boxes "Databases"
  • Sort by Date (Newest) or Relevance
  • Truncation. Multi-character wildcard asterisk (*) to search for words that begin with the same letters, such as simulat*. Asterisk (*) to search any number of characters internally, such as catalog*e.
  • Single character wildcard (?) to replace a single characters, such as wom?n
  • Quotation marks ("xxxx") for exact phrases. Enclose stop words in brackets or quotation marks "near infrared"
  • Use top row "Search history" to combine previous search statements, using Boolean operators. "View all results"
  • Use nested (with parenthesis) Boolean operators to combine terms
    • OR -- To broaden a search; allow for variant spellings; results include any specified term
      • #1 OR #2 OR #3 [retrieve records from any of the three search statements, using Search History]
      • simulat* OR model* OR mathemat* OR algorithm* [every record contains at least one of these four terms]
    • AND -- To narrow the scope of a search; results contain all specified terms
      • radar AND countermeasure* [both terms must be contained in every record]  
    • NOT -- To eliminate terms from a search
  • To narrow a search (too many records)
    • Proximity operatorsnear/# (within # words, in any order)
    • Field qualifier: limit to a field, such as Title, Author, etc.
    • Search history (Results - View all results) to combine previous search statements, e.g., (#1 OR #2) AND #3
  • Thesaurus. Inspec and Compendex (not NTIS and PaperChem). Top row "Search" drop down menu "Thesaurus." The Thesaurus has a hierarchical structure. Includes Scope Notes; Related terms; Top terms; Narrower terms; Broader terms; Prior terms. Search by Exact term, Vocabulary search, Browse. Database. Inspec and Compendex can have different thesaurus terms (search both).
  • Change "Display" -- "results per page" to 100
  • Can use Browse Indexes to search Author names. Watch for all variations; with and without the comma; with and without space between initials; full first name or only initials
  • Duplicate records (Inspec, Compendex, PaperChem) can be removed by clicking of "Remove Duplicates" (left column) and "Database Preference." Applies to only the first 1000 records.  NTIS records are included in the result.
  • Top right "Create account" "Sign in." Register (free) to save search queries, records, preferences, and set up automatic Alerts. One search statement line is saved.
  • Selected Records -- email, print, download selected records. Choose either Abstract or Detailed record. Can download to EndNote, RIS, text, RTF, etc
  • Engineering Village's new search engine: Summary of changes
  • Top row: Date, Language, Document Type, Sort by, Browse indexes
  • Fast, not comprehensive search: Document Type Journal; Language English; date. Icon "Find It @ GT" works properly for linking to full text for most journals. For NTIS, use "Full text"
  • Leave "Autostemming ON" to automatically stem terms