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Technical Reports

Research Guide for Technical Reports

Selected Technical Report Databases

Georgia Tech Library's NTIS subscription database includes citations and abstracts from unclassified government-sponsored research reports from the Departments of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA, EPA, and other federal agencies. Many NTIS records link to full text; click on the NTIS "Full text" icon to link directly a full text PDF icon. Engineering Village platform.

Search box - top of screen "Search this site, DoD S&T Reports, and more."

ERIC can also be searched on the Georgia Tech Library ProQuest subscription platform (ProQuest top row "Change databases").

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL). The Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service offers free public access to a searchable online database of federal science and technology reports through their National Technical Reports Library (NTRL; selected full text). Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff: use the subscription NTIS database, which links to many full text technical reports using the NTIS record "Full text" icon.

OSTI.GOV (Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy). Formerly SciTech Connect. Makes discoverable over 75 years of research results from DOE and its predecessor agencies. Results include records for technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, theses, patents, data, and more. Many full text. Search box drop down menu gives "Advanced Search Options" and "More Options."  Left column filters after initial search. 

Transportation. Can filter results: "Result Type" - "Reports, books, and collections"

ILLiad Interlibrary Loan for Georgia Tech Students and Faculty/Staff

For individual technical reports not available online full text, Georgia Tech students and faculty/staff can request copies of technical reports by filling out an ILLiad request form.