Resource Guides: Technical Reports: Technical reports databases

Selected technical report databases

Primary database of government sponsored technical research reports:

NTIS Database (National Technical Information Service) This link opens in a new window
Access the latest research sponsored by the United States and select foreign governments. Online coverage back to 1964.

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, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal agencies. Many NTIS records link to full text PDFs. Access is limited to current Georgia Tech students and faculty and staff.

Selected other technical reports databases:

DTIC - S&T Research: Public Technical Reports This link opens in a new window
DTIC - S&T Research: Public Technical Reports offers citations of unclassified, unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection, as well as the electronic full-text of selected documents. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technical Reports are reports created and published to DTIC's collection by organizations funded by the Department of Defense to perform research in a variety of industries and disciplines.
NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server This link opens in a new window
Provides access to NASA aerospace information and domestic and international STI (scientific and technical information) pertinent to NASA's missions.

OSTI.GOV (U.S. Department of Energy).
Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. OSTI.GOV was formerly SciTech Connect. OSTI.GOV 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.

TRAIL - Technical Reports Image & Archive Library This link opens in a new window
Selected U.S. government technical reports in technology and science issued prior to 1976. Reports are digitized and stored in HathiTrust, which offers full-text searching.

Can't find your technical report?

The Georgia Tech Library has access to many technical reports that are not listed in the databases above. Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff can request copies of these reports by filling out an ILLiad request form.