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Atmospheric/Oceanic/Climate Research Guide : Government Documents

A guide to selected research tools in the atmospheric and related sciences.

Government Documents

 Air Force e-Publishing

  •  The official source site for Air Force administrative publications and forms.

NASA CASI Technical Report Server

  • The NASA CASI TRS (Center for Information Technical Report Server) database contains more than 2.2 million citations and abstracts for publicly available documents, journal articles, and conference proceedings.

NODIS: NASA Online Directives Information System

  • NASA Policy Directives (current and cancelled), with links to CFR's, Executive Orders, FMM, Standards, and more.

NOAA Institutional Repository

  • Official library of NOAA publications.

NTIS Database, 1964-

  • The National Technical Information Service contains descriptions of U.S. government-sponsored, science and technology research from agencies such as DOD, DOE, DOT, EPA, and NASA.
  • Covers work in the fields of astronomy, atmospheric science, biotechnology, computers, energy, engineering, environment, etc.
  • Has reports on contracts and grants, technical memoranda, technical reports, dissertations, etc. Includes abstracts.

National Technical Reports Library

  • Government-funded research in science and technology fields.

OSTI.gov, 1940-

  • Replaced SciTech Connect as the primary search tool for Department of Energy (DOE) funded science, technology, and engineering research results. It provides access to all the information previously available in SciTech Connect, DOE Information Bridge, and Energy Citations Database.
  • Contains over 3 million records, including journal articles, technical reports, bibliographic citations, conference papers, books, multimedia, and data information.

Science.gov

  • Science.gov indexes federally-funded scientific research. This includes articles and conference proceedings in addition to reports.
  • Searches across federal agencies and topics.

U.S. Forest Service Publications

  • As a part of the USDA, many Forest Service publications are also indexed in the USDA's repository, but this one is exclusively for the Forest Service.

U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse

  • Official sources for USGS-published reports.