Technical Reports : Where to Search
Guide to finding federally-funded research reports
Tech Report Databases
The resources on this page are a good starting point for a tech report search. The core databases cover a wide range of subject areas and funding agencies. An additional selection of databases for specific U.S. agencies can also be found on this page.
Core Tech Report Databases
- National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)Search for federally funded research reports on all science and technology topics, as well as administration and management topics. Some full text reports available. NTRL is an excellent starting point for confirming bibliographic information about tech reports.
- Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL)TRAIL provides full text access to U.S. government agency technical reports that are out of copyright or in the public domain.
If the agency or research field you are looking for is not covered by one of the databases on this page, check the Tech Reports Database Library for additional options.
Department of Defense
- DTIC Public Access Search: Tech Reports (via Dimensions)Citations to unclassified unlimited documents entered into the Defense Technical Information Center's Technical Reports Collection from 1974 to present. Also offers full text documents September 1998 to present.
Department of Energy
- OSTI.GOV: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical InformationOSTI.GOV is a portal to free, publicly-available U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored R&D results including technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, software, and data. The Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 through the present, with most providing links to full text.
Department of Transportation
- Transportation Research International Documentation (TRID)TRID contains citations for federal and state DOT technical reports, in addition to journal articles, conference proceedings, etc. on the topic of transportation. Includes some full text.
Environmental Protection Agency
- National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)NSCEP is a database of more than 35,000 full-text EPA documents from the early 1990's to the present.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)Thousands of research reports created or sponsored by NASA and its predecessor NACA (1915-1958), as well as images and videos from NIX (the discontinued NASA Image eXchange). The database gives access to aerospace-related citations, full-text online documents, images, and videos. The types of information include: conference papers, journal articles, meeting papers, patents, research reports, images, movies, and technical videos – scientific and technical information (STI).
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