Technical Report Information on the Web
Technical reports can be divided into 3 general categories:
Computer science technical reports
NCSTRL - Networked Computer Science Technical Reports Library
http://www.ncstrl.org/
NCSTRL (pronounced "ancestral") is an international collection of
computer science technical reports from CS departments and industrial and
government research laboratories. The NCSTRL collection is distributed
among a set of interoperating servers operated by participating
institutions. You may search for and access documents from the
distributed collection.
The Virtual Technical Reports Center
http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html
The Institutions listed here provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web. Because many institutions do not distinguish between technical reports and other types of research publications, this site also contains links to preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds.This site will be updated weekly.
Computing Research Repository (CoRR)
http://www.acm.org/corr/
An online repository for computing research and reports. This repository is a cooperative venture of the ACM, the Los Alamos e-Print archive, and NCSTRL.
Science:Computer Science:Technical Reports - Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Computer_Science/Technical_Reports/
Yahoo's collection of technical report sites.
University of Washington CS&E Technical Reports
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/tr/techreports.html
University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering department's
browsable list of technical reports sorted by publication date, author
or title.
The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html
This is a collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in
computer science from various sources, covering most aspects of computer
science. The about 1200 bibliographies are updated monthly from their
original locations such that you'll always find the most recent versions
here.
Computer Science Technical Reports Archive Sites
http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/research/siteslist.html
Rik Harris's comprehensive list of sites that appear to
distribute technical reports
UW Departmental technical reports
University of Washington CS&E Technical Reports
http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/tr/techreports.html
University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering department's
browsable list of technical reports sorted by publication date, author
or title.
University of Washington Statistics Technical Reports
http://www.stat.washington.edu/tech.reports/
University of Washington Statistics department's browsable list of
technical reports sorted by publication date.
Governmental technical reports
The Virtual Technical Reports Center
http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html
The Institutions listed here provide either full-text reports, or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports on the World Wide Web. Because many institutions do not distinguish between technical reports and other types of research publications, this site also contains links to preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds.This site will be updated weekly.
arXiv.org E-Print Archive
http://arxiv.org/
Formerly known as the Los Alamos (LANL) e-Print archive. E-prints/pre-prints in the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences, and Computer Science. Provides for rapid dissemination of results through direct submission of e-prints by authors.
DOE Information Bridge
http://www.osti.gov/bridge
The Department of Energy database containing full text
for Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored scientific
and technical reports back to 1995.
EPA Publications Online
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/publications.htm
Environmental Protection Agency's publications online. Current contains scanned
images of over 6000 EPA reports.
Energy Files: Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology
http://www.osti.gov/EnergyFiles/
Sponsored, developed, and maintained by the Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) under the auspices of the Department’s Scientific and Technical Information Program, EnergyFiles provides information, tools, and technologies to facilitate the use of scientific resources and capabilities in planning and conducting energy-related research.
GrayLIT Network
http://www.osti.gov/graylit/
The GrayLIT Network makes the gray literature of U.S. Federal Agencies easily accessible over the Internet. It taps into the search engines of distributed gray literature collections, enabling the user to find information without first having to know the sponsoring agency.
RAND Abstracts
http://www.rand.org/PUBS/index.html
RAND is a non-profit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. It publishes the results of research on issues relating to the national security and public involving most of the major disciplines of the physica, social, and biological sciences.
NACA Digital Library
http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was the predecessor to NASA. Bibliographic citations to all NACA reports from 1921 to 1958, plus full-text access to a growing number of items can be searched at the NTRS. (see next entry)
NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
http://ntrs.nasa.gov
The NASA Technical Reports Server provides researchers access to the documents in NASA's Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program. These include research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, mission-related operational documents, and preliminary data. NTRS also collects scientific and technical information from sites external to NASA to broaden the scope of information available to users. NTRS's Simple Search searches for NASA information only and its Advanced Search can search for NASA and non-NASA information.
NASA Spinoff Database
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinselect.html
A service of the Technology Transfer Office, this database will help you find products and services that incorporate NASA technology in such areas as environment, public safety, transportation, computer technology, and industrial productivity. Citations refer to the date of the publication, page number, the center responsible for the technology, and the original NASA program in which the technology was developed.
NTIS
NTIS is the preeminent resource for accessing the latest U.S.
government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical,
engineering, and business-related information. Includes a broad range of
engineering, technology, and scientific subjects: aeronautics &
aerodynamics, chemistry, computer sciences, energy, environmental
sciences, materials sciences, nuclear science, telecommunications and
transportation. Updated biweekly. Covers 1964 to the present. UW Restricted.
NTIS
http://www.ntis.gov
The NTIS website allows you to search and order technical reports online.
Items available include technical reports, CD-ROMs, datafiles, videotapes, and audiocassettes. The National
Technical Information Service is the official source for U.S. scientific,
technical, engineering, and business-related information.
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Last modified: Monday July 16, 2007