How to find technical reports
Technical reports can be tricky. Follow these steps to try to track down a technical report.
- Check the "Online and full text technical reports" list (see below) to see if a PDF is online or find more information.
- Search Barton for the title or authors of the report to see if it's in the MIT Libraries collections.
- Fill out the Library Storage Annex (LSA) Request form. Many technical reports are not cataloged. LSA staff will let you know if we have the report in print, microfiche, microfilm or other formats. It will be delivered to campus.
- If the report is not found in the LSA, the LSA staff will forward the request to librarians in the Engineering & Science Libraries. The librarians will investigate further and notify you with more information or further instructions.
Online and full text technical reports
Links below are for technical report citations and some online PDFs .
- Energy Citations Database (ECD)Includes DOE, ERDA, AEC reports. Some full text. 1943 - present
- NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)Abstracts and full text reports of NASA and NACA, 1915-present
- TRAIL: Technical Report Archive & Image LibraryIncludes U.S. Atomic Energy Commissions (AEC), U.S. Bureau of Mines, U.S. Dept of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards. Most reports prior to 1975.
- David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center ReportsSelected reports from DTNSRDC series C, R, & Trans.
See the Technical Report series code list (below) for more reports in microfiche. - Nuclear Regulatory Commission - NUREGSome are available in Barton. Try a "Title Begins with" search for the series number.
Example: NUREG/BR - DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) Technical Reports DatabaseSearchable database of public/unclassified reports published since 1974. Some full text.
- NTISPrimary resource for locating U.S. government-sponsored research reports & studies.
Resources for locating technical reports
Use the resources below to help track down technical reports by number or find corresponding report numbers that may aid in locating the report.
- Correlation Index
- 1953
- 1958
- August 1963
- other supplements from 1963 and 1964.
- Note: the Correlation Index (1953) also lists many PB numbers for reports from the MIT Radiation Lab.
- Naval Research Lab reports 5000-5500 and from 1000-5000
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