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Consolidated index of translations into English.(CITE)
SLA, 1969. Look up the name of the journal in its original language, and the volume, year and pages of the article you seek. If it was translated, a code will appear. Ask Us! for further help.This index includes very old articles.
Consolidated index of translations into English II (CITE II)
Chicago, National Translation Center, 1986. This should be checked along with CITE I, which it continues.
Translations Register Index
Continues CITE II for 1985, 1986.
Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports (BSIR)
This is the first of many indexes to the earliest technical literature (from 1946+); it includes translations; however these are also listed in CITE I.
Catalog of Technical Reports/OTS Selective Bibliography
From no. 2 on Anti-Fogging Compounds (March 1953) to no 533 in the 1960's, these subject lists guide you to technical reports and translations. Ask for assistance.
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Most of the technical reports listed in these OTS issues, if owned by MIT, are shelved in Annex by report number. OTS issues are online inHathi Trust: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011396377. Our paper holdings for OTS are not complete.
DTIC
Publicly searchable part of the Defense Technical Information Center. Contains issues of the CIA's "Consolidated Translation Survey" produced from at least 1959 to 1970. This references many JPRS documents.
Subject Index to unclassified ASTIA Documents
Online via HathiTrust, an online digital library, this leads to many reports, including translations, from the 1950s-1960s.
NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server
Includes translations and covers 1915 - 1957 (NACA) , 1958 - present.
BASE
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BASE provides more than 140 million documents from more than 6,000 sources. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
COPAC
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Copac exposes rare and unique research material by bringing together the catalogues of over 100 major UK and Irish libraries.

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