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Aeronuatics & Astronautics
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Energy
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering

Aeronautics and Astronautics

MIT Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory Full text, 1997-present
NASA Technical Reports

NASA Technical Reports Server

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Stanford University Technical Reports Contains a searchable database of technical reports published at Stanford
University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following department:
  • AAE - Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering

Caltech Seismological Laboratory Preprints Collection Contains a searchable database of almost completely full-text reports.
Caltech W.M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources Contains full-text reports (1961 - present).

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DOE Data Explorer

Citations and full-text reports (1940s-present) detailing basic and applied scientific research in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, energy sciences and related areas. Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
MCEER Publications Catalog Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (formerly the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research). Citations (1987-present).
MIT Center for Global Change Science Some full-text, mostly citations, 1990-present.
National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (nisee) Contains citations to technical reports from the following research centers:
  • BLUME - John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford University (1975-present).
  • EERL - Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory at California Institute of Technology (1971-present).
  • EERC - Earthquake Engineering Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley (1969-1997).
  • SSRP - Structural Systems Research Project at the University of California, San Diego (1986-present)
  • PEER - Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley (1998-present).
  • SEMM - Department of Civil Engineering Technical Reports at the University of California, Berkeley (1960-present).
Stanford University Technical Reports Contains a searchable database of technical reports published at Stanford.
University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following departments:
  • CE - Civil Engineering.
  • CEE - Civil and Environmental Engineering.
  • CESL - Civil Engineering Systems Laboratory.
  • CRS - Construction Research Laboratory.
  • HES - Hydraulic Engineering Series.
  • SES - Sanitary Engineering Series.
  • SRS - Structural Research Series.
  • TES - Transportation Engineering Series.
U.S. EPA Technical Reports and Publications For detailed description, see also: Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
TRAIL

Technical Report Archive and Image Library: a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

currently contains reports from:

  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Civil Effects Test Operations
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Division of Biology and Medicine
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Division of Technical Information
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Health and Safety Laboratory
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Office of Technical Information
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Technical Information Service Extension
  • U.S. Bureau of Mines
  • U.S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards
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Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Caltech Computer Science Department Full-text, 1969-present.
Carnegie Mellon University hosts many technical report series not in NCSTRL at the following links:
CERFACS Electromagnetism Mostly full text, 1995-2007.
CERFACS Parallel Algorithms Some full text, 1989-present.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technical Reports Database Unclassified/unlimited technical reports published since 1974. The DTIC Full-text Technical Report Database provides access to U2 documents added to DTIC's collection from September 1998.

Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge

 

DOE Data Explorer
Citations and full-text reports (1940s-present) detailing basic and applied scientific research in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, energy sciences and related areas. Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
HP Labs Technical Reports Mostly abstracts, 1990-present
Microsoft Technical Reports Mostly full-text, 1993-present
MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab Full-text, 1964-2004
MIT CSAIL Full-text, 2003-present
Laboratory for Computer Science Full-text, 1900-present
MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Full-text, 1990-present

Formerly NCSTRL achives - hosted separately in 2009

(pronounced "ancestral") was an international collection of computer science research reports and papers made available for non-commercial use from a number of participating institutions and archives. For the most part, NCSTRL institutions were universities that grant PhDs in Computer Science or Engineering, with some industrial or government research laboratories. NCSTRL stands for Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library.

Among many others, NCSTRL archives the technical reports of the following departments:
Purdue University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Citations (TR-ECE: 1995-present).
Stanford University Technical Reports Contains a searchable database of technical reports published at Stanford.
Sun Microsystems Technical Reports Full-text (1992-present).
University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following departments:
  • CERL - Computer-based Education Research Laboratory.
  • CSG - Computer Systems Group.
  • CSRD - Center for Supercomputing Research&Development.
  • ECE - Electrical&Computer Engineering.
  • EE - Electrical Engineering.
University of Illinois, Imaging Technology Group Full-text (1998-present).
W3C Technical Reports and Publications Full-text (1995-present).
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Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

Caltech Seismological Laboratory Preprints Collection Contains a searchable database of almost completely full-text reports.
CERFACS Climate Modelling and Global Change Mostly full text, 1995 - present.

Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge

 

DOE Data Explorer

Citations and full-text reports (1940s-present) detailing basic and applied scientific research in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, energy sciences and related areas. Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
MCEER Publications Catalog Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (formerly the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research). Citations (1987-present).
MIT Center for Global Change Science Some full-text, mostly citations (1990-present).
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Full-text (1994-present).
National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (nisee) Contains citations to technical reports from the following research centers:
  • BLUME - John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford University (1975-present).
  • EERL - Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory at California Institute of Technology (1971-present).
  • EERC - Earthquake Engineering Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley (1969-1997).
  • SSRP - Structural Systems Research Project at the University of California, San Diego (1986-present)
  • PEER - Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley (1998-present).
  • SEMM - Department of Civil Engineering Technical Reports at the University of California, Berkeley (1960-present).
Stanford University Technical Reports Full text, Computer Science (1963-1999), (2000 - present)
U.S. EPA Technical Reports and Publications

Provides links to the following report series:

  • Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines
  • National Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI)
  • Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Technology Transfer Network (TTN)
  • Office of Research and Development (ORD) Publications
    • 1997 Technical Assistance Directory for the Office of Research and Development
    • National Center for Environmental Assessment Publications - recent risk assessments and guidelines.
    • NERL - Ecosystems Research Division - (1994-1997).
    • NERL - Environmental Sciences Division - recently published research.
    • NHEERL - Gulf Ecology Division Publications (division of National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory).
    • NHEERL - Mid-Continent Ecology Division - published reports and presentations (1995-present).
    • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
  • Office of Science and Technology (OST) water quality publications.
  • Office of Solid Waste Catalog of Hazardous and Solid Waste Publications: 11th Edition. A select list of EPA's hazardous and solid waste documents through September 1998.
    • Hazardous Waste Identification Studies - Download copies of the solvent and petroleum refining residuals studies.
    • RCRA Online - Identifies and indexes RCRA correspondence.
  • Technology Transfer and Support Division [formerly (CERI)]
U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse The reports and thematic maps database currently contains more than 69,000 USGS bibliographic citations, including USGS numbered series begun as early as 1880. Citations and online documents are added regularly. Availability of content ranges from full text to bibliographic citation only.

The database will eventually include citations for all USGS-authored products. Currently it primarily contains products published by the USGS.

The ability to search recently published reports has been added. Recently released reports and maps can be searched by month. This listing is for those reports for which the USGS is the publisher and have been registered with the Publications Warehouse. This does not include the articles published in scientific journals at this time.

University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following departments:
  • M&M - Mining and Metallurgy.
  • MM&P - Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
  • WRC - Water Resources Center.
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Energy

Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge

 

DOE Data Explorer

Citations and full-text reports (1940s-present) detailing basic and applied scientific research in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, energy sciences and related areas. Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
MIT: Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Full-text (1999-present), citations 1994 - 1998).
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

*ONLY RETRIEVES FULL-TEXT REPORTS*

Full-text, but only a subset of NUREGs published since 1997. This is only a small percentage of the total number of NUREGs published by the agency and does not include archival reports published through 1996.
Stanford University Technical Reports Contains a searchable database of technical reports published at Stanford.
TRAIL

Technical Report Archive and Image Library: a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

currently contains reports from:

  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Civil Effects Test Operations
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Division of Biology and Medicine
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Division of Technical Information
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Health and Safety Laboratory
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Office of Technical Information
  • U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Technical Information Service Extension
  • U.S. Bureau of Mines
  • U.S. Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards
University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following departments:
  • ERG - Energy Research Group.
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Mechanical Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University hosts the following technical report sites in the field of Mechanical Engineering.
CERFACS Computational Fluid Dynamics Some full text, 1986-present.

Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge

 

DOE Data Explorer

Citations and full-text reports (1940s-present) detailing basic and applied scientific research in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, energy sciences and related areas. Developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
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MIT CAD Lab (Choose "Technical Report" for publication type) Full-text (1996-present).
MIT Touch Lab Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics Mostly full-text (1985-present).
Stanford University Technical Reports Contains a searchable database of technical reports published at Stanford.
University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following departments:
  • ACRC - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center.
  • M&I - Mechanical and Industrial.
  • ME - Mechanical Engineering.
  • TAM - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
University of Michigan Industrial and Operations Engineering Contains a searchable database of reports from following research centers and groups:
  • Center for Ergonomics.
  • DSOL - Dynamic Systems Optimization Laboratory.
  • JTMP - Japan Technology Management Program.
  • TMI - Tauber Manufacturing Institute.
  • TMI - Program for Research in Manufacturing Systems.
  • ITI - Industrial Technology Institute of Michigan.
  • VCAP - Value Chain Analysis and Management Program.
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Nuclear Engineering

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Preprints and Research Reports Full-text (1978-present).
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

*ONLY RETRIEVES FULL-TEXT REPORTS*

Full-text, but only a subset of NUREGs published since 1997. This is only a small percentage of the total number of NUREGs published by the agency and does not include archival reports published through 1996.
Stanford University Technical Reports Contains a searchable database of technical reports published at Stanford.
University of Illinois Engineering Documents Database Contains citations to technical reports from the following departments:
  • NRSS - Nuclear Radiation Shielding Series.
  • NUC - Nuclear.
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