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Technical Reports

Technical Reports Holdings by MIT Library

Aeronautics and Astronautics Library

Also see: Finding Guide for NASA Technical Reports

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) microfiche (1958-present) are arranged by NASA accession number (N-YY-##### until mid-1996, and YYYY-####### from mid-1996 - present) and indexed by NASA accession number and NASA report number (CR number) in the Aero-Astro Library technical reports catalog.

Paper reports are arranged by local accession number and indexed by report number (CR number). Pre-1974 reports are also cross-referenced by personal author. Many of the paper reports are in storage.

National Advisory Committee on Aviation (NACA, NASA's predecessor) microfiche (1915-1958) are arranged by NACA report number.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports are arranged by Superintendent of Documents number and indexed by report number. Records are in the Aero-Astro Library technical reports catalog.

Great Britain Aeronautical Research Council reports are shelved by series name and technical report number. The two series in the Aero-Astro Library are:

  • Current Papers (report numbers 2(1950) - 1387(1978) incomplete)
  • Reports & Memoranda (report numbers 246(1915) - 3849(1980) incomplete)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advisory Group for Aerospace (NATO-AGARD) Research and Development Reports are cataloged by series in the MIT Libraries Catalog (BARTON). The five report series housed at the Aero-Astro Library are:

  • Advisory Reports (AR)
  • Reports (R)
  • Lecture Series (LS) (search in Barton by lecture title)
  • Conference Proceedings (CP) (search in Barton by conference title)
  • AGARDograph (AG) (search in Barton by AGARDograph title)

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Barker Engineering Library

  • Computer Science (CMU-CS) and Robotics Institute (CMU-RI-TR) reports from Carnegie Mellon University
  • Computer Science (STAN-CS) reports from Stanford University
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) reports from the University of California, Berkeley
  • Computer Science (UILCDCS-R) and College of Engineering (UILU-ENG) reports from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Reports from David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center (DTMB, DTNSRDC, DTRC)
  • Reports from U.S. Coast Guard Ship Structure Committee (SSC).

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) microfiche are arranged by Institute/Organization of origin in the Media Services Area. Paper copies are arranged by Institute/Organization of origin. U.S. Government depository microfiche are in the Media Services Area arranged by Superintendent of Documents number and cross-referenced by report number.

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Lindgren Library
(earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences)

Reports are arranged by technical report number. Reports of Grand Junction Office, Bendix Field Corporation (GJBX) are at Library Storage Annex (LSA) (TN23.U79a + b). The U.S. Geological Survey Open File Reports (USGS-OFR), 1984 to date, are in microfiche cabinets in the reference area.

  • Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey (Z1223.G345 Ref)
  • GeoRef
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Science Library

All DOE microfiche reports through 1996 are located in Library Storage Annex (LSA).

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NUREG) reports; partial set of dockets (reports on nuclear power plants); docket lists and FIND Indexes (reactors by name and number).

Electric Power Research Institute reports 1988-96; incomplete. For reports not at MIT, please contact EPRI Research Reports Center, POB 50490, Palo Alto CA 94303 tel. 415-855-2000.

All microfiche reports are at the Library Storage Annex (LSA). Most paper reports are at LSA; a few are in Hayden basement. Reports are filed by agency or report number, not accession number; few are cataloged. For DOE and NUREG technical reports, fill out Library Storage Annex Request.

    Reference Sources
  • NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
  • Report Series Code Dictionary
    Barker and Science Ref. Desk Z6945.A2.R45 1986
  • Energy Research Abstracts, 1977-
    Science Periodicals ZTJ.E11
    DOE publications; energy and nuclear information from domestic, international, and foreign agencies.
  • INIS Atomindex
    (International Nuclear Information System)

    Science ZQ770.I5, 1976-1997
    DOE, International Atomic Energy Agency publications.
  • Nuclear Science Abstracts
    Science Periodicals ZQC.U58; 1948-1976

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