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Walter Library

July 13, 2014
12:00pm - 6:00pm

Finding Reports Online - Microform Collection

Microform Home
AgencyCabinetsSearchFull Text Source
Non-government tech reports on microfiche (shelved alphabetically) A, B and C Which search engines and full text sources to use will greatly depend on the particular title of interest. MNCAT will help you with journal or series titles. For example, you'll find "AIAA Paper", but not something so granular as "Trade Studies for Air Launching a Small Launch Vehicle (AIAA-2005-0621)". MNCAT will show you where to find online sources in most cases. Beyond MNCAT, it may be helpful to know that NATO documents from AGARD / RTO are online from roughly 1998 to current. AIAA Papers are online from 1996. Journal of Chemical Research is online from 1997.
National Bureau of Standards (NBS) or National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
US Department of Commerce
(C13.10 - C13.58)
D
  1. MNCAT
  2. Science.gov
  3. TRAIL Digitization Project
  4. NTIS database
  1. HathiTrust (via MNCAT)
  2. TRAIL Digitization Project
US Geological Survey
(I19.16 - I19.91)
D
  1. MNCAT
  2. Science.gov
  3. USGS Publications Warehouse
  4. NTIS database
  1. USGS Publications Warehouse
US Bureau of Mines
(I28 - I28.155)
D
  1. MNCAT
  2. Science.gov
  3. NTIS database
  1. HathiTrust (via MNCAT)
  2. TRAIL Digitization Project
NASA technical reports
(NAS 1.15 - 1.83)
E and F
  1. NASA Technical Reports Server
  2. MNCAT
  3. Science.gov
  1. NASA Technical Reports Server
NACA technical reports (pre-NASA) F
  1. NASA Technical Reports Server
  2. Science.gov
Note: NACA technical reports are not in our MNCAT catalog.
  1. NASA Technical Reports Server
Department of Energy contractor reports (E 1.28) F
  1. MNCAT
  2. Science.gov
  3. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
  1. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Department of Energy contractor reports (E 1.99) G through O (nine cabinets)
  1. Science.gov
  2. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Note: Department of Energy E 1.99 contractor reports are not in our MNCAT catalog.
  1. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Microfilm : mostly non-government P, Q, and R
  • Search by journal or book title: MNCAT
  • Article abstracts: an appropriate subject index is needed.

We have a complete list of series titles for this collection. Search for the papers in these cabinets as you would search for journal articles and proceedings.

The only title in the microfilm collection that has been digitized is the FBI File on Albert Einstein.
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