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Engineering Design and Practice Sequence (EDPS)

Information Resources and Management for Engineering Design and Practice Sequence (EDPS)

Technical Reports

What is a Technical Report?

A technical report is a document that gives an account of the results or the progress of a research and/or development investigation. Where appropriate, it draws conclusions and makes recommendations, and is initially submitted to the person or organization for whom the work was carried out. Commonly, a technical report bears a number which identifies both the report and the issuing organization.

Technical Reports Websites

Many technical reports are available online for free.

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/
NTRL contains records for 3 million US federal technical reports dating back to 1964 and approximately 800,000 full-text reports, mainly from 1995 forward.

NSCEP/NEPIS - EPA's Gateway to Free Digital & Paper Publications
http://www.epa.gov/nscep/

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search
Includes current and historical aerospace literature (technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, images, photos, etc.) back to 1915.

Science.Gov
http://www.science.gov/
The US government gateway to government sciencific information and research results.

Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL)
http://www.technicalreports.org/trail/search/
This site provides access to US federal reports up to 1975.

Virtual Technical Reports Center / University of Maryland Libraries
https://lib.guides.umd.edu/techreports
A browseable site by institutions for technical reports, e-prints, reprints, dissertations, theses and research reports.
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