Senior Design: Technical reports

Tech reports are typically written under contract from a company or government agency.  

• They report to the funding agent about the research progress
• They are usually long and detailed
• They are not peer-reviewed
• They contain valuable information
• Some are proprietary (not available) because they are for a company

• NTIS (National Technical Information Service - free index but must pay for the reports)
   
• Public NTRL (National Technical Reports Library)
   
• NASA Tech Report Server
   
• Science Accelerator (US Department of Energy)
   
• DTIC Online (US Defense Technical Information Center)
   
• US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
   
• Los Alamos Research Library (includes links to other agencies)
   
• RAND reports
   
• TRAIL  (Technical Report Archive and Image Library, more about TRAIL at http://www.crl.edu/grn/trail )
   
• RITA   (National Transportation Library)
   
• TRB databases (Transportation Research Board)
   
• Science.gov (searches 15 US federal agencies)
   
• INIS (International Nuclear Information System)