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Technical Reports

Computing Research Repository
Department of Energy Declassified Documents (OpenNet)

"OpenNet is a web site supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Classification to provide easy, timely access to recently declassified documents and other related information, in support of the national Openness Initiative. In addition to DOE documents declassified and determined to be publicly available after October 1, 1994, citations to older agency document collections are included."

DOE Information Bridge

"The Information Bridge provides an open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics. The Information Bridge consists of full-text documents produced and made available by the Department of Energy National Laboratories and grantees from 1995 forward."

Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) Research Information Services
Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library

"The Research Library holds about 1.5 million unclassified technical reports, in paper, microfiche and electronic formats. We are an archival resource for Los Alamos reports."

NASA Technical Report Server

"NTRS provides access to approximately 500K aerospace related citations, 90K full-text online documents, and 111K images and videos...The type of information found in NTRS include: conference papers, images, journal articles, photos, meeting papers, movies, patents, research reports, and technical videos."

National Science Foundation Documents Online

"Includes all NSF documents (numbered publications) available in electronic formats (such as HTML, ASCII, and PDF). Search by keyword using the form above or visit the Online Document System Search Page to search by document type, document number, text search, or by date."

National Service Center for Environmental Publications

The EPA's digital publications database. "More than 7,000 in stock and 24,000 digital titles are available FREE of charge to search and retrieve, download, print and/or order from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP)."

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Reports

E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers

This site is a searchable gateway for preprints from sources including academic institutions, research laboratories, and individual authors. It covers such disciplines at physics, materials science, chemistry, environmental sciences, and nuclear medicine. A PrePRINT Alerts feature is available.

Publications of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

"This collection of publications is the only repository for all official USACE engineering regulations, circulars, manuals, and other documents originating from HQUSACE. These publications are provided in portable document format (PDF)."

Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET)

"Public STINET is available to the general public, free of charge. It provides access to citations of unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents. Public STINET also provides access to the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical Index, DoD Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and Development Descriptive Summaries."


Statistical Sources

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
A variety of transportation statistics in full text format.
Energy Information Administration: Data and Statistics
Statistical information on all sources of energy. Tables are divided into geography, fuel types, sector, price, etc.

Federal Highway Administration Electronic Reading Room

An excellent site for full statistics on numerous categories concerning road and highway information.
FedStats
"Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information."
NASA Constants and Equations for Calculations

A variety of equations, calculations, and constants concerning planetary, interplanetary, and aeronautical subjects.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - National Center for Statistics & Analysis

NCSA is responsible for providing a wide range of analytical and statistical support to NHTSA and the traffic safety community, through data collection, analysis, and crash investigation activities.

NIST Physical Reference Data
NIST Chemistry WebBook
NSF Division of Science Resources Statistics - Science and Engineering Statistics

"Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources."


Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT)
"A comprehensive and integrated system of information about the employment, educational and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers in the United States."
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The electronic version of the handy print resource kept behind the reference desk in the University Library. It contains statistics on hundreds of different subjects.
WebCASPAR
"The WebCASPAR database provides easy access to a large body of statistical data resources for science and engineering (S&E) at U.S. academic institutions."
Last updated by csomaley on 08/19/2008