Full-Text Technical Reports

Technical Reports

Air University Research Information Management System (AURIMS)
Provides full-text access to a collection of published research papers and books from Air University and Air University affiliated schools. Topics covered include air and space power, warfare, and national security.
ASSIST Quick Search
Over 104,000 Department of Defense standards and specifications, also known as 'mil specs,' are available here in full text. Search by word in the title, by document ID, by document number or by FSC (Federal Supply Class). The documents are available in .pdf format.
Contrails
Sponsored by the Galvin Library at the Illinois Institute of Technology, the Contrails collection includes technical reports and conference proceedings in aerospace and mechanical engineering, materials, ergonomics and other topic areas.
DTIC ONLINE: Public Technical Reports
Sponsored by the Defense Technical Information Center , DTIC Online searches publicly accessible information sources and includes report citations and many full-text technical reports.
NACA Archive
Contains a comprehensive collection of full-text NACA publications. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, 1915-1958) was the predecessor of NASA. Publications available from 1917 - 1958.
NASA Documents Online
A title listing of many fulltext NASA documents.
NASA Glenn Research Center Technical Reports
Over 4000 NASA technical report abstracts, most with full-text documents online.
NASA History Series Publications
Contains the full-text of (mostly) out-of-print NASA documents, including NASA SPs and EPs. Search the topical index (broad subject category) or use your browser's 'Find' function (control + f) to locate a specific report.
NASA Technical Reports Server
The NTRS database indexes a large number of technical reports and conference papers from NACA (predecessor to NASA, 1915-1958), the NASA collection (1958 to the present) and the NIX collection (images, photos, movies). Many documents appear in full-text format.
National Transportation Library
Online, full-text documents provided by the DOT and browsable by subject category. Of particular interest are the Aviation (ATC, airports, laws, etc.) and Safety and Security (accidents, human factors, etc.) sections. Click on Advanced Search to search by keyword.
NATO Research and Technology Organisation (RTO/AGARD)
'The mission of the RTO is to conduct and promote co-operative research and information exchange to support the development and effective use of national defence research and technology to meet the military needs of [NATO].' This site includes full-text versions of many technical RTO and AGARD proceedings, reports and papers. Search by keyword and by type of report.
OAIster
Electronic books, online journals, audio files, and images are harvested from digital library repositories and made available, often in full-text format, through the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service.
Torpedo Ultra
This digital archive for the United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) provides full-text access to the NRL's extensive technical report collection.
U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
The AARL provides aviation medical research support to Army aviation activities. Click on "Technical Reports" on the right side of the menu bar. For best results, type in a few words from the title of a report in quotation marks. To do a keyword search, use either a single word or an exact phrase in quotation marks. Without the quotation marks, the database will only search for the first word that is entered.

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