Library Guides: Free Scientific Research Resources on the Web: Technical Reports

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EECS Technical Reports
(Formerly Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library) – housed at the UC Berkeley. This is an international collection of computer science technical reports from computer science departments and industrial and government research laboratories. Most of the entries contain a link to full-text PDF files, but some older documents do not have full text available online.
Hewlett Packard Laboratories Technical Reports
Site provide abstracts of HP Labs Technical Reports. Full reports are also available in most cases.

NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server This link opens in a new window
Provides public access to unlimited/unrestricted NASA and NACA reports and journal articles. Advanced searches include non-NASA archives. Links to free full text when available.

OSTI.gov
Primary way to search for research results from the U.S. Department of Energy. Includes links to many government publications that are harder to find elsewhere. Advanced Search options are available for more control of search terms.
Technical Report Index
From Indiana University Dept. of Computer Science. Recent years are all freely available full-text online. Older reports are less likely to have full text online and interested researchers can request paper copy.

TRAIL: Technical Report Archive and Image Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to U.S. government technical reports from current and past agencies such as the National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Atomic Energy Commision, U.S. Bureau of Mines, NACA (National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics), and many others. The majority of content was published prior to 1975.