Definition

Technical reports are documents produced by researchers detailing the results of current investigations to their organization or institution, to a funding agency, or in response to a query from an individual or group interested in the progress of a research topic.

The reports are generally published by the organization or institution supporting the work, such as university departments, government agencies, research institutes, or private industry.

Many of the sites listed below help in identifying reports from various universities and research institutes. They provide citations and, in some instances, abstracts to the report. Some sites offer access to the reports either by the web or they may be purchased for a fee from the publisher.

Technical Reports in computer Science

• Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
  This collection currently contains more than 740,000 references to journal articles, conference papers and technical reports. More than 30,000 publications are available online.
  • Bibliographies of Technical Reports of Computer Science Departments
    A subset of the Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies.
• Computing Research Repository (CoRR)
  Started in September 1998, this repository is sponsored by ACM, the Los Alamos e-Print archive and NCSTRL (see below) to create a single site to which researchers from the whole field of computing can submit reports. The repository has been integrated into the collection of over 20,000 computer science research reports and other material available through NCSTRL and will be linked with the ACM Digital Library. The repository will be available to all members of the community at no charge. Information on how to submit documents, browse, search, and subscribe to get notification of new articles of interest is provided.
• Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)
  An international collection of technical reports from Computer Science departments, industrial and government research laboratories.
• On-line CS Techreports
  Over 395 web, ftp and gopher sites.
• Technical Report Archives in Computer Science
  From Simon Fraser University, a list by name to institutional archive sites.
• Virtual Technical Reports Center
  Large list of institutions that offer online eprints, preprints, and technical reports.

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Technical Reports in Other Fields

• CISTI Catalogue (Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information)
  Includes two million technical reports on microfiche from around the world.
• Hypertext Bibliography Project
  This hypertext bibliography created by D.M. Jones contains abstracts and author links to papers published in the the Journal of the ACM since 1954.
• HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Publications & Resources
  Close to 20,000 entries in the database on human-computer interaction.
• IRC Publications Database (Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council)
  Publications, papers and reports issued since 1947.
• NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS)
  Search technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Includes subjects such as computer science, aeronautics, astronomy, environmental science and space research.
• NATO Research & Technology
  Searchable Repository of NATO documents.
• NTIS Technical Report Database
  
  • Purchased reports - The NTIS database includes reports from government sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business fields.
  • Free reports - To find the same reports as in the NTIS Technical Report database, but for free, try TRAIL (see below) or individual U.S. Departments, such as the Department of Energy's Energy Citations Database or Information Bridge, the Department of Defense's Technical Information Center, or the Environmental Protection Agency's Publication Sources.
• TRAIL-Technical Report Archive and Image Library
  Project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.

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