LibGuides: Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering: Find Technical Reports and Standards

Search Technical Reports (General Sources)

NTIS: National Technical Information Service This link opens in a new window
NTIS contains bibliographic citations and summaries of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.
TRAIL This link opens in a new window
Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) - digitized technical reports from multiple agencies. From the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).
SciTech Connect This link opens in a new window
SciTech Connect is a portal to free, publicly-available DOE-sponsored R&D results including technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia and data information. SciTech Connect is a consolidation of two core DOE search engines, the Information Bridge and the Energy Citations Database and incorporates all of the R&D information from these two products into one search interface.
Defense Technical Information Center Online This link opens in a new window
Search for publicly acessible infromation in the Technical Reports database of the Defense Technical Information Center and the Web sites of the Department of Defense.

ASTM Science and Engineering Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

NSSN - Search Engine for Standards
The NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards is a search engine that provides users with standards-related information from a wide range of developers, including organizations accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), other U.S. private sector standards bodies, government agencies and international organizations.
How to Find Standards (focus on U.S. Government Standards)

IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Find articles and other information from the journals, proceedings and standards published by IEEE and by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Full-text is from 1988 to present with some selected earlier content.
API available, more information here: APIs for Scholarly Research

MADCAD: Building Codes Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of fully-searchable building codes and standards. Includes ICC and NFPA codes, ADA and HUD guidelines, and selected codes for Virginia and Maryland.