Technical Reports in the Engineering Library
The Engineering Library's collection of Technical Reports consists of over 1.5 million reports on fiche, dating back to the early 1960s. The collection is shelved in Columbia's ReCAP offsite library shelving facility.
About 1/3 of the collection was received through the National Depository Program, which includes NASA, NACA, DOE, ERDA, and AEC reports. The rest of the collection is acquired by subscription called SRIM (Selected Research in Microform) from NTIS. SRIM, a service provided by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), distributes U.S. and foreign government reports on a wide variety of subjects including Engineering, Physics, Agriculture, Medicine, Ecology, and Transportation. Effective FY 1997, DOE and NASA stopped issuing reports on microfiche. They are available electronically on DOE website and NASA website.
How to search for technical reports?
Technical reports in Columbia's collection are NOT cataloged. They are searched online using the National Technical Information Service(NTIS) Database - (1964-present)
- Prior to 1964 use the print indexes:
- U.S.Government Research Reports- (1954-1963) - ENGINEERING - Z7916.Un31
- Bibliography of Technical Reports- (1949-1953) - ENGINEERING- Z7916.Un31
- Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports- (1946-1948) - ENGINEERING - Z7916.Un31
Find out both the report number and NTIS accession number by searching the NTIS database or print indexes. The microfiche is filed by the report number and NTIS accession number. Please contact Engineering library reference desk at 212-854-3206 if you need to access these reports which are shelved in ReCAP.
Some technical reports are cataloged in WORLDCAT or RLIN.
- Other print indexes:
- Government Reports Annual Index- (1975-1994) - SCIENCE - Z7405.R4 G748
- Government Reports Index- (1971-1974) - SCIENCE - Z7405.R4 G747
- U.S.Government Research and Development Reports Index- (1968-1970) - SCIENCE - Z7405.R4 G747
- Government-wide Index to Federal Research & Development Reports- (1965-1967)- SCIENCE - Z7405.R4 G747
- Nuclear Science Abstracts - (1948-1976) - SCIENCE - QC770.U64
- STAR - Scientific & Technical Aerospace Reports - (1963-1995) - SCIENCE - Z5063.Un35
- Energy Research Abstracts - (1979-1986) - ENGINEERING - FX3998
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