National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database Angela R. Davis Engineering Liaison Librarian Penn State University Libraries

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National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database Angela R. Davis Engineering Liaison Librarian Penn State University Libraries

What is National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)? Public access database of National Technical Information Service (NTIS) documents. Created to solve inconsistencies in the availability of many NTIS documents. Currently contains 26% of NTIS collection. National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

What is National Technical Information Service (NTIS)? Central resource for U.S. government funded scientific, technical, and engineering related information. Permanent clearinghouse as detailed in 15 U.S.C Covers US government agencies including: USGS, Bureau of Mines, NOAA, DOE, EPA etc. Contains citations to 3 million publications. 20% from geosciences or related disciplines National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

Available via Abstracting & Indexing Services Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Chemical Abstracts EBSCO Publishing Engineering Village Ovid Technologies ProQuest STN International National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

Limitations of NTIS Database Platforms Covers materials from 1964-present Requires precision search strings Punctuation important Results sorted by date Many lack full-text No integration with library discovery services National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Access Types National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

NTRL Search Features Quick and Advanced searches Accession and report number punctuation is extraneous Example: EPA/600/J-94/280 = EPA600J94280 Automatic stemming and AND-ing of terms National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

NTRL Search Features (Cont.) Download where available Digital-on-Demand for institutional subscribers National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

How Should You Access? Registered Free Quick search Citations Only Premium Subscription Quick & Advanced searches Full-text Download limit (40) Citation management software integration Institutional digital-on- demand Public Free Quick search Full-text Download limit (10) National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

Summary Advanced search restricted to premium subscribers Full-text availability for registered & subscribed users 20% from geosciences & related disciplines Digital-on-Demand for institutional subscribers Documents direct from central source National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) Not Just Another Database

Angela R. Davis Engineering Liaison Librarian Penn State University Libraries Questions? References: