NTIS Documents
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) "is the Federal Government's central source for the sale of scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information produced by or for the U.S. Government and complementary material from international sources."
Many NTIS reports are available on microfiche on the 3rd floor of the Valley Library. OSU Libraries own most of the reports distributed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) since 1963. Some of the reports are available in print or online. Not all of the reports that OSU Libraries have access to appear in the OSU Libraries' Online Catalog.
Finding NTIS documents at Oregon State University
Step one: Check the OSU Libraries' Online catalog to see if the report is available online or in print.
Step two: If the report is not available online or in
print in the Valley Library, it may be in the OSU Libraries' microfiche
collection.
Identify the publication you want by searching an index of NTIS publications.
Choose one of these indexes:
NTIS
publications
OSU Libraries has a subscription to the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
database of NTIS
publications from 1964 to the present. OSU affiliation and
authentication required for remote searching of this database.
Search
NTIS Web Page
Search the NTIS Library for documents published since 1990. Records
include author, title, price, abstract, keywords, report number, and other
information. Also has an Advanced
Search option.
Step three: Note the Report Number for the reports you need.
Step four: Go to the 3rd floor of the Valley Library and check the microfiche section. Reports are shelved by Report Number, beginning with the initials of the publishing agency.
Examples: EPA-822-R-04-005 or DOE/EIA-0130(2004/04)
Step five: If the report is not online, in print or in microfiche, please e-mail the Physical Sciences Librarians (LibSciPSLibrarians@oregonstate.edu). They will work with you to special-order the document.
