We have a trial for full-text PDFs reports from NTRL – National Technical Reports Library, which many of us know as NTIS, National Technical Reports Service. Many of these were previously available only on microfiche.

Access: http://ntrl.ntis.gov
click on “Search NTRL Collection”
The trial ends May 14, 2009, when we can decide whether or not to subscribe.

Edited Description from their website:

“Access 2 million titles with links to over 500,000 full text PDFs, from 1960s to the present…” Publisher is U.S. Department of Commerce, with reports emanating from many government agencies and research labs, such as U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, EPA, and NASA.

“The NTIS National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) provides access to the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence.”

Send any comments about this resource to Jill Powell, jhp1@cornell.edu.