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National Technical Reports Library
(NTRL)Not Just Another Database
Angela R. Davis
Engineering Liaison Librarian
Penn State University Libraries
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What is National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)?http://ntrl.ntis.gov
• 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
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What is National Technical Information Service (NTIS)?www.ntis.gov
• Central resource for U.S. government funded scientific, technical, and engineering related information.
• Permanent clearinghouse as detailed in 15 U.S.C. 1151-1157.• 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
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Available via Abstracting & Indexing Services
• www.NTIS.gov• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts• Chemical Abstracts• EBSCO Publishing• Engineering Village• Ovid Technologies• ProQuest • STN International
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Not Just Another Database
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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
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National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
Access Types
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Not Just Another Database
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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
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Not Just Another Database
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Not Just Another Database
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NTRL Search Features (Cont.)
• Download where available• • Digital-on-Demand for
institutional subscribers
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Not Just Another Database
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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)
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Not Just Another Database
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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
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Not Just Another Database
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National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)Not Just Another Database
Angela R. Davis
Engineering Liaison Librarian
Penn State University Libraries
http://ntrl.ntis.gov
Questions?
References: http://tinyurl.com/NTRLgsa15