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Government Documents & Information: Databases

Information from the federal, state, local and international governments

Government Created

  • Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) - The Defense Technical Information Center's technical reports are created and published to the collection by organizations funded by the Department of Defense to perform research in a variety of industries and disciplines. 
    • Technical reports found on DTIC's public website only includes reports designated as unclassified and unlimited information.
  • Metalib - MetaLib is "a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP).  MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online. To learn more, view additional brief or detailed search information."
  • NASA STI Compliance and Distribution Services - A world class collection of metadata records, full-text documents, and videos created or funded by NASA. 
  • National Agricultural Library Digital Repository - Provides simple, one-stop access to more than 8 million records covering all aspects of agriculture and related disciplines. 
  • National Criminal Justice Reference Service - The NCJRS virtual library hosts a collection of over 235,000 information resources on criminal justice subjects such as corrections, courts, drugs, law enforcement, juvenile justice, victims of crime and other related topics. 
  • Science.gov - Access millions of authoritative scientific research results from U.S. federal agencies. 
  • Smithsonian Research Online - Collects, preserves, and distributes digital materials. 
  • TRID - "TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to more than 1.3 million records of transportation research worldwide."
  • U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information - A primary search tool for the Department of Energy science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information.
  • USAID Documents - "The Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC), managed by the USAID Data Services Team, provides powerful tools for searching over 50 years of USAID development experience."
  • USGS Publications Warehouse

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