Articles with tag: "search"

1. The National Technical Reports Library

   "The National Technical Information Service acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence. "

   

   The Defense Technical Information Center

   The Defense Technical Information Center https://discover.dtic.mil/public-access-search/ site was a "go-to" resource for me. It had a better search engine than some alternatives.

   I write "was", as it is now down, with a note:

   "DoW S&T Reports Search is offline while we fine-tune the user experience. It will be back online soon."

   This has persisted since at least August 1, 2026 (I had not checked it recently before that).

   The National Technical Reports Library

   I am in the process of updating links to use the National Technical Reports Library ntrl.ntis.gov. The search engine is not intuitive to me, but it can get the job done (well enough that I hope they do not decide to "fine-tune the user …

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2. Hard to find publications

   "The documents were so old, however, that they were not listed in the modern computerized library search systems, and some of these documents were out of print." ¹

   
   NACA Cleveland library, circa 1945.

   Summary

   I can usually get even rare and obscure publications through inter-library loan from my public library, but these were reported as having no loanable copies available.

   Discussion

   I have tried the many excellent search tips at Gwern's Internet Search Tips, and now I am at the "request help" stage.

   I would appreciate any help anyone can offer finding them as loanable print copies or digitally.

   Recently made available

   • Heat Transfer Calculation for Aerofoils RAE Rep. No. Aero. 1783, Nov. 1942. Reprinted as NACA MRR No. 3E29, May 1943.
     Available online at abbottaerospace.com

   Could only find at google books

   • NACA conference on some problems of aircraft operation [at] Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, November 17 …

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