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This webpage is a brief overview of some of the online resources available to people researching engineering. Lists of databases, document collections, and our current journal subscriptions can be found elsewhere on this website.
All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.
Bibliographies
Websites
Department of Defense Specifications & Standards - Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DODSSP) for Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications.
Department of Energy Information Bridge - Offers the full-text of many DOE publications from 1995 to the present.
DoD Scientific and Technical Information Network - The public version of the Defense Technical Information Center's STINET database. NASA HQ employees may request searches in the limited database or request documents be purchased by contacting the Library.
Drawings & Technical Diagrams -
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Johnson Space Center Document Index System - indexes documents in the Johnson Scientific and Technical Information Center. Some of the documents are in full-text. Many are not in the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database.
Kennedy Space Center Technical Document System - TDARCHIVE - As-Run Document Library, TDCOMM - COMM Document Library (Was TDCSOC), TDELV - ELV Document Library, TDISS - Int'l Space Station Document Library, TDJBOSC - JBOSC Document Library, and TDKSC - KSC/NASA Document Library.
NASA Aeronautics and Space Database - There are two versions of NASA ASD: one is open to everyone on a nasa.gov computer. The other includes limited documents and requries a password. Both databases include documents from NASA and related agencies, meeting papers, journal articles, and videos. NASA Headquarters employees can contact the Library or CASI for help in using this database.
NASA DTRS - The NASA Dryden Technical Report Server is not included in the NASA Technical Report Server. It should be searched in addition to the NTRS.
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
NASA Goddard Radiation Effects & Analysis - Test reports, presentations, papers & documents, and a searchable publication database.
NASA GTRS - The NASA Glenn Technical Report Server is not included in the NASA Technical Report Server. It should be searched in addition to the NTRS.
NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Documents - directives, standards, plans, reference documents, and office work instructions.
NASA IT Technical Standards - NASA standards in the 2800 series.
NASA Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS) - Database of events with lessons learned and recommendations.
NASA Office of the Chief Engineer
NASA Office of Logic Design - Full-text NASA reports on digital engineering and programmable technology.
NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program - Search for and
purchase NASA books, technical reports, and video tapes.
NASA Standards - NASA standards and NASA preferred standards including everything from AIAA and DOD to ISO and SAE. Also includes NASA handbooks. Many documents are available in full-text or can be requested by NASA employees. Open to the public with registration.
NASA Tech Briefs - Index of NASA Tech Briefs articles from 1998-present and technical support packages (TSPs) from 2000 to present.
NASA TechFinder - Source for technology profiles, technology opportunity sheets, software technologies and success stories.
NASA Technical Report Server - The NTRS is a publicly accessible subset of the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database. Members of the public should use it to identify NASA reports and books. Some materials are available in full-text. To be complete you should also search the Glenn Technical Report Server and the Dryden Technical Report Server.
NASA Technology Overviews - Collection of technology transfer information packets with links to patents and contact information.
National Academy Press - full-text books from the Academies and the National Research Council. For print copies of NASA-related texts, check the library catalog.
National Science Foundation - full-text documents from 1996 to present. Includes statistical reports on science and engineering research, funding, and education.
National Standards Systems Network (NSSN) - a vendor for standards from many organziations.
National Technical Information Service - searches NTIS reports from 1990 to present. Many documents available in full-text. For reports before 1964 to present, registered library patrons can request a search. in the Dialog NTIS database.
Small Business Innovation Research/Technology Transfer Phase 1 Abstract Archives - a searchable database of SBIR technology proposals.
Space Shuttle Documents (JSC) - Includes Payload Integration Library System, NSTS 07700 Documents, Program Documentation Center, Shuttle/Payload Interface Control Documents, Intermediate Depot Maintenance Requirements Documents, OMRS Documents, Vehicle Configuration Data Book, and more.
Spinoff - Full-text of issues of NASA Spinoff, 1996 to present.
Stennis Space Center Technical Documents (SSCTD) - enables cross search of TDARCHIVE - As-Run Document Library, TDCOMM - COMM Document Library (Was TDCSOC), TDELV - ELV Document Library, TDISS - Int'l Space Station Document Library, TDJBOSC - JBOSC Document Library, TDKSC - KSC/NASA Document Library. Limited to NASA and its contractors.
Virtual Technical Reports Center - lists institutions that offer full-text technical reports or searchable abstracts on the web (University of Maryland Libraries).
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