The NASA Headquarters Library collection includes many documents published by NASA and other organizations such as technical reports, standards, white papers, and dissertations. The collection includes print and electronic documents and a microfiche collection of aerospace documents. Members of the public are encouraged to visit the library to make full use of the document collection. The principle databases for NASA Documents are the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database and its public version, the NASA Technical Report Server. However, any search should also include NASA GALAXIE and the Johnson Space Center Document Index System. The principle sources for NASA Standards are the NASA Standards database and NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS). Members of the public are encouraged to contact the Library or the NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program for assistance in finding NASA documents. Registered Library patrons can request documents produced by NASA or other organizations through the Library's document delivery and interlibrary loan services.

NASA Document Databases

Balloon Technology Database - Index of over 2200 documents held at Wallops Flight Facility. A few are available in pdf.

Computational Sciences Division Papers and Publications Archive - searchable list of mostly full-text papers from Ames Research Center's Computational Sciences Division, 1998- present.

Earth Observing System Special Publications and Reports - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents, Handbooks, Plans, Brochures, and Earth Science Enterprise Presentations at Various Science Conferences.

International Space Station Databases - includes Vehicle Master Database, Design Knowledge Capture Library, and Lessons Learned Database. Some databases require login and password. Others are open to the public.

International Space Station Operations Data Development & Integration - Collection of full-text flight reports, system data books, and multi-segment operations review reports.

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.

Johnson Space Center History Collection - A description of the physical collection, a searchable index, and links to many online historical NASA resources.

JSC Oral History Project - Transcripts are online, plus a database of the audio recordings. Participants include managers, engineers, technicians, doctors, astronauts, and other employees of NASA and aerospace contractors who served in key roles during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs.

Kennedy Space Center Archives Electronic Documents - Mercury thru Skylab presskits and program directives.

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.

Landsat 7 - Handbooks, documentation, data format control books, and tools

Langley Digidoc - Offeres full-text NACA Annual Reports (AR), Research Memorandum (RM), Technical Memorandum (TM), Technical Notes (TN), Technical Reports (TR), and Wartime Reports (WR).

Life Sciences Data Archive (LSDA) - Database of experiments, missions, biospecimens, flight hardware items, personnel, documents and images.

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 Freedom of Information Act Office - offers contact information and procedures for submitting FOIA requests to NASA.

NASA GALAXIE - NASA GALAXIE is our library catalog. It includes the collections of most NASA Center libraries. The catalog indexes books, journals, atlases, conferences, books-on-tape, video recordings, software, images, and print and electronic documents. It can only be accessed from a NASA computer. Limited to NASA employees.

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 History Books - Full-text NASA Special Publications, Historical Reports, Monographs in Aerospace History, and other space history documents posted by the NASA Headquarters History Office.

NASA IT Technical Standards - NASA standards in the 2800 series.

NASA Legacy - Index of historical NASA and NACA aeronautics reports on CD-ROM. Some of the reports are in full-text. This database is accessible on the Jupiter workstation in the Library.

NASA Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS) - Database of events with lessons learned and recommendations.

NASA MSFC Integrated Document Library - MTRS, MSFC directives, documentation repository, and project documents.

NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) - full-text reports, audits, memoranda, testimony, etc.

NASA Office of Legislative Affairs - congressional hearings and testimony relevant to NASA and NASA's mission.

NASA Office of Logic Design - Full-text NASA reports on digital engineering and programmable technology.

NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) - Full-text NASA Policy Directives (NPDs), Policy Charters (NPCs), and Procedures and Guidelines (NPGs), formerly known as NHBs and NMIs.

NASA Online Documents - A collection of NASA documents on the web.

NASA Procurement Reference Library - NASA FAR Supplement, Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook, and guidance for submitting unsolicited proposals.

NASA Software (COSMIC) - a collection of software created by NASA in a wide range of disciplines including engineering, chemistry, aerodynamics, and other areas. The software is now offered for sale on the website.

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/DOD Interagency Agreements - full-text of NASA and Department of Defense agreements from 1959 to present. Arranged by DoD and NASA organization name. NASA access only.

Planetary Exploration Library - List of full-text documents focusing on Apollo and human spaceflight to Mars. Also has some images of Mars and the Moon.

Small Business Innovation Research/Technology Transfer Phase 1 Abstract Archives - a searchable database of SBIR technology proposals.

Software Guidebooks and Standards - NASA guidebooks, standards, and directives for developing software.

Space Science Education Resource Directory - Catalog designed for educators seeking NASA's space science educational resources. It will help you locate Internet-based resources, such as Web pages, PDFs, videos, and CD-ROMs. Includes ordering information.

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.

Space Shuttle Press Kits

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.

Other Databases & Catalogs

Air University Research Web - Full-text of a couple thousand research papers submitted by Air University students.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Publications - searchable index of publications from 1934 to present. Full-text is not available.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Publications - Includes books, meeting papers, journal papers, and standards. Many can be puchased online.

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports - Open CRS - "A project of the Center for Democracy & Technology through the cooperation of several organizations and collectors of CRS Reports, Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain.." As of 7/14/2005, 8485 reports are available.

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) - source of the Recommendations (Blue Books) and Reports (Green Books).

Department of Defense Directives - DOD issuances, directives, instructions, regulations and manuals.

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.

Department of Energy - Human Radiation Experiments - Collection of documents and multimedia concerning radiation experiments on human subjects.

Department of Transportation Documents - Offers the full-text of DOT dockets, and FAA Regulations, Advisory Circulars, and Airworthiness Directives.

Dialog - Offers more than 450 databases on ALL subjects. Covers magazines, newspapers, newsletters, Dun & Bradstreet reports, organization information, statistics, scientific journals, biographies, patents, directories, international publications, and market research. Registered library patrons can request a search. Limited to NASA HQ employees.

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.

Electronic Preprints - Catalog of web sites offering electronic preprints of journal articles. Compiled by Goddard Space Flight Center Library.

E-Print Network - "Searchable gateway that provides access to preprint servers from around the world...Links to 18,000 servers in 35 countries housing 650,000 documents."

European Science Foundation (ESF) - Collection of full-text policy briefings, infrastructure studies, reports and position papers by the Foundation, 1998-present.

FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation - Collection of quarterly launch reports, forecasts, licensing, and COMSTAC reports.

FAA Documents - Office publications, reports, manuals, plans from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) - Offers the FAR in a variety of formats, plus supporting documentation.

Federal Information Processing Standards - Lists full-text Department of Commerce FIPS by number.

Federation of American Scientists Space Policy Project - Collection of full-text space policy documents, a World Space Guide, military space documents, and related resources.

FirstSearch - Encompasses 38 databases on a wide variety of topics from education and life sciences to public affairs and technology. Includes Wordcat, a combined book catalog of other 30,000 libraries. The article databases often have full-text. To see which database indexes a journal, look up the journal title. Limited to NASA HQ employees.

Government Accountability Office - Full-text of GAO reports and testimony, listed by date, agency and topic.

GPO Access - Includes the full-text of the Budget of the U.S. Government, Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, Code of Federal Regulations, bills, laws, hearings, reports, Congressional Record, Economic Indicators, Federal Register, GAO Comptroller General Decisions, US Code, Supreme Court Decisions, U.S. Government Manual, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and Public Papers of the Presidents.

GrayLit Network - A science portal of technical reports. Search multiple databases at once, a product of the Department of Energy (DOE).

International Space University Publications - Collection of student and team project reports. Some are in full-text.

Law Library of Congress - indexes websites for state bills, legislation, and government.

Lunar & Planetary Institute - Full-text documents, meeting abstracts, information bulletins, and image databases from this Institute, part of the Universities Space Research Association.

National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Reports - full-text of the Board's reports, 1997 to present.

National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy - full-text of the board's reports from 1998 to present.

National Research Council Space Studies Board - full-text of many of the board's reports, 1980s to the present.

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.

Office of Science & Technology Policy - recent reports from the office. To see older reports, check the archive.

Office of Technology Assessment - All of the OTA's reports in full- text archived at Princeton. Print copies of many of the reports are available in the library catalog.

Rand Books and Publications - search publications 1946 to present. Some are available free online.

Space Future Papers & Publications - collection of conference papers and published articles on every aspect of space exploration. Many are available in full-text.

Thomas - bills, laws, committee reports, hearings

Virtual Technical Reports Center - lists institutions that offer full-text technical reports or searchable abstracts on the web (University of Maryland Libraries).

Libraries

Air University Library

Los Alamos National Laboratory Library

National Institute of Standards and Technology Virtual Library

National Transportation Library

Space Telescope Science Institute Library

Websites

Boggs Space Books - This commercial site offers helpful lists of titles in the NASA SP, NASA EP, Monographs in Aerospace History, and Johns Hopkins University Press series. All titles are available to NASA civil servants through the NASA HQ Library.

Department of Commerce, Office of Space Commercialization - Offers speeches, presentations, workshops, and reports on various space business and policy issues.

International Space Station, Johnson Space Center - Imagery, news, tracking, reference documents, mission information, and the assembly schedule.

International Trade Commission, Office of Aerospace - Offers full-text of trade agreements and industry statistics.

NASA Freedom of Information Act Office - offers contact information and procedures for submitting FOIA requests to NASA.

NASA History Office, Headquarters - Histories of everything from the Apollo program to NACA to the X-33. Includes many electronic books.

NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program - Search for and purchase NASA books, technical reports, and video tapes.

Office of Management and Budget - OMB circulars, memoranda and reports.

Standards and Handbooks

Department of Defense Directives - DOD issuances, directives, instructions, regulations and manuals.

Department of Defense Specifications & Standards - Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DODSSP) for Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications.

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.

Federal Information Processing Standards - Lists full-text Department of Commerce FIPS by number.

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.

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 GALAXIE - NASA GALAXIE is our library catalog. It includes the collections of most NASA Center libraries. The catalog indexes books, journals, atlases, conferences, books-on-tape, video recordings, software, images, and print and electronic documents. It can only be accessed from a NASA computer. Limited to NASA employees.

NASA Headquarters Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Documents - directives, standards, plans, reference documents, and office work instructions.

National Institute of Standards and Technology Virtual Library

NASA IT Technical Standards - NASA standards in the 2800 series.

NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) - Full-text NASA Policy Directives (NPDs), Policy Charters (NPCs), and Procedures and Guidelines (NPGs), formerly known as NHBs and NMIs.

NASA Procurement Reference Library - NASA FAR Supplement, Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook, and guidance for submitting unsolicited proposals.

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.

National Standards Systems Network (NSSN) - a vendor for standards from many organziations.

Software Guidebooks and Standards - NASA guidebooks, standards, and directives for developing software.

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.