Technical Report Writing

This section includes several sources to help you with your technical report writing.

Library of Congress Technical Report & Standards
This guide discusses what a technical report is and the background information on its historical use. It also contains several resources on finding technical reports
IET Guide to Technical Report Writing
A guide put out by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. It includes several aspects of technical report writing, such as format and diagram placement.
Technical Report Writing
This manual covers the fundamentals of organizing, writing, and reviewing NASA technical reports. It was written to improve the writing skills of LeRC technical authors and the overall quality of their reports.

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)

U.S. government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business information from more than 200 U.S. government agencies.
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

NASA-created and NASA-funded materials including conference papers, NACA documents, images, journal articles, photos, meeting papers, patents, research reports, and technical videos.
DTIC Online: Public Technical Reports

Searches declassified Department of Defense and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related documents from the Defense Technical Information Center.

SAE Mobilus
Technical papers, standards, ebooks, and related publications from SAE International.
Contrails
Aerospace research from Illinois Tech. Government published materials on the history of flight. Reports from Wright Air Development Center and other agencies.
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Look for US government sponsored technical reports from the Department of Energy (DOE). Enter your keywords and on the results page, use the Resource Type filter to select Technical Report.

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