Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: BSIR is a catalog of government documents made available by the Federal Government after World War II. The early PB-number reports include documents critical to the understanding of the history of modern electronics, aeronautics, and chemistry and to the understanding of technology transfer from the former Axis powers after World War II.
PB reports are available through the Library of Congress Technical Reports and Standards Unit (TRS).
Also see the May 2001 GAO report Information management dissemination of technical reports for an overview of U.S. government issued technical reports. For more information concerning government dissemination of technical information, visit the CENDI website (CENDI is an interagency working group of senior Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Managers). CENDI’s mission is to help improve the productivity of federal science- and technology-based programs through effective scientific, technical, and related information-support systems. Also see the CENDI Publications Archives .
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Government Documents
Publicly Available Resources
Technical Reports and Standards
Related Databases
CSA Technology Research Database
National Technical Information Service
Related Links
DTIC's Technical Reports Collection
Science Accelerator
