Patents, Standards, Tech Reports & Preprints
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Patents
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
- This website includes a database of full text (starting in 1976) or full-page image (starting in 1790) patent grants, as well as recent patent applications.
Standards
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American Society for Testing and Materials. Annual Book of ASTM Standards. (68 volumes) Philadelphia, PA : ASTM, 1994.
Ref TA401 .A653 - This series "...contains approved ASTM standards, proposals, emergency standards and related material." -Foreword. The material is organized by standard number with a subject index at the end of each volume.
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Index and Directory of Industry Standards. (8 volumes) Englewood, CO : Information Handling Services, 1998.
Ref TA368 .I5 - This directory of international standards is indexed by subject and numeric listing as well as being divided up into U.S. and Non-U.S. National Standards.
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NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
- "NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards is becoming the World Wide Web's most comprehensive data network on developing and approving national, foreign, regional and international standards and regulatory documents." -- Who We Are. This website provides a search interface for searching standards on a particular topic as well as abstracts for standards and information on the organizations from which they originate.
Technical Reports
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GPO on SilverPlatter
- GPO on SilverPlatter corresponds to the Monthly Catalog and includes works such as monographs, serials, maps and some audiovisuals. To search for Technical Reports on a specific topic, use the Set Limits button to limit your search to Publication Type: Technical Reports. Once you have set this limit, type in your terms in the search box on the search screen.
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Science.gov
- "Developed by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) , in collaboration with DOD/DTIC, NASA, and EPA, the web site is a portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects."
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Chemical Physics Preprint Database
- This joint venture between Brown University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory allows users to submit preprint papers as well as read other preprint research.
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Chemistry Preprint Server
- The Chemistry Preprint Server (powered by ChemWeb.com, a part of Elsevier Science) is another preprint server that allows both submission and searching of all preprint materials. You must create a free account in order to access the server.
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