ORNL Technical Reports

Finding ORNL Reports:

Search the ORNL Library Catalog using the guest button. While the catalog does not provide a comprehensive listing of all ORNL reports, the majority are part of the library holdings. Most reports past 1996 are electronically available. If requested, the library will scan older ORNL reports and make them available for download through the catalog. You can request help finding an ORNL report from the ORNL Research Library.

The Comprehensive Publications and Presentations Registry (CPPR)
CPPR contains the bibliographic information for ORNL reports from 1985 through 2005. The full-text of many reports are available in .pdf format from the late 1990s onward.

ORNL's Publication Tracking System (PTS)
PTS contains information about selected scientific communications authored or coauthored by ORNL scientists and/or by external users of ORNL facilities. In most cases, the full text of the communication is available. The database only contains reports from 2005 to the present.

The Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information
Information Bridge provides free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1994 forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor community, and/or DOE grantees. Legacy documents are added as they become available in electronic format.

The Energy Citations Database (ECD)
ECD provides free access to over 2.3 million science research citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates. There are over 150,000 electronic documents, primarily from 1994 forward, available via the database. Citations and documents are made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Getting Copies:

Request Electronic Copy of an ORNL Report
If a fulltext electronic copy of an ORNL published report is not available for download, the ORNL Library will make every effort to scan the paper copy and make a downloadable copy available through the public library catalog. You may contact the ORNL library by email or phone the library reference desk at 865-574-6744.

Order from NTIS
If a report is part of the library holdings, but published by another organization, the library cannot scan the report for public distribution. In this case, you can contact the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). NTIS provides a catalog for online ordering of technical reports and other government publications.