The NTIS document collection is an archive of almost 3 million items. The format of the archived items (paper, microfiche, or electronic) varies over that time period. NTIS is committed to increasing electronic access and electronic delivery of this content upon customer demand. In doing so, NTIS has established standard and exception formats for these demand documents.
Standard Formats If the document exists in an electronic format in the NTIS archive then the standard formats are:
If the document does not exist in an electronic format in the NTIS archive then the standard formats are:
Exception Formats There are items in the NTIS archive such as original shelf stock and special media (computer data, computer software, and audio-visual products) that are exceptions to the standard formats that are described below.