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- DTIC A-Z provides an alphabetical reference listing of all DTIC products, resources and services offered. Similar to a sitemap, here you will find links to all the information that can be found on DTIC Online.
- DTIC facilitates information exchange throughout the Defense establishment to support our nation's warfighters. DTIC encourages everyone in the Defense community to submit all appropriate materials for inclusion in our databases.
- The Current Issues are based on questions posed by DTIC customers and are intended to give you a flavor of the resources available to DTIC users. By registering with DTIC, you will be able to examine these and other topics in depth.
- Ask a Librarian is a Cooperative Virtual Reference service available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. It allows libraries and information centers to expand reference services with shared resources around the world.
- The scope of DTIC's scientific and technical collection covers all areas of defense research. DTIC offers three Web sites for access to its resources and services: DTIC Online; DTIC Online Access Controlled; and DTIC Online Classified.
- MultiSearch is DTIC's federated search that allows users to search more than 400 governments, commercial and international resources from a single query.
- DTIC offers three Web sites for access to its resources and services: DTIC Online; DTIC Online Access Controlled; and DTIC Online Classified. Entrance to each site is based on an individual's registration level and provides the respective access and information coverage.
- Search DTIC's extensive public Technical Reports Collection.
- Information Analysis Centers (IACs) are research and analysis organizations established by the DoD to support researchers, scientists, engineers, and program managers with expertise in all areas of Defense research and engineering.
- DTIC provides a wide range of customer support including reference assistance, using or searching DTIC Online, assistance in locating a Technical Report and more.

Introduction

Recognizing the need to provide for a maximum exchange of important scientific and technical information within the DoD community, DTIC selects appropriate documents based on content, delivery medium, formats, reproducibility, and other criteria.

DTIC accepts documents that cover classic military subjects, as well as those from a spectrum of disciplines. Scientific and technical documents result from DoD-sponsored or defense-related research and engineering and studies efforts and contain information from or about the conduct and management of scientific and engineering efforts.

DTIC accepts virtually all documents that convey scientific and technical information or technical data. Hard copy print, digital or magnetic nonprint, and digital files for online publication are all accepted. Documents may be in a variety of media and formats, and document types can range from single reports with text only to multimedia items with color, video, and sound.

Nonstandard Documents

Documents that do not qualify for selection under existing criteria are evaluated independently as received. Decisions concerning nonstandard reports and documents, actions involving the waiving of established criteria, and other exceptions documented with interpretations based on correspondence with contributors are documented in files in the DTIC Directorate of Operations.

Selection Criteria Review

These criteria will undergo an annual review. DTIC will contact contributors about preservation of media and formats as these issues arise. DTIC will continuously review the collection and address refreshing/migration issues with originators and contributors to meet preservation goals.

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