You can obtain information about NTIS reports by consulting one of the college librarians for engineering or science.
You can obtain NTIS (National Technical Information Service) reports through ILLiad. See the NTIS Web page for more information about the NTIS report collections and NTIS services. You may wish to contact NTIS with your questions about pricing and availability of reports before submitting your request through ILLiad. Phone numbers for the NTIS orders desk are on the NTIS Ordering Information page.
Costs to you
- Microfiche copies - We will order microfiche copies of NTIS technical reports (both in-print and out-of-print) and deliver them to you without charge when NTIS charges its "standard microfiche" price (price code A01 or A02). When a report is not available as standard microfiche, we will order either fiche or paper and you will be charged the vendor's fee on a cost recovery basis. Non-standard fiche probably will cost the same as a paper copy.
- Paper copies - You will be charged the vendor's fee on a cost recovery basis. Paper copies vary in price depending on the number of pages in the report. Reports announced more than three years ago are subject to an additional archival surcharge. Generally paper reports are expensive. The cost of a paper copy of an NTIS report is determined by finding the NTIS price code for the report and looking up the current charge for that price code (PDF file requires Adobe Reader).
Requesting an NTIS report
Please use ILLiad to request an NTIS report as an article.
We need the following information about the report you want:
- NTIS report number.
- Format you prefer (paper or microfiche). If you do not specify a preference, we will order "standard microfiche" without charge to you. If the report is not available as standard fiche, or if you specify that you want a paper copy, then you will be charged the fee set by NTIS. Non-standard fiche and paper copies can be expensive. We will contact you to verify that you are willing to pay the NTIS fee.
- If you request a paper copy, please include a statement that you are willing to pay the required fee. If you do not include this statement with your original request, then we will contact you to verify that you are willing to pay the NTIS fee.
- If you want the cost of a paper copy billed to a departmental account, please include the account number in your request.
