Finding Technical Reports

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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

The University of Arizona Library has microfiche copies of most technical reports issued by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) from 1915 through mid-1958. There is some overlap in print coverage for NACA technical reports, either due to duplicate print copies or between reports issued by both the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and/or the Government Printing Office (GPO).

NACA reports available through the UA Library can be found in the following formats:

Format	Locations
Online (Full-text)	NACA Technical Report Server (covers reports from 1915-1958)
Print	Copies of reports received in print format can be found by searching Sabio [Hint: Most print reports are located near the compact shelving on the 5th floor of the Science Library and are arranged by SuDoc number at Y3.N21/5: ]
Microfiche	Located in the NACA/NASA microfiche cabinets in the Science Library Current Periodicals Room. NACA Microfiche should be organized by N-accession numbers.

Information on reports issued in mid-1958 or later may be available through: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Answering the following series of questions will guide you to finding NACA/NASA technical reports in the UA Library.

For reports issued from 1915-1958, if you have a NACA/NASA accession number (e.g. N45-023775) for the technical report:

1. Use the report accession number to locate the technical report in the microfiche collection.
2. The NASA and NACA microfiche collections are located in the cabinets labeled NACA/NASA located in the Science-Engineering Library Current Periodicals and Microfiche room on the ground floor of the Science-Engineering Library.

If you do not have a NACA/NASA accession number for a report (1915-present):

1. In order to locate your document, you will need to find the accession number issued by NACA or NASA. The issuing agency and supporting resources to find the accession number are determined by the date of the document for which you are looking. The following guide should help:

Dates	Agency
mid 1958-1996	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
	Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR): 1996-present, most recent two years are available online from the NASA Office of Scientific and Technical Information free of charge. Older issues of STAR dating back to 1996 can be obtained as PDF files by contacting the NASA STI Help Desk. 1963-1995, available in print (Sabio record) Aerospace Database 1986-1993, search by report number and the accession number should be given as part of the full record Technical Publications Announcements (1958-62, Sabio record)
1915-mid 1958	National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
	Index of NACA Technical Publications (Sabio record)