Defense Technical Information Center

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The Defense Technical Information Center is a repository of scientific and technical documents for the United States Department of Defense. It "is the central point within DoD for acquiring, storing, retrieving, and disseminating [scientific and technical information] to support the management and conduct of DoD research, development, engineering, and study programs." DTIC's documents are available to DoD personnel and Defense contractors, with unclassified documents also available to the public. The agency is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC(r)) is the premier provider of DoD Technical Information. DTIC is a DoD Field Activity http://www.dod.mil/ddre/mainpage.htm within the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, reporting to the Director, Defense Research & Engineering (DDR&E).

http://www.dod.mil/ddre/mainpage.htmDTIC serves the Department of Defense (DoD) community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. For over 60 years DTIC has provided the warfighters, researchers, scientists, engineers, laboratories, and universities timely access to over 2 million publications covering over 250 subject areas. DTIC’s mission supports the nation's warfighter by providing access to information that stimulates innovation and discovery.All visitors can search DTIC's publicly accessible collections and read or download scientific and technical information, using Public STINET http://stinet.dtic.mil/ service. DTIC also makes available sensitive and classified information to eligible users http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/registration/ who register for DTIC services.DTIC Conference: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/annualconf/index.html# DTIC holds an annual conference in Alexandria, Virginia. Approximately 300 scientists, engineers, and information specialists from the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and contracting organizations attend the spring conference. Speakers from government, private industry, and DTIC address evolving information technologies of interest to the science, research and development, and acquisition communities.DTIC Database Descriptions: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/prodsrvc/dbase_descrip.html#tr The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC(r)) facilitates information exchange throughout the Defense community to support our nation's warfighters. DTIC ensures that technological innovations will continue to advance the military, and the nation as a whole, through the 21st century by maintaining an active collection program to acquire scientific, technical, and analytical information generated by the DoD community. DTIC encourages everyone in the Defense community to participate in the program by submitting all appropriate materials for inclusion in our Technical Reports (TR) database.<p/. DTIC contributors include DoD organizations and contractors working under DoD contract as well as universities, non-profit organizations participating in scientific and technological activities for DoD, foreign governments, US Government agencies, and their contractors.Services to Search DTIC Databases: Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET) http://stinet.dtic.mil/ is DTIC's flagship online research service. STINET offers a quick and effective method to access DTIC's databases. Public STINET is available to the public, and secure environments are available to registered users. Full-text documents may be downloaded or printed free of charge.Scope of DTIC Collection: The scope of DTIC's collection is very broad. Documents are available in a variety of print and non-print formats and are accessible via a variety of electronic media. The collection includes the following types of information:Scientific and technical information resulting from or pertinent to DoD RDT&E studies efforts; domestic and foreign documents; documents that record negative as well as positive results; scientific and technical reports including interim, annual and final reports; management information; Independent Research and Development information; DoD theses and dissertations; Command histories; DoD Security Classification Guides; Cooperative Research & Development reports; planning documents; policy documents; studies and analyses; operational requirements reports; Congressional budget documents; journal articles; conference proceedings and papers; DoD patent applications; manpower and training documents; copyrighted materials; Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposals; and other reference resources.DTIC Registration: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/registration/index.html Eligible users may register for DDTIC services and products. Registration is free.DTIC Customer Assistance: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/prodsrvc/assist/ DTIC takes pride in the quality of service that customers have come to expect. The DTIC Reference and Retrieval Team provides extensive information on a myriad of topics related to the Department of Defense and, in particular, science and technology research. Reference personnel are available to serve registered users and the research needs of the Department of the Defense by searching the DTIC databases, referring users to the right information source, or simply checking the status of document orders. Ordering Documents from DTIC: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/order.html Only registered users may order products and services from DTIC, full-text documents are free for downloading.Ask a Librarian: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/forms/questionPoint.html DTIC participates in the QuestionPoint Cooperative Virtual Reference Service.DTIC Training Program: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/training/index.html Training is available for registered users. DTIC instructors offer assistance and consultation on the use of DTIC online services and will assist registered users with online searches of DTIC's databases.DTIC Regional Offices: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/dticorg/regional/index.html DTIC has four Regional Offices in the U.S.Specialized Programs: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/prodsrvc/spec_programs.html

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