| METReS Demonstrator Service | MAGiC Seminar | |
| Try out the fledgling National Reports Catalogue at our demonstrator site:- METReS. | The
MAGiC end-of-project Seminar, entitled "Use and Value of
Engineering Grey Literature", was held at the British Library
on July 24th More info... |
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| Reports Search | Use/Value of engineering information | |
| Technical reports can be difficult to trace and locate. If you are trying to track down a report, try a search of the Cranfield University database which holds details on over 120,000 reports. | Calling all engineers! We need your help to find out how you use information and its value to you. If you can spare 10-15 minutes, please fill in our online questionnaire | |
| Progress Reports | Building the National Reports Catalogue | |
| MAGiC Interim Progress Report II detailing the work
undertaken from September 2001 to March 2002 is now available online.
More info... The MAGiC Interim Progress Report detailing the work undertaken from October 2000 to August 2001 is now available online. More info... |
We are carrying out a preliminary survey of engineering technical reports to identify producers of report series and key holdings in the UK. The information gathered will lay the foundations of an engineering National Reports Catalogue. | |
| Open Archives Initiative (OAI) | NACA UK Mirror site | |
| MAGiC supports the Open Archive Initiative and is investigating use of the "OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting" in its forthcoming demonstrator service. More info... | As part of a collaborative agreement with NASA, the MAGiC project is now hosting the UK mirror for NACA reports. The predecessor organization to NASA, NACA existed from 1915 until 1958 and produced over 25,000 reports, over 7,000 of these are available online as PDFs. |
