Getting Started: About This Guide
The resources gathered here are intended to support the research of the Institute of Transportation studies, the Transportation Technology & Policy Graduate Group, and other interdisciplinary approaches to this topic.
Comprehensive literature searching in Transportation requires consulting a variety of resources, including resources in related subjects. Key resources for related fields are provided in this guide, but can also be found in Related Subject Guides.
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Key Resources
- TRID (Transport Research International Documentation) This link opens in a new windowTRID includes over 900,000 records covering transportation research from ITRD and TRIS. It includes TRB publications going back to 1923, including Highway Research Board, SHRP, and Marine Board publications. Also indexed are Environmental Impact Statements, theses, reports, and research in progress. TRID is the world’s largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation research information, covering all modes and disciplines of transportation.
[Coverage: 1920's-present]
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation. BTS assures the credibility of its products and services through rigorous analysis, transparent data quality, and independence from political influence.
- National Academies Transportation Research Board (TRB)As part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) aims to anticipate and solve complex transportation-related challenges such as advancing resilient infrastructure, exploring transformational technology, and caring for the public’s health and safety. TRB provides publications, events, and databases such as TRID, SHRP 2, and more.
- Compendex This link opens in a new windowCompendex is the broadest and most complete engineering literature database available in the world with over 22 million indexed records from 77 countries across 190 engineering disciplines.
[Coverage: 1884-present] - Scopus This link opens in a new windowLarge interdisciplinary abstract and citation database to academic journal literature, conference proceedings and books with broad coverage across the sciences and social sciences, includes citation tracking tools (Citescore).
[Coverage: full coverage from 1996-present, with selected coverage as far back as 1823] - Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science Core Collection enables searching of top-cited peer-reviewed content across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities with "cited reference" search capabilities. "It is a curated collection of over 20,000 peer-reviewed, high-quality scholarly journals published worldwide (including Open Access journals) in over 250 science, social sciences, and humanities disciplines. Conference proceedings and book data are also available." There is also access to Journal Citation Reports which provide impact metrics like the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and Eigenfactor Scoring. Web of Science also has article, author and institutional citation indices. Includes EndNote Basic online citation management tool.
[Coverage: 1900-present]
