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Intelligent Navigation of
Transportation Information:
Research Resources for
Transportation Topics
Leighton Christiansen
August 15, 2013
2013 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium
Overview
• On-line Transportation
Research Tools
• Sample Search
• Bibliography & Documentation
(Supplemental Info Slides included)
On-line Transportation
Research Tools
Transportation Research
International Database
(TRID)
http://trid.trb.org/
What is in TRID?
http://trid.trb.org/
Searching with TRID
http://trid.trb.org/
Searching with TRID
http://trid.trb.org/
Searching with TRID
http://trid.trb.org/
Improving Search with TRT
http://trt.trb.org/
Improving Search with TRT
http://trt.trb.org/
Improving Search with TRT
http://trt.trb.org/
Improving Search with TRT
http://trt.trb.org/
Outputting Results
Outputting Results
Outputting Results: DOC & HTML
Outputting Results: Citation
Outputting Results: RIS
Reference Management Tools (Citation Management Tools)
Outputting Results: RIS
Supplemental Slides
• Using other Search Tools
• Transportation Libraries & Knowledge
Networks
• Why isn’t everything Online?
• Links to Citation Management Tools
Thank You
On-line Transportation Research Tools:
RITA USDOT Research Hub
http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/researchhub/index.do
On-line Transportation Research Tools:
Transportation Library Resources
National Transportation
Library
http://ntl.bts.gov/
Directory of Transportation
Libraries and Information Centers
http://ntl.bts.gov/tldir/
• More than 350 libraries and
information centers
– More than 30 state DOT libraries
– Scores of university transportation or
engineering centers
– Score of corporate or industry group
libraries and centers
– Transportation Knowledge Networks
To Google or Not to Google?
No, Google better
Google Custom Searches
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006511
338351663161139:hovexomtgsw
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006983
765767145806606:9m37jbf8ojm
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=010809
592348763093458:r3i0biypw1u
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=012995
479145342077058:ipxox2lxkha
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006511
338351663161139:cnk1qdck0dc
https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=010809
592348763093458:3jsikrwi874
Why isn’t everything
Online?
• Born analog
– Printed before 1994
• Resource Limits
• Hidden Internet
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Password protected
Paywall
Search depth
Link rot
• Copyright law
• Grey literature
– Whitepapers
– Conference Proceedings
Links to Citation Management Tools
• Comparisons of 30+ tools
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_referen
ce_management_software
– Operating systems supported
– Citation Styles
– Word processor integration
– Costs
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Endnote http://endnote.com/
Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/
RefWorks http://www.refworks.com/
Zotero http://www.zotero.org/
Resources
Google. “Custom Search Engine.” https://www.google.com/cse/.
Mendeley Ltd. “Mendeley.” http://www.mendeley.com/.
RefWorks. “RefWorks Home Page”. http://www.refworks.com/.
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. “Zotero.” http://www.zotero.org/.
Thomson Reuters. “EndNote.” http://endnote.com/.
Transportation Research Board. “Transport Research International Documentation - TRID.” http://trid.trb.org/.
———. “Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT).” http://trt.trb.org/trt.asp?
———. “TRB Research in Progress - RiP.” http://rip.trb.org/.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research Innovation and Technology Administration. “National Transportation
Library.” http://ntl.bts.gov/.
———. “US DOT Research Hub.” http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/researchhub/index.do.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Research Innovation and Technology. http://ntl.bts.gov/tldir/.
Wikipedia. “Comparison of Reference Management Software.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software.
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