Leighton Christiansen August 15, Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium Intelligent Navigation of Transportation Information: Research Resources for Transportation Topics
Overview On-line Transportation Research Tools Sample Search Bibliography & Documentation (Supplemental Info Slides included)
On-line Transportation Research Tools
Transportation Research International Database (TRID)
What is in TRID?
Searching with TRID
Searching with TRID
Searching with TRID
Improving Search with TRT
Improving Search with TRT
Improving Search with TRT
Improving Search with TRT
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
On-line Transportation Research Tools: Transportation Library Resources National Transportation Library
Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers 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 :hovexomtgsw :cnk1qdck0dc :9m37jbf8ojm :r3i0biypw1u :3jsikrwi :ipxox2lxkha
Why isn’t everything Online? Born analog – Printed before 1994 Resource Limits Hidden Internet – Password protected – Paywall – Search depth – Link rot Copyright law Grey literature – Whitepapers – Conference Proceedings
Links to Citation Management Tools Comparisons of 30+ tools – ce_management_software ce_management_software – Operating systems supported – Citation Styles – Word processor integration – Costs Endnote Mendeley RefWorks Zotero
Resources Google. “Custom Search Engine.” Mendeley Ltd. “Mendeley.” RefWorks. “RefWorks Home Page”. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. “Zotero.” Thomson Reuters. “EndNote.” Transportation Research Board. “Transport Research International Documentation - TRID.” ———. “Transportation Research Thesaurus (TRT).” ———. “TRB Research in Progress - RiP.” U.S. Department of Transportation, Research Innovation and Technology Administration. “National Transportation Library.” ———. “US DOT Research Hub.” U.S. Department of Transportation, Research Innovation and Technology. Wikipedia. “Comparison of Reference Management Software.” Image Fair Use Claim: Images of copyrighted software and logos are used in this presentation under the claim of Fair Use. This presentation is intended for the nonprofit education of transportation researchers, only small percentages of copyrighted materials are used, and there is no intention on the part of the author to decrease the market for any of the services commented on in this presentation.