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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICES TRB DATABASES TRB Publications Index http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/onlinepubs.nsf/web/index PATH Database http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/tris.nsf/web/path Research in Progress Database http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/tris.nsf/web/tris_research TRIS http://www4.nationalacademies.org/trb/tris.nsf TRB PUBLICATIONS INDEX Index all papers, articles and reports published by TRB from the early 1970s to date Contains about 22,000 records Available on the Web Links to electronic bookstore, out of print order form or full text electronic documents PATH DATABASE PATH is the largest and most comprehensive collection of bibliographic information on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Contains over 20,00 records Now integrated into TRIS Research in Progress Over 5700 statements of research projects Includes records from FHWA, FTA, TRB, State DOTs, Universities, and Canada Available on the Web Submittal form available on the Web New Web based RIP Database being developed under NHRP 20-39(2) TRIS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INFORMATION SERVICES TRIS FACTS Largest and mostcomprehensive database on transportation resource Contains over half million records of published and on-going transportation research For over 35 years has been one of the major resources on transportation HIGHLIGHTS TRIS Now have over 500,000 records TRIS available on the Web as TRIS Online PATH integrated into TRIS and available on Dialog, SilverPlatter, and TRIS Online TRT indexing integrated into TRIS COVERAGE All modes – – – – – Highway Transit Railroads Maritime Aviation Various disciplines – – – – – – – Planning Finance Design and Construction Materials Environmental Issues Safety and Human Factors Operations MATERIALS IN TRIS All of TRB publications and papers Technical Reports - Federal and State governments University Research Association and Organizational publications Magazine Articles Conference Proceedings Monographs Update on Coverage PATH Database added Currency is important - no backlog Conference Proceedings Expansion of coverage of transportation articles in non-transportation journal coverage TRT Conversion Only TRT vocabulary is in the Index Term field There is a Geographic and Identifier field that also is based on the TRT Terms that were not exact matches to a TRT Term went in the OT (Old Term field and still searchable) Candidate Terms and Uncontrolled Terms Indexers use TRT Files received for TRIS will be converted using the mapping program ACCESS TO TRIS TRIS is available on the National Transportation Library’s Web site as TRIS Online ONLINE - Fee Based – – SilverPlatter Information (TRANSPORT Database) Dialog Corporation (File 63) TRIS ON DIALOG Most complete version of TRIS Includes RIP, English language material from ITRD and all subfiles Monthly updates – Dialog allows powerful cross file searching Dialog now offers subscription rates and well as pay per use TRIS On SilverPlatter Only published documents - no RIPs Includes complete ITRD database Updated quarterly Offers links to full text journal articles through SilverLinker Subscription - Web or CD-ROM access TRIS ONLINE Agreement between TRB and BTS – – TRB continues to produce TRIS TRIS available on the Web through the National Transportation Library Valued added - links to full text public domain reports or document suppliers TRIS ONLINE Includes all of TRIS except Research in Progress and ITRD Database Updated monthly Currently over 600 full text linked Plans – – – Include RIP Database Advanced Query screen More links to full text and document suppliers TRIS PLANS Continue to improve and expand TRIS Online Integrate TRT in TRIS Online Integrate new RIP system in TRIS Development of new production system for TRIS Development