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Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)

Description:

This tool houses published or ongoing research projects covering all aspects of transportation, including data collection and analysis. This tool is the world’s largest and most comprehensive bibliographic source on transportation. It contains more than one million records of published and ongoing research. Users can navigate several databases, searching by key-words or research authors. The online database consists of six components:

  • Transport Research International Documentation (TRID): An integrated database that combines the records from TRIS and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Joint Transportation Research Center’s International Transportation Research Documentation database. It is the largest and most comprehensive bibliographic source on transportation information.
  • Research in Progress Database: It contains current or recently completed transportation research projects, mostly those funded by US Department of Transportation (DOT), state DOT, or the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) cooperative research programs.
  • Research Needs Statement Database: It houses research need statements that are identified, developed and disseminated by TRB Technical Activities standing committees.
  • TRB Publications Index: It contains papers, articles, and reports published by TRB, Highway Research Board, Strategic Highway Research Program, or the Marine Board from 1923 to date.
  • Practice Ready Papers Database: It contains practice-ready papers in which the research results presented and discussed make a contribution to the solution of current or future problems.
  • TRB Library: The library provides reference service, citation verification, literature searches and interlibrary loan services to TRB staff and sponsors.
Tool Type:
Information Source
Owner Source:
organization
Sponsor/Owner:
  • Transportation Research Board
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Availability:

The tool is available free of charge at the following link: Transportation Research Information Services.

Disclaimer:

This information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained herein. This information does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturer's names appear in this information only because they are considered essential to the objective of this publication.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations, and translations thereof, expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Highway Administration.