Fast Lanes on the Transportation Information Superhighway: Tips for Efficient, Comprehensive Internet Research
The Internet can function like a well-paved superhighway with excellent signage, or it can be a potholed detour with no roadside assistance and an undesirable destination. In this article an engineering librarian offers a primer for savvy usage of the web for transportation research. Topics covered include search engines and search tips, the invisible web, web portals, indexes and abstracts, library resources, monitoring misinformation, keeping up, and more.
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Authors:
- Osif, Bonnie
- Publication Date: 2006-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 3-9
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Serial:
- TR News
- Issue Number: 243
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0738-6826
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Information retrieval; Internet; Libraries; Research; Transportation
- Candidate Terms: Web search engines
- Uncontrolled Terms: Web portals
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Research; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01024769
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: May 26 2006 12:25PM