The Momentum of Transportation Information: A History of TRB's Transportation Research Information Services

The Transportation Research Board's (TRB's) Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS), now in its 42nd year, is a collaborative database with a staff of indexers and abstractors who work with journals, proceedings, technical reports, and books on all aspects of transportation, as well as with partners worldwide, to ensure access to research information. The authors of this article, three first-hand participants, trace the evolution, history, expansion, and continuing vision of TRIS.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/161719.aspx
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• Authors:
  • Winter, Kenneth
  • Morin, Shirley
  • Post, Barbara
• Publication Date: 2009-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 14-17
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 261
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: History; Information services; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Research Board; Transportation Research Information Services
• Subject Areas: Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01129481
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 27 2009 1:14PM