USERS OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INFORMATION NOW HAVE ON-LINE ACCESS TO THE TRIS DATA BASE

The TRB information service files are now part of the Transportation Research Information (TRIS) on-line data base at Lockheed Systems in California. Individual records in the TRIS data base are either (a) abstracts of reports, articles and other documents that include descriptions of statistical data holdings and computer programs, or (b) resumes of on-going or recently completed research projects that are relevant to the planning, development, operation and maintenance of transport systems and their components. Under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the TRB supplies records that have been selected and stored by five of its information services (relating to Highway, Maritime, Railroad, Air, and Urban Mass Transportation systems) on behalf of modal sectors of the transportation research community. The TRB maintains a number of exchange agreements between the information services and other transportation related information services in the U.S. and abroad. The preparation of records for TRIS supply includes checking for duplicates as well as the addition of codes and reformatting of records into a common set of data elements. Approximately 133,000 records were stored in the five TRIS Subfiles in June 1980, and it is estimated that an average of about 2000 records permonth will be included in monthly updates. The Subject coverage, data elements for TRIS records, search and output procedures with illustrative examples are briefly outlined in the article.

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  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 10-18
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research News
  • Issue Number: 88
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Computers; Highway transportation; Information retrieval; Information systems; Maintenance; Operations; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Research; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: On line computers; Transportation research
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316381
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 8 1981 12:00AM