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Transportation Engineering

A guide to Civil Engineering resources in the area of Transportation Engineering, including research papers, articles, data, material properties, codes, standards, patents, & product information.

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This guide will help you find reliable resources for your research assignments for Transportation Engineering. Use the recommended resources below or navigate this guide using the tabs at the left to find more specific resources or get additional information.

Recommended Resources

These are some of the most relevant and widely used resources for Transportation Engineering.

  • DTIC Online: Public Technical Reports
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC®) serves the DoD community as the largest central resource for DoD and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today .
  • EPA Science Inventory
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    This resource is a searchable, agency-wide catalog of more than 4,000 science activities such as research, technical assistance and assessments. The database contains more than 19,000 records in the archives including project descriptions, products produced, types of peer review, links to related work and contacts for additional information. Users can conduct keyword searches or search within nine cross-cutting science topics.
  • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Best Bet
    Search FHWA technical reports and publications, as well as highway data and statistics from Federal, State, and local partners.
  • Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) eLibrary
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    Reports and regulations concerning intermodal transportation.
  • IEEE Xplore - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    IEEE Xplore is a database providing access to cutting-edge technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and related fields. It offers full-text access to millions of documents from IEEE journals, conferences, standards, and other publications, making it an invaluable resource for engineers, researchers, and students seeking the latest advancements in technology and applied sciences. 

  • Papers First
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet
    An index of papers presented at conferences. Includes every congress, conference, exposition, workshop, symposium, and meeting received at the British Library.
  • ProQuest SciTech Collection
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    The ProQuest SciTech Collection is a database providing access to scientific and technical literature across various disciplines. It offers full-text articles, abstracts, and citations from journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports in fields such as engineering, computer science, physics, and environmental science. 

  • ROSA P - The Repository & Open Science Access Portal of the National Transportation Library
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Best Bet
    ROSA P is a searchable collection of resources across all modes of transportation and related disciplines, with specific focus on information produced by USDOT, state DOTs, and other transportation organizations. Content types found in ROSA P include textual works, datasets, still image works, moving image works, other multimedia, and maps. All resources in ROSA P are in the public domain and/or explicit permission has been provided by the rights holder to NTL to make their materials available for free over the web.
  • TRID - Transport Research International Documentation
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Best Bet
    TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to more than 1.25 million records of transportation research worldwide.
  • Web of Science
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet Featured

    Web of Science is a multidisciplinary citation indexing database that provides coverage of high-impact scholarly literature across the sciences, technology, engineering, and math. It offers powerful tools for tracking research trends, analyzing citation networks, and evaluating research impact. 

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