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ITRD Update / GTRIC Meeting Toronto

ITRD Update / GTRIC Meeting Toronto. Colin Howard Head of TRL Library & Information Centre and Chairman of ITRD Operational Committee 5 th June 2005. International Transport Research Documentation. Background & content How it works Accessing the database.

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ITRD Update / GTRIC Meeting Toronto

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  1. ITRD Update / GTRIC Meeting Toronto Colin Howard Head of TRL Library & Information Centre and Chairman of ITRD Operational Committee 5th June 2005

  2. International Transport Research Documentation • Background & content • How it works • Accessing the database

  3. International Transport Research DocumentationITRD • Co-operative World-wide database of published Information on Transport and Transport Research • Permanent activity of the joint OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre • Created in 1972 • 430,000 bibliographical references on Transport Research literature and on-going research

  4. ITRD-- How does it work? • Since 2003, administered by TRL (UK) on behalf of the OECD • 27 members from respected research organisations in 19 countries world-wide provide abstracts each month • In one of 4 working languages through the appropriate Co-ordinating Centre English : TRL German : BASt Spanish : CEDEX French: INRETS

  5. Australia (ARRB) Austria (KfV) Belgium (ISBR, CRR) Brazil (IPR) Canada (TAC/ACT) China (Min. of Comm.) Czech Republic (CDV) Denmark (Danish Rd Inst.) Finland (Finnra) France: (LCPC, INRETS, SETRA) Germany (BASt, FGSV) Hungary (KTI) Japan (NILIM, CERI) Mexico (IMT) Netherlands (SVOW) Norway (Public Rd Adm.) Saudi Arabia (Min. of Comm.) Spain (CEDEX) Sweden (VTI) Switzerland (EPFL) UK (TRL) USA (TRB) ITRD Members

  6. Accident studies Construction of pavements, bridges, and tunnels Design of roads and related structures Drainage of soils Earthworks Environment Highway financing and administration Materials & Maintenance Road Safety, accidents Soils and rock mechanics Traffic & Transport Vehicles ITRD: Subject Coverage

  7. Monthlyinput from Members Member organisations scan and abstract publications choosing language of input Language Coordinating Centres French (INRETS) English (TRL) German (BASt) Spanish (Cedex) Monthly quadrilingual ITRD file File distributed back to members + On-line host (STN) + Transport Database CD-ROM/On-line (Ovid)

  8. ITRD input in 4 languages

  9. Quadrilingual thesaurus links terms through numeric code

  10. ITRD Thesaurus

  11. www.itrd.org

  12. Accessing the database

  13. STN on the web

  14. STN on the web

  15. STN on the web

  16. STN on the web

  17. STN on the web

  18. STN on the web

  19. STNEasy

  20. STNEasy

  21. STNEasy

  22. Ovid “TRANSPORT” search

  23. Ovid TRANSPORT search

  24. Ovid TRANSPORT search

  25. Ovid TRANSPORT search

  26. Ovid TRANSPORT search

  27. Future developments • Full Text links • Looking at further new platforms – jointly with TRIS • Eg DIALOG, Engineering Village 2

  28. ITRD Update / GTRIC Meeting Toronto Colin Howard Head of TRL Library & Information Centre and Chairman of ITRD Operational Committee 5th June 2005 Email: choward@trl.co.uk

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