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Transportation Department of Transportation Library: Online Digital Special Collections 
 This site provides the full text of documents "of interest to Department of Transportation (DOT) researchers and the transportation community at large." Includes a varied selection of material such as civil aeronautics manuals from the 1950s, investigations of aircraft accidents (1934-1965), railroad investigation reports (1911-1994), materials from conferences on street and highway safety from the 1920s and 1930s, and U.S. Coast Guard circulars back to the 1960s. Each category of documents is searchable. http://specialcollection.dotlibrary.dot.gov Topics: Transportation Last updated Mar 14, 2006 Innovative Transportation Technologies
This site provides information about unconventional transportation technologies around the world. It includes suspended and supported vehicle technologies, automated freight movement technologies, personal rapid transit (PRT) systems, a group rapid transit (GRT) system, high speed surface transport(HSST), and other innovative systems for moving people and goods. http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/ Topics: Transportation Last updated Jun 13, 2007 Jane's Information Group
In 1898 Jane's published the first edition of Jane's Fighting Ships . Now they publish two dozen reference works (see your library) and track military and aerospace information world-wide. Their Web site provides a useful selection of free samples and news briefs from their publications. Use the Sitemap to navigate. Highlights include: Defence, which currently provides a special feature on the Gulf crisis - a military-focused alternative to the major media coverage. Regional Assessment - security risk factors by country; Geo News Briefs - see Jane's Intelligence Review , Police News Briefs - international coverage; and Transport News Briefs - airports, airlines, railways, urban, and high-speed marine. http://www.janes.com/ Topics: Industries, Military, Politics by Place Last updated Apr 29, 2001 National Transportation Library (NTL)
The NTL provides online access to documents and databases covering all aspects of transportation in the United States. Material is contributed by public and private organizations around the country and access to all documents is free. Search or browse this collection for full-text materials on transportation topics covering aviation, maritime, pedestrians, bicycles, freight, traffic control, highways, railways, public transportation, intelligent transportation systems, safety, laws & regulations, and more. A search on the Bernoulli Principle, a physical law basic to aviation, turned up eight documents, six of them searchable PDF files. http://ntl.bts.gov/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, Transportation Last updated Nov 28, 2004 Targets for Terrorism: Ground Transportation
Questions and answers about the possibility of attacks on ground transportation in the United States. Topics include chemical and biological attacks, security measures, and brief information about security measures in other countries, such as "in the United Kingdom, for example, police are confident that unattended packages will be reported within minutes, giving authorities early warning to thwart possible attacks." From the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). http://www.cfr.org/publication/10198/targets_for_terrorism.html Topics: Terrorism Last updated Jun 30, 2009 TRIS Online
The TRIS (Transportation Research Information Services) database contains "over half a million records of references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research in the field of transportation." Produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences. http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Transportation Last updated Nov 16, 2006 |
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