International Guide to Highway Transportation Information

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• Creators:
  Decina, L. E. (Larry E.) ; Lococo, K. (Kathy)
• Corporate Creators:
  Scientex Corporation. Transportation Safety Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Databases Data Collection EMCT Foreign Foreign Document Acquisition Foreign Transportation Information Highway Transportation Information Dissemination Information Retrieval IRRD OECD Technology Transfer TRANSDOC TRIS

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-PL-95-011(A)
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Buffalo (New York);Australia;Japan;Europe;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of International Programs
• Abstract:
  The objective of the project was to provide suggestions for improving the acquisition and dissemination of transportation information from developed countries. The study included a survey of FHWA staff and other highway professionals, a visit to information database producers in Europe and Japan, an inventory of foreign information sources and document vendors, a citation and document acquisition analysis of databases that contain foreign records, and a final report with recommendations. Study results concluded that the U.S. highway community does not regularly access foreign and domestic online databases; foreign database producers (OECD and ECMT) collect records (in English, French, and German) from approximately 30 advanced countries; research-in-progress information is not consistently included in these databases; Japanese information is not easily accessible in the U.S.; and foreign documents cited in the subject databases of NTIS and COMPENDEX can probably be acquired domestically, whereas in TRIS, IRRD, and TRANSDOC, probably only about one-third to one-half of the documents cited can be acquired in the U.S. Recommendations include: improving access to information resources by developing a national transportation library system; providing education and training; conducting periodic international conferences for information providers and users; developing a national transportation information link connecting catalogs and databases from different sources; providing better access to translation services and products; and providing resources to TRIS to include foreign-language records and other bibliographic information from abroad.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFH61-93-C-00035
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
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