Subject Guide: Transportation Engineering

While some transportation engineering material is in the Engineering Library, the largest collection of such material on campus is in The Institute of Transportation Studies Library.

Finding Journal Articles and Conference Papers

Current Melvyl
Coverage: primarily 1980–present, but some records date back to 1898
All areas of transportation engineering.
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TRIS
Coverage: 1965–present
All areas of transportation engineering.
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Web of Science  UCB access only
Coverage: 1900–present
Article database covering the core journals in all scholarly fields. Provides cited reference searching.
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Civil Engineering Database
Coverage: papers with abstracts, 1970–present; papers without abstracts, 1920s–1969
Indexes all ASCE publications, including journals, conferences, books, standards, and manuals.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  UCB access only
Coverage: 1930s–present; with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s
Architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and related disciplines.
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Finding Books and Conference Proceedings

Next Generation Melvyl Pilot
The Next Generation Melvyl Pilot is a collaboration between the UC Libraries and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Holdings from all ten UC campuses are included.

Current Melvyl
Library catalog for the UC System. Find call numbers, locations, and online access for books, journals, conference proceedings, and more.
» A Brief Guide to Melvyl
» How to Find Conference Proceedings

OskiCat
OskiCat is the UC Berkeley library catalog. It does not include some engineering-related libraries at UC Berkeley. All library users can find course reserves and renew items in OskiCat. UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and other UC Berkeley library cardholders may request materials from NRLF in OskiCat.

Finding Background and General Information

Handbook of Transportation Engineering. M. Myer Kutz, ed. McGraw-Hill, c2004.
ITS Library TA1151 .H365 2004

Fundamentals of Traffic Engineering. 15th ed. W. S. Homburger, et al. Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley, 2001.
ITS Library HE369 .C78 2001

Highway Engineering Handbook. R.L. Brockenbrough and K.J. Boedecker, Jr. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003.
ITS Library TE151 .H54 2003

A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets ("The Green Book"). 5th ed. AASHTO, 2004.
ITS Library TE175 .A55 2004 Reference and circulating copy

Highway Capacity Manual 2000. Transportation Research Board. 2000.
ITS Library HE336.H48 H54 2000 Reference and circulating copy

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. U.S. Federal Highway Administration, 2003.
ITS Library TE 228 M88 2003 Reference

Trip Generation. 7th ed. Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2003.
ITS Library HE371.A3 T75 2001 Reference

Automotive Handbook. 5th ed. Bosch, 2000.
ITS Library TL151 .B73 2000 Reference

Finding Electronic Journals

Search for electronic journals covering:
» Automobile and Transportation and Aerospace and Aeronautics (in engineering)
» Multimodal Transport and Logistics (in business and economics)

Finding Dissertations and Theses

To find dissertations from UCB's transportation program, search in Current Melvyl in the Series field for the phrase "Dissertation series Institute of Transportation."

In addition to dissertations from the UCB program, the ITS Library annually adds 100-150 dissertations in transportation from programs throughout the United States and Canada. Each is fully cataloged with subject headings and most are on microfiche. Find those dissertations in Current Melvyl using a Subject search for terms such as "traffic" or "logistics." See a librarian for further assistance.

» Guide to locating dissertations and theses