Subject Guide: Transportation Engineering

The Institute of Transportation Studies Library, 412 McLaughlin, holds most of the transportation resources on campus.

Finding Journal Articles and Conference Papers

Journal articles and conference papers are the primary means of disseminating research in transportation engineering. For transportation, use Melvyl as well as article databases to find journal articles and conference papers relevant to your research. More than 45,000 articles and papers have been fully cataloged and are searchable by article title, author, and subject in Melvyl.

Core Article Databases:	Default Search	Truncation Symbol
Melvyl all areas of transportation engineering Guide: A Brief Guide to Melvyl (HTML) Years covered: primarily 1980–present, but some records date back to 1898	Word	*
TRIS all areas of transportation engineering Guide: HTML Years covered: 1965–present	Phrase	*
Web of Science all sciences and engineering journals, with cited reference searching Tutorial: HTML and Guide: HTML, PDF Years covered: 1900–present	All	*

Other Relevant Article Databases:	Default Search	Truncation Symbol
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and related disciplines Guide: HTML Years covered: 1930s–present; with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s	AND	?
Civil Engineering Database indexes all ASCE publications, including journals, conferences, books, standards, and manuals Years covered: journal papers with abstracts, 1970–present; journal papers without abstracts, 1920s–1969; books, 1800–present	AND	*

To access other article databases, consult our complete list of Article Databases.

Locating Full Text Online or in the Library: Many article databases offer the UC-eLinks service, providing links to full-text articles online and automated library catalog searches. If these links fail, you can search for the journal title or conference name yourself in Melvyl.