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Database: ITRD

ITRD (International Transport Research Documentation) is a bibliographic database containing all literature about ongoing research of value to the road and transport research community.

ITRD is produced by a group of transport research institutes from all over the world under leadership of the OECD, Road Transport Research Programme, Paris, France.

The records in this file contain bibliographic information , abstracts, and indexing information. Most records are in English; some titles, abstracts, and keywords are in German, French, or Spanish.

File Data

• 1972 to the present
• More than 335,505 citations (10/02)
• Updated monthly with about 1000 records

Subject Coverage

• Accident studies
• Construction of pavements, bridges, and tunnels
• Design of roads and releated structures
• Drainage of soils
• Earthworks
• Highway financing and administration
• Materials
• Road maintenance
• Soils and rock mechanics
• Traffic
• Transport
• Vehicles

Sources

• Journals
• Books
• Conference contributions
• Company publications
• Dissertations
• Patents
• Reports
• Standards and Specifications
• Non-conventional literature

Database Producer

Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)
Road Transport Research Program
2, rue Andre Pascal
F-75775 Paris Cedex 16
France
Phone:   (+33) 1-45249244
Telefax: (+33) 1-49104290
Copyright Holder

Database Supplier 
FIZ Karlsruhe
P.O. Box 2465
D-76012 Karlsruhe
Germany
STNmail: HLPDESKK
Phone:   (+49) 7247/808-555
Telefax: (+49) 7247/808-131
E-mail:  helpdesk@fiz-karlsruhe.de

Usage Terms

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    his database(s) apply to your use of the ITRD file on STN.

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