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April 2004
A network of information at your fingertips
The Transportation Libraries Catalog, a brand new online database of transportation-related resources, will provide Minnesota's transportation community with access to a treasure trove of research and information. The service was initiated by the Midwest Transportation Knowledge Network (MTKN), a consortium of transportation libraries within AASHTO's Region 3, in cooperation with the National Transportation Library. Librarians Jerry Baldwin (jerry.baldwin@dot.state.mn.us) of Mn/DOT and Arlene Mathison of CTS have been leaders in creating this consortium.
Here are some of the resources now available with only a few clicks of your mouse:
- The Transportation Libraries Catalog contains the records of transportation libraries at nine state DOTs, including Minnesota's, plus those of CTS, the Transportation Research Board, University of California-Berkeley, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, Virginia Transportation Research Council, and the Los Angeles County Transit Authority.
- The Transportation Libraries Catalog is searchable by anyone with Internet access. The search results will either provide you with links to online documents or show you which library owns each item.
- A growing number of items in the Transportation Libraries Catalog are linked to online, full-text publications that can be downloaded and printed.
- Most resources listed in the Transportation Libraries Catalog are available for loan to a transportation official or practitioner.
Visit the MTKN Web site—www.mtkn.org—to access the Transportation Libraries Catalog. Mn/DOT employees can also access the database via the Mn/DOT Library's internal Web site. In addition, the National Transportation Library makes it available at http://ntl.bts.gov.
For further information, please contact Arlene Mathison, CTS librarian, 612-624-3646, mathi032@umn.edu.