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All information in Transguide deals with transport including the field of Telematics. In order to make it easier for you to find the information you want, we have divided the information over the following databases.
Websites
Information on above all Swedish websites.
Electronic documents
References to full text documents on the Internet.
Full text search
Searching directly in electronic documents, for example those that are described in the database Electronic documents.
Literature databases
Information on databases which contain references to publications and research projects. Foreign databases are also represented here.
TRAX (VTI)
Library catalogue at the Library and Information Centre (BIC), Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI).
Data banks
Information on data banks (statistics, "who-does-what", project information, codes, patents, etc).
Conferences
A calendar of forthcoming conferences.
Libraries
Information on libraries.
Periodicals (VTI)
Information on periodicals available in the Library and Information Centre (BIC), Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI).
Dennis
Information on the "Dennis package", infrastructure scheme in the Greater Stockholm Region.
(Hint: Click "Help" at the side of the Search button when you have opened the database concerned in order to get more tips on searching the specified database).
Websites
Websites is a collection of above all Swedish websites which relate to the Transguide subject areas in a broad sense. The producers of Websites are a mixed group of authorities, universities, research institutes, companies, trade unions, interest organisations, and in some cases private individuals. The database was created in the autumn of 2000 through a thorough and systematic scrutiny of Internet resources using search engines and existing networks. Website comprises more than 300 links and is continuously updated through surveillance by BIC and suggestions from users.
Electronic documents
Electronic documents is a database with references to full text documents. In
the database there are references to documents from for example Swedish universities,
authorities and organisations. By clicking the URL which is given in each
reference, it is possible to link to the full text document. The database was
created in the autumn of 2000 through a thorough and systematic scrutiny of
Internet resources using search engines and existing networks. The database
comprises ca 10.000 items and is continuously updated through surveillance by BIC
and suggestions from users.
Full text search
Full text search is a direct search in full text documents, including those
referred to in the database Electronic documents. The database was created in
the autumn of 2000 and comprises ca 15.000 documents. More documents are
continuously added through surveillance by BIC and suggestions from users.
Literature databases
Literature databases is a collection of Internet based library catalogues,
catalogues of publications from publishers, educational institutions, research
institutes etc, project catalogues and links to international database hosts
which make available relevant literature databases. Information in Literature
databases comes from authorities, universities, research institutes, companies,
interest organisations etc. The database was created in the autumn of 2000 and
comprises ca 60 items. It is continuously updated through surveillance by BIC
and suggestions from users.
TRAX (previously Roadline VTI)
TRAX comprises large parts of the catalogue at Library and Information Centre
(BIC), Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) in Linköping. The
database was started in 1976 and comprises more than 125,000 references to publications
from the 1920s onwards. About 50% of the publications are in English and all references
have English keywords from the ITRD thesaurus. Annual accession is ca 6000 references.
The publications can be borrowed from the library by users in Sweden and photocopies
can be bought. TRAX is updated daily.
Data banks
This database contains information on above all Swedish data banks. There is e.g. information on research
projects, statistics, infrastructure, emissions, the environmental costs of
different transport modes, patents, codes, B2B electronic marketplaces,
who-does-what and linked pages. Information comes from authorities,
universities, research institutes, interest organisations and in some cases
private individuals. The data bank was created in the autumn of 2000 through a
thorough and systematic scrutiny of Internet resources using search engines and
existing networks. The database comprises more than 40 references and is
continuously updated through surveillance by BIC and suggestions from users.
Conferences
Conferences contains references to forthcoming conferences. The database was
started in 1988 at the Library and Information Centre (BIC), Swedish Road and
Transport Research Institute (VTI) in Linköping. The database comprises ca 300
references and is updated continuously through surveillance by BIC and
suggestions from users.
Libraries
Libraries contains information on above all Swedish libraries with literature within
the fields of transport and/or telematics. The selection was made by BIC and is
based on a questionnaire sent to a large number of libraries during the summer/autumn
of 2000. Each library had the option to decide whether it wanted to be
represented in the database, and the information is based on the responses
received from these libraries.
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The database also contains a
selection of foreign libraries within the transportation area. The database
contains about 70 references.
Periodicals (VTI)
Periodicals comprises a list of ca 700 periodicals at the Library and
Information Centre (BIC), Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) in
Linköping. The database is updated continuously.
Dennis
Dennis contains references to information material, documents accessible by
the public, newspaper articles, investigations etc which have to do with the
"Dennis package", the infrastructure scheme in the Greater Stockholm
Region. The database comprises over 7500 references and covers the years 1990 to
1997.
Websites, Electronic documents, Full text search, Literature databases, Data banks, Conferences, Libraries and Periodicals are updated when new or modified information is available. TRAX is updated daily, while Dennis was closed down in the summer of 1997.
Information in Transguide is classified so that search can be limited to one
or more transport modes or Telematics & IT. When a database has been
selected and the search form is displayed, information about the categories can be obtained by
clicking the question mark to the right of "Categories".
Railways
Aviation
Shipping
Telematics & IT
Road traffic
Information in Transguide is classified so that search can be limited to one
or more subject areas. When a database has been selected and the search form is
displayed, information about the subject areas can be obtained by clicking the question mark to the right of
"Subject areas".
The subject areas are:
Economy
Vehicles and boats
Freight and passenger transport
Infrastructure
Humans & technology
Materials
Environment & social aspects
Legal aspects
Safety & behaviour
Society & politics
Traffic engineering & management
Freetext means that when a word or phrase is written in this field, all the information in the entire database is searched for. When a database has been selected and the search form is displayed, information about the field freetext can be obtained by clicking the question mark to the right of "Freetext".
Search help is available for each database. When a database has been selected and the search form is displayed, search help can be obtained by clicking Help to the right of the SEARCH button.
You can search simultaneously in the databases Websites, Electronic documents, Literature databases, Data banks, Conferences and Libraries.
Transguide is being developed to give those interested, such as researchers, politicians, officials, media, students etc access to an all-round forum for information on transport including telematics. As early as 1991, experimental work on Transguide was put in hand. During the summer and autumn of 1997 Transguide was introduced as a website and could in this way be made accessible to all via the Internet. Transguide has now reached another stage in its development, and it is now a portal to both broad-based and in-depth information in the fields of transport and telematics.
The Library and Information Centre (BIC) of VTI develops and maintains Transguide.
You may of course link to Transguide website. If you wish you may "cut-and-copy" the text below.
Transguide – http://www.transguide.org – is a content rich website with selected transport resources. The databases presented contain electronically available documents, the VTI library catalogue, a conference diary and several link collections.
Feel free to download our logotype in the upper left-hand corner as well.
The Library and Information Centre (BIC) of VTI develops and maintains Transguide.
BIC collects, structures, stores and disseminates information in the fields of transport research and communications and has long experience and a broad network of contacts, both nationally and internationally. Birgitta Sandstedt birgitta.sandstedt@vti.se is in charge of BIC and is project manager for Transguide. Work at BIC is covered by VTI's certification in accordance with ISO 9001.
The compilation of information on the pages relating to Transguide is protected by copyright. Single items of information may however be quoted provided that Transguide is given as the source (and that in other respects also this is in accordance with law and accepted practice).You may of course link to our website. We suggest that in such a case you link to http://www.transguide.org. If you do this, please send a short message to info@transguide.org.
For statistical purposes we use cookies at the website Transguide. All the information we collect is anonymous and we do not gather names, e-mail addresses or anything that could identify individuals. Our statistical reports only contain aggregated data.
Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Library and Information Centre (BIC)
SE-581 95 Linköping, Sweden
Street address: Olaus Magnus väg 35
Telephone: +46 13-20 43 31
Fax: +46 13-14 14 36
E-mail: bic@vti.se alt. info@transguide.org
Web: http://www.vti.se/bic
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Do you know of a website/database or other information that you want to be included in Transguide? We welcome all suggestions.
The easiest way of getting in touch with us is to send an e-mail to info@transguide.org or to fill in a form.
Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Library and Information Centre (BIC)
SE-581 95 Linköping, Sweden
Street address: Olaus Magnus väg 35
Telephone: +46 13-20 43 31
Fax: +46 13-14 14 36
E-mail: bic@vti.se alt. info@transguide.org
Web:
http://www.vti.se/bic-english