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    • Archive
      • Online Archive of California
      • Search Digitized Material
        • Search California Highways and Public Works Magazine: 1924-1967
        • Search CEO Briefs & Every Voice Counts 2005-present
        • Search Electric Railway Journal 1884-1931
        • Search Employee News Magazines: 1918-2009
        • Search Metro Library’s Digitized Documents
        • Search Metro’s Board Records 1993-2015 and its Predecessors Meeting Minutes 1951-1993
        • Search Metro Board Correspondence/Board Box 1993-present
        • Search Los Angeles Metro Press Releases 1993 – Present
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    • Start Here: An Approach to Transportation Research
    • Transportation Data and Related Resources
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    • Metro Library Knowledge Hub
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Resources and research support

Databases and eBooks

Metro Library offers current employees access to several databases with professional literature in the fields of transportation, urban planning, engineering, public administration, law, among others. If you’re a Metro employee and need technical or research support, please email library@metro.net or fill out the form below.

Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only. Resources available to current Metro employees only.

Databases

  • Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only.
    Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to articles in the fields of social sciences, technology, transportation, arts & entertainment, urban studies & planning, among others.

  • Accel5 Digital Leadership & Management Library (Ebsco) Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only.
    A continuously updated digital library of articles, books, videos on leadership and management.

  • Business Source Corporate Plus (Ebsco) Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only.
    Multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to articles in the fields of business, engineering, construction & building, management, accounting, transportation, public policy & administration, law, among others.

  • Engineering Village (Elsevier) Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only.
    Engineering databases providing access to abstracts and indexes. Some full-text and open access access links are provided. Databases include Ei Compendex, Inspec, Geobase, Georef, US & European Patents, NTIS, EnCompassLIT, Paperchem, CBNB, among others.

  • Knovel (Elsevier) Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only.
    Engineering database providing some full-text access to articles, reference handbooks, equations/data analytics, proceedings, and some industry standards.
 

eBooks

Metro employees can access ebooks through our library catalog.

  • Libby eBooks Red lock icon indicating resource reserved for current Metro staff only.
    You can also browse our ebook collection directly through the Libby app. Our ebook collection includes materials in transportation, urban planning & design, architecture, public administration and project management, GIS & data, and public speaking. The library also has a collection of study guides and testing materials to support Metro staff career advancement and certification.

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  • Last Updated November 20, 2024

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