Available through our Library
- Take note of any additional keyword vocabulary contained in the cataloging records. Approximately 20% of the records contain links to on-line full text publications.
- After locating books, reports, studies, dissertations and journals, look for bibliographies or sources used in those items for additional research material.
- A significant portion of the research collection is contained on microfiche. These reports can be distinguished by Call Numbers beginning with the letters “PB.”
Depending on the subject, a search of Metro’s Board of Directors website and its archive of pre-2015 materials, including Board meeting minutes from the predecessor agencies back to 1951 (approximately 25,000 items) and internally, Metro Board-approved Policies (90+ major policies) may also yield important information on public policy decisions and their background.
Available at other transportation libraries
- Search OCLC WorldCat for the holdings of other libraries, including transportation libraries with results in order of the libraries closest to your location.
Additional full text reports
- Search the National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) online catalog. Beginning in 1996, reports have been digitized and can be downloaded, but the NTRL catalog has reports dating back many years earlier.
- If you need anything prior to 1996 and Metro Library doesn’t have it in its collection, you may contact the NTIS Customer Service Center. They digitize reports as requested for older materials. Metro Library subscribed to NTIS transportation reports on microfiche (in order to save shelf space) from 1971 until approximately 2004 when they became available online. There is a microfiche digitization/printing station in the library for this collection of approximately 20,000 reports. Metro Library pays for employee/internal only access to this database.
