Logistics & Transportation
Subject Guides: Business & Economics
Internet Gateways--Logistics
Internet Gateways--Transportation
Logistics & Transportation Associations
Ports & Shipping
Supply Chain Management
INTERNET GATEWAYS-LOGISTICS
Logistics
Links <http://www.scl.gatech.edu/resources/links/>
From the Supply Chain and Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech, a collection
of links to logistics information.
Logistics
World <http://www.logisticsworld.com>
Boasts thousands of links to Web resources related to logistics,
logistics management, transportation, supply chain management,
warehousing, distribution, maintenance, manufacturing, management,
reliability, mathematics, business, and quality sites on the web.
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INTERNET GATEWAYS-TRANSPORTATION
Northwestern
University Transportation Library <http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/transportation_subjectguides.html>
From one of the largest transportation libraries in the world,
a collection of links to web sites in several transport modes.
Transportation
Resources <http://www.jntide.org/links/index.html>
A collection of links from the New Jersey Transportation Information
and Decision Engineering office providing access to transportation
related web sites includes transport modes, companies, organizations,
schools, publications, and individuals.
WWW
Virtual Library: Transportation <http://www.bts.gov/virtuallib/transportation.html>
A lengthy list of Web links on transportation topics and organizations
and to other transportation collections maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATIONS
APICS--The Association
for Operations Management <http://www.apics.org>
ILWA/Association for Logistics
Warehousing <http://www.iwla.com>
Council of Supply Chain
Management Professionals <http://www.cscmp.org>
Institute for Supply Management
<http://www.ism.ws/>
Supply Chain Council
<http://www.supply-chain.org>
All of these professional organizations provide job listings, online resume posting for members, surveys of current business conditions, and many other useful items. Also, browse their webpages for industry publications and for links to useful web sites for anyone in the field or doing research in this area.
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PORTS & SHIPPING
American
Association of Port Authorities--Industry Information
<http://www.aapa-ports.org/Industry/l>
Focuses on the port industry in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean
and Latin American. Has links to various port authorities
and contacts, industry statistics, and an overview of current
issues in the industry.
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
IT Toolbox--Supply
Chain Management <http://supplychain.ittoolbox.com/>
Provides links to a selection of articles, research papers, etc. on the technical aspects of SCM.
Supply
Chain Brain <http://www.supplychainbrain.com/>
An archive of case studies, interviews, trends, newsletters,
etc. on SCM. Also has links to companies involved in various
aspects of supply chain management.
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TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
Statistical
Resources on the Web: Transportation <http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sttrans.html>
Links to a variety of sources providing statistical data about
transportation and covering air, motor vehicle, rail, roads
and bridges.
TranStats <http://www.transtats.bts.gov/>
For transportation researchers and analysts, a collection
of data files to download covering both transportation modes
and topics such as economics, demographics, security, energy,
etc. Data files are searchable, can be downloaded selectively,
and provide simple analysis tools.
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LOCATING RESEARCH REPORTS
National
Transportation Library <http://ntl.bts.gov/>
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, a searchable collection
of public and private transportation documents housed in their library and available online
Transportation
Research Board Publications <http://www.trb.org/trb/publications/publications.asp>
Access to the full text of books, reports, and miscellaneous publications of the Transportation Research Board.
Materials cover planning, administration, and environment; design; materials, construction, and maintenance;
operations and safety; aviation; public transit; rail; freight transportation (multimodal); and marine transportation.
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LOCATING ARTICLES
Business
Source Premier A UT Libraries business database
Search by company name, product, or subject in this index
of 3000 popular, trade, and scholarly business journals. Full
text is available for most of the titles included; coverage
begins in the 1960s.
Factiva
A UT Libraries business database
Search the full text of over 8,000 newspapers, periodicals,
wire services, media transcripts, or web sites for articles
about companies, products, and subjects.
General
BusinessFile ASAP A UT Libraries business database
Indexes business magazines and newspapers, trade journals,
and brokerage reports and can be searched for company names,
products, and subjects. Some full text articles included.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic A UT Libraries business database
Search both the News and the Business sections of this database
for the full text of articles from a variety of sources.
RDS
Business & Industry A UT Libraries business database
This index of trade and industry journals is a primary source
of corporate, industry and product information. Most articles
available as full text.
TRANweb
<http://tran.library.northwestern.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?clim=1&DB=local&PAGE=hbSearch>
From the Northwestern University Transportation Library, an
index of transportation journals, reports, and papers from
1979 to date. An index only, no full text articles.
TRIS
Online A UT Libraries business database
Provides abstracts of research published in books, journal
articles, technical reports, proceedings, and other media
from the 1960s to the present. Also provides access to federal,
state, local, and association publications with selected links
to full text materials and to the IRRD database for additional
coverage of international transportation.
Web
of Science A UT Libraries database
Indexes both articles and cited references from over 8,000 peer-reviewed
journals in all subjects including logistics and transportation. Abstracts
are available for science and social sciences source material, no full text.
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LOCATING BOOKS
Use the UT Libraries catalog to find call numbers and locations for books about transportation and logistics.
Created and maintained by Karmen Crowther, Business LibrarianLast revision: 08/11/09