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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
@NASEMTRB#TRBwebinar
TRID and Reference Management Software
September 28, 2021
Learning Objectives
#TRBwebinar
1. Utilize TRID for research
2. Integrate TRID into reference software
Questions and Answers• Please type your
questions into your webinar control panel
• We will read your questions out loud, and answer as many as time allows
#TRBwebinar
Today’s Panelists
• Bill McLeod, TRIS Manager, TRB
• Elaine Ferrell, Communications Specialist, TRB
TRID and Reference Management Tools
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
Bill McLeodTRIS ManagerSeptember 28, [email protected]
Goals
By the end of this webinar you will know:• What TRID is and how to initiate a search• How to use Marked Records functionality
to export records to reference management tools (also printing/emailing)
• Advantages of organizing your results in reference/citation management applications
TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services
Includes:• TRIS Databases:
– TRID https://trid.trb.org – just added Datasets!– Research in Progress (RIP) https://rip.trb.org– Research Needs Statements (RNS) http://rns.trb.org– PubsIndex http://pubsindex.trb.org– Transportation Research Thesaurus http://trt.trb.org
• TRB Library:– Snap Searches:
http://www.trb.org/InformationServices/Snap.aspx
Why Start with TRID?1. Free on TRB’s web site at: trid.trb.org (#TRID4Life)
Free to access/searchFree to export records
2. The world’s largest, most comprehensive transportation research database with more than 1.3 million records
3. Authoritative: all content is curated for its relevance to transportation
4. Maintained by the Transportation Research Board (TRB)
TRID Gives You a Head Start
Quality in, quality out
• TRB/HRB publications back to 1922• AASHTO publications• Federal/State DOT reports• University Transportation Center (UTC) reports• Research in Progress (RIP) project records• Datasets from federally funded projects• International coverage: ITRD (Europe, Canada, Mexico), ATRI
(Australia), J-STAGE (Japan)– Records in German, French and Spanish
• Commercial journal literature: Sage, SAE, ASCE, IEEE, Elsevier, Nature-Springer, Taylor & Francis, just to name a few
• Conference proceedings
Content is curated, or chosen for academic and intellectual rigor, ensuring high quality information from peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, government publications.
Available Reference/Citation Management Tools
Fee or subscription-based:• EndNote https://endnote.com• RefWorks
https://proquest.libguides.com/refworksFree:• Zotero https://www.zotero.org/• Mendeley https://mendeley.com (first
2Gb free)
Helpful Guides to Citation Management Tools
Portland State University Libraryhttps://guides.library.pdx.edu/c.php?g=474937&p=3249933
Northwestern University Libraryhttps://www.library.northwestern.edu/research/scholarly/citation-management.html
Advantage of Using Citation Management Tools
• Download citations and articles/PDFs from websites and databases
• Organize and search citations and articles• Easily generate reports• Easily share references with others• Automate the writing of your
endnotes/bibliographies/footnotes: integration with Word
Sharing Libraries: EndNoteEndNote customers have access to EndNoteWeb: • Register/login at Endnote.com• Sync with desktop version• Manage access to groups: read only; read-
write
Create a Compressed Library (.enlx) that can be easily sent to other EN users
– Includes all attachments and customization
Sharing Libraries: Zotero
• Register for access to Web Library at zotero.org
• Storage beyond 300 MB is fee-based• Sync desktop version to Web Library
Thank you!
Don’t hesitate to contact us!• Questions about TRIS Databases: tris-
[email protected]• Library Services & Snap Searches:
TRID Database Demonstration
The following slides are screenshots of the information covered in the live demonstration portions of the webinar.
Marking Results from TRID
After running or refining your search, use the ‘Mark’ functionality to tell TRID which records you’d like to export
Using Marked Records
Used the ‘Marked Records’ feature below the search bar to Save records to your citation management tool. You can also Print or Email records from here.
RIS Format
Go with the Default RIS selection to begin exporting to your citation management tool.RIS is designed to work with all Reference/Citation management tools.
To EndNote with ChromeAfter clicking Download in the previous dialog, you should see the file at the bottom of the browser window. If you’ve associated .RIS files with EndNote, just click the file to begin the export
Exporting to EndNote
The records will automatically populate the Imported References group. You can assign them to an existing group or create a new group, etc.
To Zotero with Chrome
If you have associated RIS files with Zoteroin your operating system, the file will automatically export to Zotero from TRID as it did to EndNote.Otherwise you can: Click Show in Folder, then right-click the file in your Downloads folder and select: Open with>Zotero
To EndNote with FireFox
You’ll see the dialog below after clicking Download:
Click OK to proceed. References will export to your open EN library, or the last library you opened.
To Zotero with FireFox
You’ll see the dialog below after clicking Download:
If this doesn’t work you may need to Save File and open it with Zoterofrom your Download folder
Bibliographies with EndNote & Zotero
Installing either tool will also install a plug-in for Word
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