The TRB Library

The TRB Library is the primary archive for publications of the Transportation Research Board, Highway Research Board, Strategic Highway Research Program, and the Marine Board.
The library was founded in 1946 to provide information services to TRB staff, sponsors, TRB committees and panels, and researchers.

Library Services for TRB Staff and Sponsors

• Reference and assistance
• Citation verification
• Literature searches - Access to more than one hundred scientific, medical, and technical databases
• Interlibrary Loan Services - Member of OCLC and Transportation Knowledge Network (TKN)
• Contact: TRB Library

TRB Library Collection

• Complete collection of TRB, HRB, SHRP, and Marine Board publications going back to 1922
• Subscriptions to almost 150 journals
• More than 6,500 technical reports and monographs
• Access to hundreds of electronic journals through the National Academies' Research Center

Snap Searches

 A hyperlinked PDF document, Snap Searches provide a succinct summary of current activities in TRB in over 60 topics.  They contain:

• A list of recent reports from TRB and the National Academies
• Current and upcoming projects related to the topic
• Names of committees working on relevant issues
• Upcoming events such as conferences and webinars

Digitization Project

The TRB Library is in the process of digitizing all pre-2000 TRB reports and other series that have not previously been available online. The most up-to-date list of volumes that have been digitized are available below, and will be updated periodically.

Links to the full-text PDFs by journal/series can be found in TRID by clicking on the links below or via the TRID icon. In TRID, use the Keyword field to narrow to a specific issue number. 

[Last update: 07/20/2023]

Work in Progress:

Highway Research Board Roadside Development Committee Reports: 1936-1946, 1948, 1951-1962 [this series does not have volume numbers]

Completed:

Highway Research Record (HRR) : 1-479

Transportation Research Record (TRR) : 480-1516

Highway / Transportation Research Board Special Reports : 1-270

Highway / Transportation Research Circular : 1-503

Highway Research Board Bulletin :1-362 (Issues 82, 84, & 97 were never published)

Highway Research Board Proceedings:  1-41

Highway Research Board Research Reports : 1D-18C

Highway Research Board Wartime Road Problems : 1-11

NCHRP Legal Research Digest : 1-48

NCHRP Report : 1-513

NCHRP Research Results Digest (RRD) : 1-284 (Issue 178 was never published)

NCHRP Summary of Progress : 1988

NCHRP Synthesis : 1-324

NCTRP Report : 1-17

NCTRP Research Results Digest : 1-7

NCTRP Synthesis : 1-16

State of the Art Report : 1-9

TCRP Report : 1-64

TCRP Synthesis : 1-36

TRB Conference Proceedings : 1-38

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