How to Obtain Publications

Center publications may be obtained from a number of sources. Individual citations in our Research Publications Bibliography give information on publishers. Whenever available, links to full text versions of publications are given. Additional information on selected sources appears below. Due to copyright restrictions, HSRC may be unable to fulfill certain document requests.

AAAM
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
2340 Des Plaines Avenue, Suite 106
Des Plaines, IL 60018
Telephone: 847-390-8927
Email: AAAM1@aol.com
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration
Research and Technology Report Center
9701 Philadelphia Court, Unit Q
Lanham, MD 20706
FAX: 301-577-1421
Single copies free.
IIHS
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Communications Department
1005 North Glebe Road
Arlington VA 22201
Telephone: 703-247-1500
FAX: 703-247-1588
ITE
Institute of Transportation Engineers
1099 14th Street, NW Suite 300
West Washington, DC 20005-3438
Telephone: 202-289-0222
N.C. Dept. of Transportation
Ms. Portia Jordan, Librarian. Email: portiaj@dot.state.nc.us
N.C. Dept. of Transportation
Research and Development
Post Office Box 25201
Raleigh NC 27611
Telephone: 919-715-2461
Single copies free.
NTIS
National Technical Information Service
Springfield, VA 22161
Telephone: 703-605-6040 (Sales Desk, regular service; hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday through Friday)
TRB
Transportation Research Board
Business Office
National Research Council
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20418
An online catalog of publications is available at the TRB Web site.

Some other Internet resources:

National Transportation Library
The National Transportation Library (NTL) is a repository of materials from public and private organizations around the country. The Library is intended to facilitate the exchange of information related to transportation. Full text versions of many reports from U.S. federal and state transportation agencies are available in electronic format. A searchable interface provides links to documents. A free version of TRIS, the Transportation Research Information Service Online, a bibliographic database, is available at the NTL site. The National Transportation Library is an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
North Carolina State Depository Library System -- Publications Clearinghouse
The UNC Highway Safety Research Center contributes copies of some of its studies to the North Carolina State Depository Library System, a network of libraries across our state that cooperate to make state agency documents readily available to the public. Check with your local public library on availability.
Federal Depository Libraries
These are usually large academic or public libraries designated to receive copies of documents published by U.S. federal agencies. Check with your local public library for the location of the nearest Federal Depository Library.

For further information on HSRC research publications, contact:

Mary Ellen Tucker, HSRC Librarian
metucker@email.unc.edu