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Step 1: Choose a database
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Step 2: Enter search terms

Enter one or more search words
Boolean Searching is supported; AND is the default
Phrases must be enclosed in quotes.
Search terms are not case sensitive.
Example: highway trust fund finds Highway Trust Fund, HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, and highway trust fund.
Word Stemming is not the default.
Example: speed bump will not find records with speed bumps.
Truncation is supported. The symbol is the asterisk *.

Step 3: Select Search Index
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Field Names	Notes
All Keywords	Includes All Title Keywords, All Author Keywords, All Subject Keywords, Abstract, Table of Contents (N), and Source (N)
All Author Keywords	For T, includes Personal Name Author, Corporate Author/Publisher, and Conference Sponsor For N, include Personal Creator, Personal Name Contributor, Corporate Creator, and Corporate Contributor
All Title Keywords	Includes Title, Foreign Title, Journal Title, and Conference Title
All Subject Keywords	For T, includes Subject Areas, TRT Keywords, and Other Terms For N, include General Subject, Classification, and TRT Keywords
TRT Terms	Transporation Research Thesaurus Terms

Legend: T = TRIS Online and N = NTL Catalogs

Step 4: Click on “Search” button

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TRIS is a bibliographic database funded by sponsors of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), primarily the state departments of transportation and selected federal transportation agencies. TRIS Online is hosted by the National Transportation Library under a cooperative agreement between the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and TRB.