Includes VDOT subscription databases and publicly accessible search tools and resources. Use filters below to narrow by Subject, Type or Provider, or start your research with a Research Guide.
Full text articles in 37 ASCE peer-reviewed technical and professional journals from as far back as 1983-present, plus 64,000 ASCE conference proceedings papers from as far back as 1996-present, as well as 500 eBooks—for a combined total of more than 155,000 online documents. VDOT employees only.
Provides access to 12,800 standards from ASTM and 525 standards from AASHTO, in addition to 2,860 electronic manuals, monographs and reports (12 published by AASHTO), and 45,500 papers and articles from ASTM journals and proceedings. Full-text access requires registration with a valid VDOT email address. VDOT employees only.
NOTE: ASTM Compass users, please use the Microsoft Edge browser. This site does not work in Chrome at this time. If you have any questions contact the library: Library@VDOT.Virginia.gov
Full text of about 3,700 publications from key publishers in transportation, engineering, environmental, emergency response and fire protection. Contains AASHTO titles like: "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets," “Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing,” and “AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications." Full-text access requires registration with a valid VDOT email address. VDOT employees only.
New subject categories added in March 2023: Environment & Environmental Engineering / Fire Protection Engineering & Emergency Response
Search the world's leading source for peer-reviewed scientific and technical journals. VDOT employees may access 16 million full-text articles from over 4,100 journals and chapters from more than 39,000 e-books. Employees must register with their VDOT email address.
Find a ScienceDirect article or chapter that is not available as full text? If you work at VDOT we can deliver it to you! Simply use this ILL & Document Delivery Request Form
Formerly "Books24x7" this resource provides desktop access to about 28,000 full-text online eBooks, audio books, book summaries, and instructional videos in the fields of: Business, Engineering, Finance, Leadership, IT, Software Applications and more. VDOT employees only.
Note: About 76% of content in this database is eBooks, about 10% is audio books, about 8% is videos and 3% is book summaries.
E-Books in this collection are designed for "on screen" reading as opposed to downloading to portable E-book devices, however, all content is accessible from any Internet connected device, including ipads and smartphones.
Search and retrieve full text articles of the online version of Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. TRB provides VDOT and other "sponsors" full-text online access to nearly 20,000 articles from 1996-present. VDOT employees only.
Older issues of Transportation Research Record (formerly Highway Research Record) dating to 1963 are available in print from the VDOT Research library.
Combines records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database. TRID provides access to more than 1.25 million records of transportation research worldwide, including documents in French, German, Spanish and other languages.
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CORROSION is the premier research journal featuring peer-reviewed technical articles from the world’s top researchers and provides a permanent record of progress in the science and technology of corrosion prevention and control. Includes over 7,100 peer-reviewed articles from Vol. 1 (1945) - present of this publication by the Association of Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). VDOT employees only.
The journal, published through Allen Press by AMPP (formerly the groups NACE and SPCC), publishes seven article types – original articles, invited critical reviews, technical notes, corrosion communications fast-tracked for rapid publication, special research topic issues, research letters of yearly annual conference student poster sessions, and scientific investigations of field corrosion processes.
InteractVTrans is a web-based application (desktop only) providing access to datasets used for or produced as part of the statewide transportation planning process conducted as part of VTrans, Virginia's long-range, statewide multimodal plan. This webpage provides access to these datasets and includes tutorials.
InteractVTrans has two modules: (1) MapExplorer for viewing and downloading location-specific information; and (2) DataExplorer for viewing and generating charts, graphs, and other types of infographics at local jurisdiction, planning district, construction district, or statewide levels.
Full text of about 3,700 publications from key publishers in transportation, engineering, environmental, emergency response and fire protection. Contains AASHTO titles like: "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets," “Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing,” and “AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications." Full-text access requires registration with a valid VDOT email address. VDOT employees only.
New subject categories added in March 2023: Environment & Environmental Engineering / Fire Protection Engineering & Emergency Response
The VDOT Crash Analysis Tool is a data portal that utilizes Microsoft Power BI software. It was developed by VDOT's Traffic Engineering Division, Highway Safety section for crash analysis purposes, but a publicly accessible version is available. The main source of the data is owned and maintained by the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This site was made publicly available on October 23, 2019. It contains data from 2015-present.
A Power BI APP version is available to internal VDOT users, who must use their COV account and password to log in. External users with a Power BI license can view the Crash Tool by invitation.
This site contains digitized copies of both historical print and born-digital materials published by the Virginia Department of Transportation and its precursors. Contents include: VDOT Bulletin newsletter, Virginia state maps, road and bridge specifications, and photo collections.
