Environment - Research

Research Related Websites:

• National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
• WSDOT Research Office
• FHWA Research Office
• Caltrans
• UW Center for Water and Water and Watershed Studies
   

Regulatory and Environmental Information Websites:

• Washington Department of Ecology

Literature Search Websites:

Washington State Sites

• The WSDOT Research Library - offers a range of research services, including expert literature searches, specialized databases, interlibrary loans, and an extensive collection of transportation materials. The WSDOT Research Library is accessed through the Washingtn State Library Catalog.  To limit a search to the WSDOT library, click the WSDOT 'radio button' on the catalog search page.
• Search the WSDOT Library Catalog
• Washington State Library

U.S. Government

• National Technical Information Service 

• (NTIS) - the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
• Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS)
• Transportation Research Board in Progress (TRB)
• FHWA Environmental Research Program Projects Database
• Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center - federally owned and operated research facility and the home of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Research, Development, and Technology.
• U.S.DOT Directory of Transportation Libraries and Information Centers
• The Volpe Center
• International Stormwater Best Management Practices Database
• U.S. EPA Information Sources
• U.S. Geological Survey - conducts research on some stormwater topics.
• Science.Gov - portal to all the science activities of the U.S. Government.

Non-Governmental Sites

• Scirus - scientific literature database
• Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
• Community of Science (COS) is a resource for hard-to-find information critical to scientific research across all disciplines.
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Publications database
• Civil Engineering Net Base
• Stormwater Manager's Resource Center
• Ingenta Connect
• Engineering Information