The purpose of this publication is to provide you with a starting point to finding general resources in this subject area. A number of quality print and electronic resources have been selected as a guide.
- Print resources
- Journals
- Databases
- Statistics
- Internet resources
- Web search tools
- Related guides and information
Print resources
Below is a range of print resources reating to road safety. They are available for borrowing from the QUT Library.
| Title | Call number | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Handbook of road safety measures (Elvik & Vaa, 2004) |
625.724 41 |
Carseldine |
Road safety in Australia: A publication commemorating World Health Day 2004 |
363.1250994 30 |
Carseldine + Gardens Point + online |
| Potential benefits and costs of speed changes on rural roads (Australian Transport Safety Bureau, 2003) |
363.125109994 16 |
Gardens Point + online |
| Behavioural Research in Road Safety 2003 (UK Department for Transport, 2003) |
Carseldine | |
| Road safety audit (AustRoads, 2002) |
363.125640994 1/2 |
Carseldine + Gardens Point |
Safe and mobile : introductory studies in traffic safety |
363.1250994 20 | Carseldine |
| Reducing traffic injury : a global challenge (Trinca, 1999) |
363.1256 6 | Carseldine |
| Changing road user behavior : what works, what doesn't (Lonero and Kathryn M. Clinton , 1998) |
363.1257 24 | Carseldine |
Traffic and transport psychology : theory and application |
629.283019 3 | Carseldine |
| Traffic safety and the driver (Evans, 1991) |
363.1251 36 | Carseldine |
To find books on a topic, the best starting point is to perform a keyword search on the library catalogue . Once you have found an item that looks relevant, you can then use the subject headings assigned to that record to find other items.
Journals
Journals are an excellent source of current research and information. The library subscribes to a large number of print and electronic journals. Browsing relevant journals is a good way of keeping up to date in your area, and often your lecturer will recommend certain journals.
The journals listed below are examples of some non-specific peer-reviewed (or refereed) journals in road safety.
| Title | Location |
|---|---|
| Accident analysis and prevention |
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| Asia Pacific journal of transport |
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| Drug and alcohol review |
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| Drugs: Education, prevention and policy |
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ITE journal |
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| Injury prevention: journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention |
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| Journal of occupational health and safety: Australia and New Zealand |
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| Journal of safety research |
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| International journal of transport economics |
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| Journal of transport economics and policy |
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| Professional safety |
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| Road and transport research |
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| Safety science |
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| Safety science monitor |
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| Transportation research part F: Traffic psychology and behaviour |
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| Transportation science |
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| Youth Studies Australia |
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Databases
The journal databases help you locate references to journal articles and sometimes the abstract and full-text of the articles. Remember, that the Library Catalogue tells you if QUT Library holds a particular journal, but does not provide information about individual journal articles.
The journal databases vary in the amount of information which they provide. If you find a reference to a journal article, but not the full text, then you will need to perform a Title search, using the Title of the journal (NOT the article) on the library catalogue. The library catalogue will provide the print and/or electronic holding details if the journal is available to QUT staff and students.
QUT staff and students can access the databases from within QUT libraries or remotely from your School, home or office via the Internet. Most databases require your QUT username and password. Access to the databases is available from the Databases page.
| The Key Psychology Database | Description | Full Text |
|---|---|---|
| Contains over one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports in the field of psychology. A detailed search guide for PsycINFO is available. | No |
| Road Safety Specific Databases | Description | Full Text |
|---|---|---|
Produced by the Australian Road Research Board Ltd, this indexing database contains more than 53,000 records on roads and road related information in Australia. |
No | |
Provides access to the largest and most comprehensive collection of bibliographic information on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The Database is produced in cooperation with the California Dept. of Transportation and the California PATH Program and the Transportation Research Board. |
No | |
Produced by the Transportation Research Board, RIP contains about 7,600 records of current or recently completed transportation research projects. |
No | |
A cross-disciplinary database which contains the full text of 1 000 journals including Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour |
Some | |
Transport (via WebSpirs ERL International Databases Collection) |
Features research in highways, traffic, transport, road safety, and economics and social sciences of transportation. It consists of three component databases produced by the world's leading transportation research organisations: OECD's International Road Research Documentation (IRRD), the ECMT TRANSDOC database, and the TRB Transportation Research Information Services database (TRIS). |
No |
The world's largest and most comprehensive bibliographic resource on transportation information. TRIS is produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) at the National Academies of Sciences. TRIS contains almost a half million records of published and ongoing research on all modes and disciplines in the field of transportation. |
Some |
| Other Related Databases | Description | Full Text |
|---|---|---|
A cross-disciplinary database that indexes almost 2 000 periodicals and contains the full text from almost 1 200 publications. |
Some | |
A cross-disciplinary database that indexes 3 000 journal titles back to 1984. 1 300 are in full text. |
Some | |
Provides access to Blackwell Synergy titles. |
Some | |
Provides abstracts to articles in journals, books, collective volumes (eg conference proceedings, research papers), and working papers on economics. |
No | |
An interdisciplinary news, current affairs and research database providing access to nearly 8000 publications, including local and international newspapers, newswires, magazines and journal sources. |
Yes | |
| Provides access to the full collection of over 650 Kluwer electronic journals. | Yes | |
Provides nearly 300 journal titles in full text, across all areas of psychology. |
Some | |
Provides the fulltext of over 50 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) in HTML and PDF. Over 28,000 articles are available. |
Yes | |
A cross-disciplinary database which contains the full text of 1 000 journals. |
Some | |
Web of Science indexes over 8,500 high impact research journals from a wide range of disciplines, and as such provides an interdisciplinary view of international research literature that is well suited to applied research. |
No | |
Provides the fulltext to 326 Wiley titles, of which a large group are psychology journals. |
Yes |
Statistics
| Association Homepage | Description |
|---|---|
| ABS Statistics | Provides access to a vast amount of statistics and data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. |
| Road Safety Statistics | Provides access to the latest road fatality statistics in Australia. |
| Traffic Census, Metropolitan District | Provided by the Department of Main Roads, Queensland, this census includes traffic data such as: vehicle occupancy surveys on the State Controlled Road network in the Metropolitan District of South East Queensland. |
| Road crash data is maintained by Queensland Transport to provide statistics for accurate and timely analysis of road safety programs and for the development of new, effective road safety initiatives. | |
| Transportation statistics annual report |
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the USA's transportation system (Road, Air, Rail, Water, Transit, Pipeline) and the state of transportation statistics. |
| Transtats: Bureau of Transportation Statistics | Also known as the Intermodal Transportation Database , TranStats is maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics as a central access point to a wide collection of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and other U.S. federal agencies including the Bureau of the Census. |
| World Health Organization Statistical Information System | The WHO Statistical Information System is the guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization. |
Internet Resources
The Internet provides access to a large range of resources in Road Safety. However, the quality of the resources varies, and as part of your research process, you need to evaluate each web site. Guidelines for evaluating information can help you with this.
A small selection of authoritative Road Safety related web sites are listed below. The CARRS-Q links site and the MUARC Links site are recommended for more thorough listings.
| Web site | Description |
|---|---|
| CARRS-Q http://www.carrsq.qut.edu.au |
The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q) addresses the human, economic and social costs resulting from road crashes as well as injury prevention with a particular interest in youth and risk-taking behaviours. |
| CARRS-Q Links http://www.carrsq.qut.edu.au/links.jsp |
CARRS-Q provides a comprehensive list of links to Road Safety sites including: online conference papers, Queesland government sites, other Australian governmetn sites, research sites, professional, industry and community group sites and international sites. |
| ARRB Transport Research Links | The directory includes links to general psychology, digital publications, databases, and teaching resources. |
| EEVL http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ |
The Internet guide to engineering, mathematics and computing. |
| Monographs on Road Safety http://www.atsb.gov.au/road/pubs.cfm |
Fulltext reports from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. |
| MUARC http://www.general.monash.edu.au/muarc/ |
Monash University Accident Research Centre is a leading road safety and injury prevention research organisation in Australia. |
| National Road Safety Strategy 2001-2010 http://www.atsb.gov.au/road/nrss/index.cfm |
The Strategy provides a framework which complements the road safety strategies of State, Territory and local governments. |
| National Road Transport Commission http://www.ntc.gov.au/ |
The National Transport Commission (NTC) commenced operations in January 2004 after all governments - Commonwealth, States and Territories - agreed to build on significant road reforms achieved in recent years, and to extend the approach to include rail and intermodal transport |
| International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) OECD |
International road traffic and accident information. |
| Queensland Travelsafe Committee www.parliament.qld.gov.au/tsafe |
The Committee examines all aspects of road safety and public transport in Queensland. |
Web search tools
Remember that information found on the web should be evaulated carefully before being included in your publications. Search engines, such as Google are the most popular way of finding information on the web. Other tools can be found on the Library's guide to Finding Information on Research.
| Web search tool | Description |
|---|---|
Google |
Google is an excellent search engine. To ensure you retrieve material of a scholarly nature use the advanced search facility. In the Domain field, limit your search to .edu or .edu.au or .ac.uk. You can also limit to pdf by choosing the pdf option in File Format field. |
| Vivisimo http://www.vivisimo.com |
Vivisimo is a document clustering search engine. You can view results based on type of resources found. |
E-print archives
An eprint is an electronic copy of an academic paper. Eprints can be either preprints (a working paper or the version of a paper submitted for peer review) or postprints (the final draft of a paper, as accepted for publication following peer review). QUT ePrints is an institutional repository of eprints which showcases some of the research output of QUT staff and postgraduate students.
| E-print archives | Description |
|---|---|
| QUT ePrints http://eprints.qut.edu.au/ |
The papers deposited in QUT ePrints are freely available via this website. This open access ensures the widest possible dissemination and impact for our work and contributes to the growing body of research literature that is now freely available online. |
| Oaister http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/ |
An eprint is an electronic copy of an academic paper. The OAIster search engine searches across hundreds of eprint archives. Via OAIster, you can access nearly 2 million eprints (including QUT eprints). |
| Other E-print archives | A selection of e-print archives is indexed on the Library database subject guide. |
Related guides and information
For further information about using libraries and the principles of searching the Library Databases and the Internet, try Pilot. It is a series of short interactive tutorials on finding information in the library and on the Internet.
There is also a guide to citing and referencing information in APA format.