National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
The National Technical Reports Library provides indexing and access to a collection of more than two million historical and current government technical reports archived by the National Technical Information Service. Over 500,000 documents are available in full-text format.
Transportation Letters : The International Journal of Transportation Research
Transportation Letters is a quarterly journal that publishes high-quality peer review and min-review papers as well as technical notes and book reviews on the state of the art in transportation research. The focus of Transportation Letters is on analytical and empirical findings, methodological papers, and theoretical and conceptual insights across all areas of research. – Publisher’s blurb.
Northwestern University Library now has access to eight ebooks in the Gale Virtual Reference Library China Collection.
Publishing in China : an essential guide
Offers a commentary on trends in the Chinese publishing industry in the WTO era; on the process of integrating the publishing industries in the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; and on the entry of foreign players into the Chinese publishing market. – Publisher’s blurb.
Presents both the historical development and the current state of higher education in China. Emphasizes the ongoing education reform, the government’s education policies, and the development in higher education since the 1990s. – Publisher’s blurb.
Introduces China’s current tax system by going into the history of each tax and its subsequent development, highlighting the role of the taxpayer and organizations in the tax structure. – Publisher’s blurb.
Forestry in China : historical transitions and industry developments
Presents the current state of China’s forestry industry. Explains that the transition from a focus on timber production to ecological development is inevitable, and a major breakthrough for forestry development in China. – Publisher’s blurb.
Examines the key factors which have promoted the evolution of fiscal policy in China, as well as their profound implications for the socioeconomic development. Explores the future course and perspectives of fiscal policy in the context of marketization, globalization, and the scientific approach to development. – Publisher’s blurb.
100 years of Li & Fung : rise from family business to multinational
Illustrates the rise of Li & Fung and the historical, geographical, and personal factors that have set the stage for Li & Fung’s development in the last 100 years. – Publisher’s blurb.
My Way : the eight strategies of Air China towards success
Presents a personal account of Li Jiaxiang’s successful role shift from an air force general to an entrepreneur of a mega business. Describes how he fuses ancient and modern military strategies in his interpretation of corporate management from the perspective of eight topics: business starting, positioning, human resource management, brand building, control & management, capital operations, the future, and successful thinking. – Publisher’s blurb.
China Book Publishing : the first offical industry report
Provides data and analyses on the overall situation and development of China’s book publishing industry, specifically covering the years 2003-2006. – Publisher’s blurb.
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
The International Journal of Sustainable Transportation provides a discussion forum for the exchange of new and innovative ideas on sustainable transportation research in the context of environmental, economical, social, and engineering aspects, as well as current and future interactions of transportation systems and other urban subsystems. – Publisher’s blurb.
Transportmetrica is an international journal whose objectives are to provide a discussion forum for transportation studies, and exchange of new and innovative ideas in transportation research. Although the focus of the journal is placed on the quantitative analysis and studies, policy and descriptive papers with arguments supported by transportation statistics and data are acceptable. – Publisher’s blurb.
Northwestern University Library has purchased the backfiles for nine INFORMS journals. Access is now available back to volume 1 for each journal.
Operations Research 1952-present
Management Science 1954-present
Transportation Science 1967-present
Mathematics of Operations Research 1976-present
Marketing Science 1982-present
INFORMS Journal on Computing 1989-present
Information Systems Research 1990-present
Provides an extensive collection of manuscript materials for the study of medieval travel writing. The core is a collection of medieval manuscripts dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries. The main focus is accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and China. The manuscripts are from the British Library; Bodleian Library; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Cambridge University Library; Trinity College, Cambridge; Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek; Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen; the Beinecke Library at Yale University and about 15 other Libraries and Archives.
Records for individual titles will soon be input into NUcat.
Fleetseek National Motor Carrier Directory
The National Motor Carrier Directory online includes trucking companies of all sizes (no single vehicle fleets) hauling freight of others in a for-hire capacity. Examples include Yellow, Swift, JB Hunt, UPS, Schneider. Includes access to and information on almost 50,000 fleets. Internet access through Fleetseek allows search, select, sort, and print capabilities.
AWIN – Aviation Week Intelligence Network
Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) is an integrated online platform that provides a comprehensive array of current news, data and business information covering the key sectors of commercial aviation, military/defense, space, business aviation, MRO, and homeland security. – Publisher’s blurb.
Contains the content of the publications: Aviation Week & Space Technology, Aviation Daily, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, Airports, Business & Commercial Aviation, Overhaul & Maintenance, Defense Technology International, The Weekly of Business Aviation, and World Aerospace Database.
Bridge Structures : Assessment, Design and Construction
Bridge Structures – Assessment, Design and Construction – aims to present the transformation of theoretical knowledge into guidelines and specifications that are compliant with the technical constraints of bridge engineering design.
