Welcome to the DOT Library home page, developed to serve the information needs of the employees and contractors of the Department of Transportation, other government agencies, and the American public at large. In addition to providing general information on the Library and its resources, this site provides access to the Library's catalog and an array of digital resources.
Visit our new online digital collection of I.C.C. Historical Railroad Investigation Reports. The I.C.C. reports cover the period 1911-1967. We've digitized the Library's collection for the period 1911-1916, and will continue, in stages, to digitize the enitire collection through 1967. These reports can be browsed or searched by keyword.
About the library
General information about the Library, Library visitation and
policies, and contact information.
Services for DOT employees and on-site
contractors
Information about the range of services available to DOT employees
and on-site contractors. Digital resources are concentrated in RIDER,
our Research & Information Databases and Electronic Resources, which makes
available a wide array of databases, ranging from the Civil Aeronautics Manuals, part of
our Online Digital Special Collections, to the TRANSPORT (TRIS) database. Contact the Library to facilitate desktop
access to RIDER.
Services for the public
Information about the range of services available to the general
public, featuring Web access to our Online Digital Special Collections.
These collections currently include the Civil Aeronautics Manuals, Civil Air Regulations,
superseded Advisory Circulars, and a collection of I.C.C. Historical Railroad
Investigation Reports
Search our catalog
Direct access to the entire DOT Library catalog, updated daily.
Transportation, government, and general reference
links
Included are links to all of US DOT's operating administrations,
various state DOTs, transportation associations and libraries, business and financial
information, general reference materials, legal and legislative resources, the popular
press and other news sources, Internet search engines, and hundreds of online
journals. An invaluable page of links and online resources.
New Library acquisitions
Find out what's new on the shelves of the DOT Library
US DOT Historian's Home Page
Learn the history of the US DOT via the departmental historian's
home on the web. This page houses a detailed chronology of the federal government's
role in transportation policy, biographical sketches of each Secretary of Transportation,
and other interesting and useful historical information.
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Last updated: January 24, 2000