Where can I find more information about TRAIL?
Submitted by Judy Alspach on Mon, 07/08/2013 - 4:08pmSee About TRAIL on the website of the Center for Research Libraries in the Global Resources section.
See About TRAIL on the website of the Center for Research Libraries in the Global Resources section.
Use the TRAIL Search Interface, which is maintained by the University of Washington Libraries.
TRAIL began as a Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) project with the Center for Research Libraries to increase access to and preserve government technical reports. TRAIL is now a CRL Global Resources Network Initiative which provides unrestricted access to this unique body of literature via the TRAIL Search Interface.
Government documents that have not been digitized or that are not born-digital are vulnerable for a number of reasons:
To ensure preservation, discoverability, and persistent open access to government technical publications regardless of form or format.