Locating Books:

Searching: To locate books at PSU on a specific topic in your field, search The CAT using a keyword search. Never used The CAT before? Stop by the reference desk or visit Getting Started with the CAT for more detailed instructions or quick tips and tricks!

Browsing: Interested in browsing areas in our collection related to your field? Some books in your field can be found in the following call number areas:

Search for books on geoenvironmental engineering in The CAT!

Search for books on mining engineering in The CAT!

Search for books on industrial health and safety in The CAT!

Search for books on fuel science in The CAT!

Search for books on petroleum engineering in The CAT!

Locating Journals:

Browse the list of over 900 journals found in the Earth and Mineral Science Library, search the CAT for a particular journal title, or check out a couple of the journals recommended for your particular discipline in the list below:

Locating Journal Articles:

Search for journal articles on a particular topic in your subject area by using one of these databases:

Selected Resources:

• DOE Data Explorer - A guide to data collections at national laboratories, data centers, etc. across all of the science areas with DOE involvement
• Coal Online - This resource is provided by the IEA Coal Centre.
• Info-Mine Guide to news and information concerning mining and mineral exploration worldwide.
• International Council on Mining and Metals
• Mine Safety and Health Administration
• Mining Fact Sheets are produced by NIOSH for various types of mining.
• MSHA Technical Information Center and Library Historical photographs and accident reports are available from this site.
• Office for Mine Safety & Health Research Information from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
• Mining Cost Service
• Society of Mining Engineers
• Society of Petroleum Engineers Penn State users have access to the SPE eLibrary.
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Land and Mineral Use Records (U.S. BLM)
• Office of Science and Technology Information This Dept. of Energy gateway features links to fulltext DOE reports, preprints servers, journal databases and more.

• Hints for understanding the Transactions of the AIME. (See the CAT record to locate this series.) The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers is an umbrella organization for several societies including the Society of Mining Engineers, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and others. The contents and contributions to the transactions series has changed over the years. For many years, even volumes contained papers from the Society of Mining Engineers; odd volumes held Society of Petroleum Engineers papers. Each volume contains selected papers from SME/SPE journals or conference proceedings. One confusing aspect of the Transactions is that the pagination was retained from the original place these articles appeared, leading to cases of duplicate page numbers. Without the table of contents, a user is lost.

• Petroleum Engineering Handbook. This handbook provides basic data and information for petroleum engineers. (See the CAT record to locate this book.)
• SME Mining Engineering Handbook. This 2 volume handbook provides basic data and information for mining engineers. (See the CAT record to locate this book.)