Energy Resources

Purpose: Guide to doing research on topics related to energy.

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

• DOE Information Bridge - Department of Energy documents
• Energy Citations Database - articles on energy topics
• COMPENDEX - articles on engineering
• OnePetro - papers on petroleum engineering
• NTIS - for technical reports
• Web of Science - scientific journal articles
• ABI/Inform - articles on economic aspects of energy
• Environment and Energy Newswires – latest energy policy news

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? Visit Getting Started with the CAT for more detailed instructions or quick tips and tricks! 

Energy economics – HD9502+
Energy engineering – TJ163+
Fuel Science – TP315+

• Encyclopedia of Energy
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy (2001)

• Energy Information Administration (U.S.) - this website has a wealth of information and statistics on all types of energy resources, worldwide.
• IEA Energy Information Centre
• Survey of Energy Resources 2007 (World Energy Council)
• Statistical Review of World Energy 2007 (BP)
• DOE Data Explorer - A guide to data collections at national laboratories, data centers, etc. across all of the science areas with DOE involvement
• Office of Science and Technology Information This Dept. of Energy gateway features links to fulltext DOE reports, preprints servers, journal databases and more.
• Energy Information on the Internet

• American Petroleum Institute
• Petroleum Place
• GO-TECH - Gas and Oil Technology Exchange
• Oil Spill Program (EPA)
• Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
• Sci.Geo Petroleum Internet Resources
• Selected Abstracts and Bibliography of International Oil Spill Research
• Spill Technology Databases and Fuel Calculations Databases
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• University of Texas at Austin, Petroleum Engineering Department
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Petroleum Engineering Handbook. This handbook provides basic data and information for petroleum engineers. (See CAT record.)

• World Nuclear Association
• Uranium Information Centre

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• National Biodiesel Board

• Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Resources Assessment (See CAT record.)  This atlas contains maps and other information on renewable resources in Pennsylvania.
• State Energy Profiles - Pennsylvania – Information from the USDOE Energy Information Administration containing historic and current data and reports.
• Pennsylvania Office of Energy and Technology Deployment

Earth and Mineral Sciences Library