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Research Tools for Energy Topics

Article Databases Recommended for Energy

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Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
Find citations for journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and government publications in the agricultural and environmental sciences. [1960 - present].

AES incorporates the formerly titled "Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management" database - which includes Environmental Impact Statements - plus the databases AGRICOLA (1970-current) and TOXLINE (1999-current).
OnePetro
Online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

Includes full text of papers published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, NACE International, ISOPE, and more.

OurEnergyLibrary
Publicly available fact sheets, journal articles, reports, studies, and other publications on U.S. energy topics. Updated weekly.

Google Scholar
Search across many disciplines and sources including articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Lists journal articles, books, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas (though more specialized article databases may cover any given field more completely). Can be used with "Get it at UC" to access the full text of many articles.
Scopus
Indexes journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, and book series in the sciences and more.

Contains over 50 million records with more than half the content originating from outside North America. Indexes over 21,000 journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, and book series in the sciences, technology, medicine, arts, and humanities.
Web of Science
Indexes leading journals in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Allows cited reference searching. (ISI Web of Knowledge) [1900 - present]

Includes the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present), Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990-present), Book Citation Index (2005-present), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present).

Books, eBooks, Reports

Use UC Library Search to search for eBooks by title or on a particular topic, or browse an eBook collection. To learn how to navigate the different eBook platforms, see these instructions.

Selected collections:

Comprehensive Energy Systems
Unified source of information covering the entire spectrum of energy, including energy fundamentals, energy materials, energy production, energy conversion, and energy management.

Comprehensive Renewable Energy
9-volume reference work providing an overview of all renewable energy technologies.
Encyclopedia of Energy Storage
Provides a review of current energy storage research and insights into the future direction of the field,
Fossil Fuel Industry Documents
"An archive of documents created by major fossil fuel companies and associated groups related to their manufacturing, marketing, communications and scientific research, hosted by the UCSF Library."

Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
Digitized collection of original manuscript and printed documents from around the world to support the study of fifteen major commodities: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, wheat, and wine and spirits.

Provides original sources materials to help explore the history of fifteen major commodities and to examine the ways that these have changed the world. The commodities include: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, wheat, and wine and spirits.
OnePetro
Online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

Includes full text of papers published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, NACE International, ISOPE, and more.

Energy News

EnergyWire
Energywire covers utilities including the switch to natural gas, the growth of distributed energy, threats to cybersecurity and technology. Provides insight into shale oil and gas development, pipelines, and liquefied natural gas due to markets, regulations and environmental concerns.

Inside Climate News
Browse stories on their website or sign up for daily or weekly newsletters, including one on clean energy.
Canary Media
In addition to their own reporting, Canary Media also has national or regional, daily or weekly, email newsletters that gather energy-related headlines from other news outlets.

American Energy Society
The Library's institutional membership to this professional association includes access to publications including the newsletters "Energy Matters" and "Energy Today." Create an account with your berkeley.edu email.

UC Library Search - find books, ebooks, and more

UC Library Search is the University of California’s unified discovery and borrowing system. Use it to find books, articles, media, archival collections, and more across most UCB libraries (notable exception: Berkeley Law Library), as well as the collections of other UC libraries.

You can:

Narrow your search results using filters (ex: peer review status, date, and format).
Use Request to page items, place a hold, or request an interlibrary loan (must be logged in).
Save and export records to email or citation management software, or save searches.
View and manage (must be logged in) your:
Saved records, saved searches, and search history.
Requested, borrowed, and Interlibrary Loan items.
Messages, blocks, fines, and fees.

See the UC Library Search user guide.

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Energy at Cal

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) This link opens in a new window
Research, development, project implementation, and community outreach facility.
Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) This link opens in a new window
BERC connects, educates and motivates students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals to address the world's energy and resource challenges.
Energy Institute at Haas This link opens in a new window
"We promote a cleaner and more economically vibrant energy sector by producing and sharing innovative policy and economics research."

Daily News: EnergyWire

Today in Energy - from the U.S. Energy Information Administration

Energy News from Canary Media

In addition to their own reporting (see feed below), Canary Media also has national or regional, daily or weekly, email newsletters that gather energy-related headlines from other news outlets.

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