indicates a resource for which access
is restricted to current Rensselaer students, faculty and
staff, and walk-in users of the Libraries. If you are accessing
such a database via a non-Rensselaer Internet Service Provider,
you will be prompted to use your RCS
ID and password or library account to log in.
Types of Energy & Basics
Energy
Basics 101 (EIA)
Coal
Electricity
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Petroleum
Renewable/Alternative
Background
Glossaries
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Glossary
(Energy Information Administration)
Handbooks & Encyclopedias
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Energy: A
to Z Topics
Alphabetical listing of select content on the EIA web site,
including: Topics, Data, Publications, and Countries. (Energy
Information Administration)
Utilities
Industry Reports
- Use
NetAdvantage
Includes reports on Agribusiness; Electric Utilities;
Natural Gas; and Oil & Gas.
Directions: Click on Industries. Scroll down to
Industry and Market reports. Click on NetAdvantage. Click on
Industries button at the top of the screen. Select an
industry from the pull down menu. Click on the black
arrowhead. View both the Current Environment and Industry
Trends links. PLEASE NOTE: Use PDF version for printing
and HTML for viewing information.
- Use
Business and Company Resource Center
Directions: Click on Advanced Search button. Select
Industry Overviews from Content pull down menu. Enter key
word term or terms in the Search box. Click on Search button.
Select an Industry Overview that matches your industry.
- Use
Mergent
Includes reports on Electricity, Energy and Oil &Gas.
Directions: Click on Mergent Online. Click on
Industry Reports tab. Reports are arranged by industry.
- Use
Business Source Premier
Directions: Enter keywords in the search box. Click
on Search button. Click on Industry Profiles in the left
frame.
Statistics
- CRB Commodities Yearbook (Print format)
Main Floor, Reference Area, Folsom Library, REF HC14. C6
(Two most current years)
Third Floor, Folsom Library, HC14C6, Earlier editions
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OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries)
Includes statistics.
New York State
Articles & Conference Papers
Use the following databases to locate article, and
conference papers on energy and related topics:
Business & Economics
Engineering
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EI Village
Includes both scholarly articles and conference papers
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IEEEXplore
Includes both scholarly articles and conference papers
Multidisciplinary
Technical Reports
Use the following databases to locate technical reports on
energy and related topics:
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Energy Citations
Database. 1948 -
Over 2.3 million science research citations with continued
growth through regular updates. With over 179,000 electronic
documents, primarily from 1943 forward, available via the
database
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Information Bridge: DOE
Reports Bibliographic Database. 1994 -
Provides free public access to full-text documents and
bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE)
research report literature. Documents are primarily from 1991
forward and were produced by DOE, the DOE contractor
community, and/or DOE grantees.
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NTIS 1964-
U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific,
technical, engineering, and business-related
information.
Working Papers
Use the following databases to locate working papers on
energy and related topics:
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RePEc (Research Papers in
Economic)
Newspapers
At Rensselaer
Government & Regulatory Agencies
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(Energy Information
Agency)
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Nucleous (International Atomic Energy Agency)
See also Regulatory
Information Web Page
Associations
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OPEC (Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Acknowledgements
- Energy Statistics in Wikipedia, the Free
Encyclopedia
Web page maintained by Colette O. Holmes, Management
Librarian, Folsom Library, holmec@rpi.edu.
