Cal Poly Pomona University Library

ME307 Alternative Energy Systems

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1. LIBRARY CATALOG: Books and more 

• Find books, recordings, software, and other materials in Library
• Search by keyword, author, title, subject, etc.
• Does the Library have a certain journal? Search by journal title.
• No access to journal articles.

Some keywords to try:

energy policy	wind power	alternative fuels
energy crisis	biomass	synthetic fuels
renewable energy	solar energy	sustainable energy

2. DATABASES: Journal articles and more

• access to thousands of articles in all engineering disciplines; many full text
• Search by keyword, author, journal title, date, etc.
• Click the Find It! button for help finding the article.

Use these databases to find articles in engineering and technical journals:

• Applied Science Full Text (WilsonWeb)
  Best place to start for engineering research
• Compendex (Engineering Village 2)
  Research database for engineering and applied sciences; includes conference proceedings, reports, and other engineering publications.
• Scitation (AIP Journal Center)
  The online home of ASME journals; also journals from AIP, ASCE, other physics and engineering societies
• IEEE Xplore
  Journals, conferences, and standards from IEEE and IET (electrical, electronics, computing); excellent coverage of energy topics

News and non-technical information (business, political, social) about alternative energy systems can be found in the following databases. Most of these provide full-text articles.

• ABI/INFORM Global
• Academic Search Elite
• OmniFile (WilsonWeb)
• ProQuest Newspapers (for newspaper articles)

LexisNexis

• State and federal laws, regulations, court cases (click Legal button in red banner at top)
• You can also search general and business news (journals, magazines, newspapers)

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
(Ref TP 9 E685; also available online)

• Excellent for background research on energy technologies, chemical processes, data on chemicals

3. Internet – Selected websites for alternative energy information

• Websites by Subject: Energy & Fuels
• Websites by Subject: Technical Reports
  Links to DOE and other (mostly government) entities that make reports available to the public.
• California Energy Commission
• U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Alternative Fuels & Advanced Vehicle Data Center
• Alternative Fuels Data Center: Ethanol
• DOE Information Bridge
• Energy Citations Database
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
• FreedomCAR & Vehicle Technologies

Associations:

• American Solar Energy Society
• American Wind Energy Association
• Geothermal Resources Council

Internet sites for laws and regulations:

• Thomas A good source for current legislation
• FirstGov Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, state codes, more
• GPO Access Similar to FirstGov
• Official California Legislative Information
• California Code of Regulations

4. Getting things from other libraries

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• Document Delivery
  Use Document Delivery to obtain copies of articles from journals not available in this Library. You can also request books not available through Link+ (below).
• Link+
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• Other CSU Libraries
  Use your Cal Poly Pomona library card (Bronco card) to check out books at any CSU library.

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Ann Morgan
Engineering Librarian
(909) 869-4670
email: aemorgan@csupomona.edu

April 15, 2008