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Renewable Energy: Home

General resources and information for researching in the field of renewable energy.

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Key Databases for Articles

  • Academic OneFile - A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles, references from over 12,000 journal titles.
  • Academic Search Complete - Over 7,000 full text periodicals. Also contains indexing and abstracts for more than 11,000 publications.
  • Applied Science & Technology Source - Full-text of periodicals relating to information technology, and various engineering areas.
  • Business Source Complete - Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 are included.
  • EBSCO databases - Full-text of periodicals on a wide range of topics.
  • Energy Open Access Journals
  • Google Scholar - Google Scholar is good for conducting simple searches across a broad number of databases. Within Google Scholar you may conduct searches by keyword, author and article title. There is also an advanced search with more options.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library - Takes research to the next level by delivering great reference print titles you rely on in a database format.
  • GreenFILE - Content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more.
  • Renewable Energy - Open access journal

Website Resources

All Renewables:

Biofuels:

  • Alternative Fuels Data Center - U.S. Department of Energy page with information on variety of alternative fuels. Find maps and data by state, case studies, and publications.
  • BIO - World’s largest trade association focused on biotechnology. Find current research on issues such as human health, patient advocacy, agriculture and environment, and intellectual property. Browse recent news and upcoming events.
  • Biofuel Basics - Website from the U.S. Department of Energy that includes R&D information, recent publications, databases and analytical tools, state and regional resources, and information on funding opportunities

Solar:

Wind:

Agencies and Organizations

The resources on this page are websites for groups and government agencies related to the renewable energy industries. - Library of Congress

Government Agencies:

Organizations:

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