Selective Information Resources to Support Fuel Cell Research
Pathfinder for the
Prepared by:
Julia Gelfand
Applied Sciences & Engineering Librarian
949-824-4971
rev.
October 2007
The UCI Libraries homepage is designed to be
a gateway or portal to information resources to serve the UCI community. The ANTPAC
online catalog contains all information resources in all formats available to
users. The Melvyl Catalog is the holdings of all 10 UC
campuses. In order to access resources
from off-campus, UCI users will need to install VPN Software as
described. Most of the print collection
will be found at the Science Library (SL) with the Government Information and
Business Literature at the Langson Library (LL)
Selective Subject Headings may include the following terms and can be
searched by keyword to retrieve element in title, abstracts, table of contents,
authorship, and subject headings:
Electric automobiles
Energy conservation
Energy policy
Fuel cells
Hybrid electric cars
Hybrid electric vehicles
Hydrogen as fuel
Hydrogen cars
Internal combustion engines
Motor vehicles - Fuel consumption
Power resources
Renewable resources
Databases: (Indexing and abstracting services covering
journal literature, some conference proceedings and related content) - in many
of these databases, links to full-text coverage and library holdings are
provided by UC eLinks.
Conference Papers, Proceedings, Abstracts,
Posters, Literature -
selective access to full-text content via Antpac,
MELVYL, and the indexing tools and databases
Specialized Full-text Resources
1.
AIAA - access to
full-text online journals, papers and proceedings (2000-2006) from the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2.
ASME -
access to the full-text journals and transaction publications of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers. Online
access to individual titles is available via ANTPAC
3.
ASCE - access to the journals and
proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers including full backfile. Access to
individual titles is available via ANTPAC
4.
SAE
- access to technical papers and standards from the Society of Automotive
Engineers is restricted due to an inability to negotiate digital rights
management
5.
MRS OPL -
conference papers from the Materials Research Society in the Online Proceedings
Library
6.
SPIE - access to Proceedings of the SPIE and
journals of the International Society for Optical Engineering
7.
Annual Reviews - this series of review
literature may be of interest in Fluid Dynamics, Chemistry, Materials Science
or any of the other series with full archive
8.
Energy
Central - Contains news of the Energy Industry from a range of commercial
news services and business sources, including industry data and company
profiles; arranged in an updated news release chronology easily searchable;
provides access to many blogs on different topics in
the energy sector like power generation and emissions, power delivery, energy
use and management, etc; job listings; interviews; etc
9.
News
Sources - there are many:
·
Factiva - indexes the business trade
literature
·
Lexis Nexis
Academic Universe - News - fulltext newspaper and
wire service content without images
·
Subject
Guide on News and Newspapers - will lead to local, regional, national and
international papers in databases and to which UCI Libraries have current and backfiles in different formats
10.
E-Books
- there are several series including:
·
CRCNetBase.com
content for EngNetBase
( over 800 titles currently) and specifically for Mechanical
Engineering where you will find handbooks and reference titles with a range
of subject coverage - all titles are also listed in ANTPAC
·
Knovel -
Online Interactive Books and Database reflecting subject strength in Chemistry,
Engineering and Materials Science, with a large number of online science &
engineering handbooks, and a total of 1200+ titles, also all in Antpac.
o
Explore
Knovel Features - Try some of Knovel's
features: Interactive Tables; Tables with Equation Plotter; Graph Digitizer;
Tables with Graph Plotter; Spectra Viewer; Chemical Structure Search; Phase
Diagram Viewer; Excel SpreadSheets; Periodic Table of
the Elements; Unit Converter
o
Knovel Tutorials - Examples of search features including
interactive tables, equation plotter, and interactive graphs
Other Reference Sources
Additional Government Resources - US Federal,
International
Patent Information
U. S. Patent
and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/
and How to Search the
USPTO database
Official source for
Google
Patents - latest of the patent indexes to appear - there is lots of
help; not as formalized a search process -
contains 7 million patents
LexisNexis Academic Universe
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Under "Legal Research" is a Patent Research section for
searching of Patents (1971 to date), by individual category of Design Patents,
Plant Patents or Utility Patents. Can also search by keyword,
assignee, inventor, patent number, classification, and lawyer.
Other valuable patent resources:
European Patent
Office - index of patents originating in
Japan Patent Office - index of patents
originating in
Freepatentsonline
- Fulltext and images of US patents beginning with
patent number 4,000,000
Scirus
- Indexes over 13 million patents from the
Patent Lens - independent,
public-good global resource for increasing patent transparency; can search the fulltext of more than 8 million patent documents from US,
Europe, Australia and WIPO, including their status and counterparts in up to 60
countries
Patent
Searching Tutorial – from the
Selective Business & Statistics Resources - there is wide coverage of trends,
statistics, data in the commercial applications of energy, fuel cells, hybrid
and electric vehicles, public utilities and green or environmental initiatives.
Business Source Premier - major indexing
of business literature; contains much fulltext
Standard
& Poor’s NetAdvantage
Company and
industry information. Use the
"keyword" search at the top and consider entering fuel cells, energy,
alternative energy, hybrid vehicles, etc. Industry surveys include; Current
Environment; Industry Profile; Industry Trends; How the Industry Operates; Key
Industry Ratios and Statistics; How to Analyze a Company, and Industry
References. Also, check Sub-Industry
Review for Automobile Manufacturing.
Contains
research reports on hundreds of
Investment
research, industry analysis and reports. Look under “Automobiles" or "Energy" and refine search
with keyword amplification and geographical point of reference and restrict to
a time period and you will retrieve fulltext business
reports, news & trade publication articles.
Forrester
- Forrester focuses on the business
implications of technology change and is considered the leading source for
forecasting. Forrester's research publications analyze a broad range of
technology areas such as new media, computing, software, networking,
telecommunications and the Internet, and project how technology trends will
affect businesses, consumers, and society. Forrester reports include up-to-date
industry statistics, as well as illustrative graphs and charts. Does cover emerging
technologies, "green or environmental" trends and some business
coverage on energy companies. Requires login using UCINetID and
password.
Gartner
- Web site provides access to the
research and advisory firm's information technology news, research reports, and
business and market analysis, and includes product descriptions and
comparisons, information on trends, and a calendar of upcoming conferences and
events for IT managers, specialists, and business interests. Reports data in "hypercycles" with standard output for interpretation.
Requires login using UCINetID and
password.
STAT-USA - Economic and foreign trade statistics
Lexis-Nexis
Statistical Universe
Additional Miscellaneous Resources
June 2007