Hydropower (HYP) Subject Portal Site

Database Description

DOE Information Bridge - Searchable and downloadable bibliographic records with full text of DOE research report literature from 1995 forward. The Department of Energy performs research in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy and other areas.  Over 65,000 fulltext reports from the DOE labs and facilities are available. [U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information]

Energy Citation Database (ECD) - Searchable and downloadable bibliographic records, with electronic full text when available, for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).  Energy Citations Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 forward. [U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information]

Energy Information Administration (EIA) - This statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy provides policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment. [U.S. Department of Energy, EIA]

E-Print Network - This is a searchable gateway to preprint sources that deal with scientific and technical disciplines of concern to DOE with an Alerts option for automatically receiving new information via e-mail. [U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information]

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) – Contains references to documents written and/or edited by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) staff and subcontractors.  Subjects covered include sustainable energy technologies from 1977 to present with material including technical reports, fact sheets, brochures, videos, books, journal articles, conference papers, patents and exhibits.  Please see page linked from the title above for paper document ordering information. [NREL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Database - This catalog of information products from across government is the central source to locate millions of scientific and technical publications from government agencies. [U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIS]

Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET) - The Scientific and Technical Information Network provides access to citations of unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into Defense Technical Information Center's (DTIC) Technical Reports Collection from December 1974, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents.  STINET also provides access to the Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical Index, DoD Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and Development Descriptive Summaries. [U.S. Department of Defense, DTIC]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - The EPA Web site provides searchable access to technical reports, publications and other information. [U.S. EPA]

U.S. Patent Server Full-Text and Image Database - A text-searchable patent database beginning with patents granted since 1976. [U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]