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ENERGY RESOURCES PORTAL

Welcome to the research support for Energy users!

The Resources for this subject have been selected by Pavlinka Kovatcheva, subject librarian at APK Campus, Level 1,

Tel: 011 559-2621, e-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za.

SUPPORT TO ENERGY USERS

Do you know how to CREATE A PIN for access to the Library resources?

Forgot your Password (PIN)?Contact the LENDING DESK staff for assistance, tel. 011 559 2165

LIBRARY SUPPORT TO RESEARCHERS

Go to these relevant portals to find more information on: Library Support to Teaching & Library Support to Research

Library Membership

Library Membership to UJ Library
Library Membership to Other University Libraries (Letter of Introduction)

Searching & Borrowing Materials from UJ Library

UJLink: Library Catalogue
MyUJLink (My library account). Login with Surname, Student number & PIN.
Lending Desk Services: How to borrow, renew & return books, etc.
Inter Campus Loan (how to borrow books from other Campuses)

Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries

Inter Library Loan (how to borrow materials from other libraries)

Teaching Support

Course Reserves /Short Loan (print and electronic resources for your studies. How to place materials on Reserve?
Online Exam Papers (previous exam papers). Log-in with a PIN is required. How to submit exam paper to the Library?
Submit & Search Theses & Dissertations/ Institutional Repositories
Virtual Learning Environment (How to help students via EduLink)

Librarian Advice & Training

Library User Education: Researchers & Academics (training in the use of the library and its resources)
Training schedule for 2009 (Need an Advanced Training? Book NOW!)
Need help: Ask-A-Librarian
Training Guides & Tutorials

Research Support

Research Support Portal (One step to your Research needs)
Getting started with Research
Research it Right! How to get started with your topic research (Interactive Tutorial)
Engaged in Research
How to Get Published (NEW!)

Theses & Dissertations (T & D)(incl. Institutional Repositories)

UJ Digispace (Online T & D; UJ Repositories)
UJLink: Library Catalogue (Print T & D)
IR Space (13 SA Open Repositories, incl. T & D)
OAIster (Search for digital items with this tool that provides 12 million resources from over 800 repositories)
Theses & Dissertations & Open Institutional Repositories Portal (Incl. Nexus) Don't miss this!

Current Awareness Tools

Journals Table of Content (ToC). Make use of ticTOC's services to keep current. Read more...

Manage your References

RefWorks & RefShare (RefWorks Help)

Citing & Referencing

Harvard Reference Technique (UJ)
Plagiarism: What it is and How to avoid it.
Copyright: (Thapelo Mashishi, e-mail: thapelom@uj.ac.za; Tel: 011 559 2182)

Impact Journals

Journal Citation Report (JCR) (Tutorial; Brochure)
SCImago Journal & Country Rank (Elsevier) (Help!)

South African Accredited Journals

Internationally Accredited Journals

Social Networking

Follow me on: Twitter; Facebook; Sciences Librarian News Blog; Sciences Librarian Research News; "Chat" in real time - MeeboMe; Tagged articles on Delicious

Your Subject Librarian will help you with any queries or requests for "topic search", library problem solving, etc.

Go back to the Sciences Librarian Portal!

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ENERGYTECH-TODAY.COM

News from the world of Energy Science & Technology.

Read about the latest developments in Solar Energy (photovoltaics), Fossil Fuels (gasoline, natural gas, coal), Energy Storage (fuel cells & hydrogen, battery technology, vehicles & transport), Nuclear Energy (Waste, uranium, nuclear fusion), other renewables (wind, biofuels, hydroelectricity, geothermal), Environmental issues (energy efficiency, greenhouse emissions)

LIBRARY RESOURCES & SERVICES

Quick links to the MAIN library resources and services:

About UJ Library

UJ Library Campus Libraries

Library Regulations Study Cubicles

Library Submission Forms Library Staff (APK & DFC Campuses)

Library Hours Library Hours: 24h Study Area

How to create Library PIN for access to Library Resources

Create PIN in the Library.pdf

Library Services

Ask-A-Librarian Information Librarians Virtual Learning Environment

Lending Services Inter Campus Loan Service Inter Library Loan Service

Library Collections

Information Resources

Sciences Subject Collections

Sciences Librarian Portal Environmental Management Geography Physics

Additional Subject Collections

Economics Education Law Politics

Printing & Photocopying (APK Library)

Support to photocopiers and printers resides with Xerox. Ask for assistance: Level 5, Elevators foyer, Tel: 011 559 2184. Photocopiers are available on: Level 1, 2 5 7 6. Printing stations are available on: Level 2 & 5.

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ENERGY JOURNALS, DATABASES AND WEB RESOURCES

The databases below are the most relevant resources where you can start your search for Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Reviews, Electronic books, Standards, Patents, etc.

REMOTE ACCESS is available to all the databases. Just log-in with your SURNAME, STUDENT /STAFF NUMBER, PIN. Learn how to create PIN.

Remember!

By searching the databases below, you search for JOURNALS ARTICLES.
When searching CASE: A-to-Z Journals, you search for JOURNALS TITLES
For in-depth research on a topic start with these Bibliographic Databases: Science Citation Index, Energy Citation index, GreenFile, etc.
If you look for full-text articles to complete your assignment or project, then search any of these databases: ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Wiley InterScience, Academic Search Premier, etc.

For assistance and guidance contact your subject librarian (contact details at the TOP)

FULL-TEXT JOURNALS SEARCH

Search the following resources, when you need to find specific JOURNAL title:

CASE: A-to-Z Journals (New!)
UJLink: Library Catalogue. (New feature: Links to online journals, when available)
Open Science Directory: A-to-Z Open Access Journals (incl. DOAJ, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, HighWire Press, HINARI, AGORA, OARE, eJDS. Read MORE...
Open Access Journals: Links to over 30 Open Access Sciences Journals Portals.
Bentham Open Access Journals

JOURNALS ABBREVIATIONS

In many references the Journal title is ABBREVIATED. The links below will help you find the FULL-TEXT journal title.

ISI Journals Titles Abbreviations
Journal Abbreviation Sources (All Sciences)
Science & Engineering Abbreviations

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TOP DATABASES FOR ENERGY STUDIES

Journals search: CASE: A-to-Z Journals (NEW!)

Bibliographic Databases

Africa-Wide: Nipad (through EbscoHost)(Covers Africa and South Africa)
Current Content Connect (ISI Web of Knowledge, 1998+)

- Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences

Energy Citation Database (Abstracts, 1943 +; Partly full-text; Climatology; Oceanography, Environmental Science)
Engineering Village 2 (EV2)

- Compendex

- Inspec

- Referex (e-books)
E-Print Network (Energy, Science & Technology for the Research Community)
GeoRef/GSW (Help Searching ; Overview Help; Subjects Covered ; GSW Journals)
GreenFile (on EbscoHost)(Green building; Renewable energy)

Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Science, 1981+)
Social Citation Index (ISI Web of Science, 1981+)
SciTopics: Research Summaries by Topic (Elsevier)(About SciTopics; HELP!)
Water Resources Worldwide (through EbscoHost)

Full-text Databases (incl. abstracts only)

Academic OneFile (Infotrac; Multidisciplinary)
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost; Multidisciplinary)
Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier)
GeoScienceWorld:GSW (incl. GeoRef)(Help Searching ; Overview Help; Subjects Covered ; GSW Journals)
JSTOR (3-5 years moving wall)
SA E-Publications (South African journals)
SA Institute of Race Relations (Statistical data on SA: Demographics, Living conditions, Welfare, etc.)
SA Media (on SabinetOnline)(SA newspapers articles)
SA Survey Online (Demographics, Statistics, etc.)
ScienceDirect (full-text from 1995+)
SpringerLink (full-text: Archive + Current as per License agreement)(Earth & Env. Sciences ~ 153 journals)

Wiley Interscience (full-text, Blackwell journals from 1997+; Wiley Journals - abstracts only)

Law Databases for Energy

Search these databases for Law reports, Journal articles, Legislation, Bills Government Gazette, Case Law & References:

JutaStat (Available on Campus only)
LexisNexus (Available on Campus only)
Sabinet Online Legal Products
SA E-Publications: Law Journals
Index of Foreign Legal Periodicals
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Westlaw International (Available on Campus only)(full-text articles, books, treaties, etc.)

For more Environmental Law resources go to the Law Subject Portal. The Law Print Collection is on Level 6, Kingsway Library.

P.S. If you are still unsure, which database to use, go to the Databases Information sheet.

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ENERGY CITATION DATABASE

ENERGY FULL-TEXT JOURNALS

Solar Energy (ScienceDirect, 1995+)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (ScienceDirect, 1995+)

SCIENCES & ENERGY SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCHABLE WEB RESOURCES

Energy Resources

EnerKey Project
Sustainable Energy Africa : Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) promotes sustainable energy approaches and practices in the development of South Africa and Africa.
Technology Review: Energy Research (MIT) RSS feed

Sciences Search Engines

AJOL: African Journals Online (Peer-reviewed African Published Scholarly Journals)
BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine: This multi-disciplinary search engine focuses on academic research
CiteSeer.IST: This search engine and digital library will help you find information within scientific literature
E-Print Network : a gateway to over 31,797 websites and databases worldwide, containing over 5 million e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science
Google Scholar: Meta Search Engine across multiple academic publishers; abstracts + full-text
Hakia: Semantic search engine only accesses websites that are recommended by librarians
HighWirePress (Hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content)
Lumifi: For your Research (tools to annotate, organize, manage, share and eventually publish your research)
OAIster (Search for digital items with this tool that provides 12 million resources from over 800 repositories)
Open Science Directory: A-to-Z Open Access Journals (incl. DOAJ, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, HighWire Press, HINARI, AGORA, OARE, eJDS. )
Science Research
Scirus: The most Comprehensive research engine. Elsevier product.
Scitation: This "deep federated search" brings the best information from the fields of science and technology
Scitopia.org (Deep web)(Search for scientific articles, Patents, Governmental information)
UJ Sciences Librarian on Delicious: Selected articles per subject topics/tags
WorldCat: Use this tool to find items in libraries including books, CDs, DVDs, and articles
WorldWideScience.org (Global Science Gateway)

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ONLINE BOOKS & REFERENCE WORKS

ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

AccessScience : Online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Articles, current news and research updates, biographies of leading scientists, image galleries, multimedia.
Encyclopedia of Energy: (Books by Topic)For students, researchers, policy makers, energy and environmental consultants. Basics of Energy, Coal, Conservation and end use, Economics of Energy, Electricity, Energy flows, Environmental issues, Global issues, History & Energy, Nuclear Power, Oil & Natural gas, Policy issues, Public issues, Renewable & Alternative Sources, Risks, Society & Energy, Sustainable Development, Systems of Energy.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Oxford Reference Online: Over 175 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. View all subjects!

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ONLINE BOOKS (ENERGY, GREEN BUILDING, ETC.)

LIBRARY ONLINE BOOKS (FULL-TEXT)

These books are available on AccessEngineering Database, McGraw-Hill. You need to login to have access.

Energy Online Books (7 books)

- Handbook of Batteries. 3rd ed.

Environmental Online Books (20 books)

- Environmental Assessment. 2nd ed.

- Environmental Monitoring Handbook.

- Handbook of Solid Waste Management

- Indoor Air Quality Handbook

- Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering. 2nd ed.

- Environmental Law and Compliance Handbook.

Green/Sustainable Online Books (10 books)

- Green Building through Integrated Design

- Solar Power in Building Design: The Engineer's Complete Design Resource

- The Green Building Bottom Line: The real cost of Sustainable Building

GREEN BUILDING: GOOGLE ONLINE BOOKS

Green Building Books available on "Google Books". Partly full-text. Can read, but not print. These books has been ordered for the Library in print.

A-B-C

The Architectural Expression of Environmental Control Systems. G. Baird. 2001.
Big and Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21^st century. D. Gissen ed. 2002
Biophilia: The Human bond with other Species. E. Wilson. 1984
Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design. B. Givoni. 1998
Community by Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities. K. Hall & G. Porterfield. 2001.
Creating the Not so Big House. S. Susanka. 2002.

E- G- I

Eco-Industrial Strategies: Unleashing Synergy between Economic Development and the Environment. Ed. C. Rosenthal. 2003.
Ecological Design. S. van der Ryn & P. Calthorpe. 2007. 10^th Anniversary Ed.
Factor Four. Amiry B. Lovins. 1998
Good Green Homes: Creating better homes for a healthier planet. J. Roberts. 2003.
Green Buildings Pay. B. Edwards. 2003.
Green Building Handbook: A Guide to Building Products and their impact on the Environment. T. Woolley & S. Kimmins. 2000. Vol.2
Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate. Rocky Mountain Institute. 1998.
Growing Greener: Putting Conservation into Local Plans and Ordinances. R. Arendt. 1999.

Integrated Buildings: The Systems Basis of Architecture. L.R. Bachman. 2002.

L- M- N

Living in Homes: Sustainable Architecture and Design. S. McGregor. 2001.
The Monumental Impulse: Architecture’s Biological Roots. G. Hersey. 1999.
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. P. Hawken. 1999
The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture and Human Intention. D. Orr. 2004.
The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community and the American Dream. P. Calthorpe. 1993
The Not so Big House: A Blueprint for the way we really leave. S. Susanka. 2001.

P- S

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. A. Christopher et al. 1977. In 2 vol.
Patterns of Home: The Essentials of Enduring Design. M. Jacobson. 2005.
The Philosophy of Sustainable Design: the future of Architecture. J. McLennan. 2006.
Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery. C. Kibert. 2007. 2nd ed.
Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors. W. Thompson. 2007. 2^nd ed.
Sustainable practices in the Built Environment. C. Langston. 2001. 2^nd ed.

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ENERGY PROFESSIONAL LINKS

EnerKey Project
International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
Upcoming ISES Solar World Conference 11-14 oct 2009, Johannesburg NEW!!!
Sustainable Energy Africa : Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA) promotes sustainable energy approaches and practices in the development of South Africa and Africa.
Renewables Global Status Report: Energy

UNIVERSITY & SCIENCES LINKS

If you want to go directly to your Student Portal, Department, Faculty of Science or University web pages, click on any of the links below.

CONFERENCES LINKS

Academic Conferences Worldwide
Gordon Research Conferences (Provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of frontier research in the biological, chemical, and physical sciences, and their related technologies)
Science Conference Proceedings (About; HELP)