Uranium, Oil and Gas Information
There are a number of blogs out there on oil and gas technology, and
someone may have picked up on information about whatever it is the person
wants to know. Do a search on "oil and gas technology blogs"...then search
those. Also using Blog Spot may turn up a search term you need.
You might also be able to use BlogBridge
http://www.blogbridge.com/ Technorati
http://www.technorati.com/ or Blogstreet
http://www.blogstreet.com/search.html
Energy Portal Search
http://www.osti.gov/search.html"The
<http://www.osti.gov/search.html>
EnergyPortal search function allows users to search across one or more of
the dispersed collections listed on the EnergyPortal search page. A free
text search capability is currently offered in this proof-of-concept
application since the scientific and technical information collections are
both heterogeneous in nature and employ different types of search
engines." Search several US government and private energy databases.
Energysearch
http://www.energysearch.com/"Energysearch <http://www.energysearch.com/>
is the premier Internet search engine for the Energy Industry, providing
Internet users with fast, accurate search results on global energy
topics."
Engineering E-journal Search Engine
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/"The <http://www.eevl.ac.uk/eese/>
Engineering E-journal Search Engine searches the full text of over one
hundred engineering e-journals, which are listed in the EEVL catalogue of
engineering resources (with their own record or as part of a parent site).
In order to be selected, e-journals must be free, full text (or offer most
of their content as full text) and available without registration.
Articles in PDF, which require an Adobe Acrobat reader (downloadable from
the Adobe Website), and Postscript format are also included."
Find Articles
http://www.findarticles.com/"Search
<http://www.findarticles.com/>
millions of articles from leading academic, industry and general interest
publications. We give you free access to information you can trust, from a
collection you'll only find here." Search engine for magazine articles
only.
GeoIndex
http://www.geoindex.com/"GeoIndex
<http://www.geoindex.com/>
is a powerful Search Engine developed, owned and maintained by Datasurge
Company to specifically fill a need for the Geo-Environmental
professional. The areas covered by this search Engine are: 1.GEOTECHNICAL;
2.ENVIRONMENTAL; 3.HYDROGEOLOGY; 4.GEOLOGY; 5.MINING 6.PETROLEUM. This is
a continuously growing service which will provide a rich environment of
information unmatched in this area. The information available is broken
down into four different Categories, and they are COMPANIES, ASSOCIATIONS,
EDUCATION, and GOVERNMENT." specialized index for geotechnical,
environmental, hydrogeology, geology, mining and petroleum
Petro Find
http://www.petrofind.com/"Petrofind.Com
<http://www.petrofind.com/>
was officially launched on May 27, 2000 and has been created with one
directive, the ability to find anything and everything pertaining to the
Petroleum Industry. No longer will anyone have to go through hundreds of
pages and documents, as is the case with the general search engines, to
find anything related to the petroleum industry, it's here." drill down
directory for petroleum information
Scirus - Scientific Search Engine
http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/"Scirus
<http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/>
is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet.
Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200
million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly: Pinpoint
scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web; Find the
latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals
that other search engines miss; Offer unique functionalities designed for
scientists and researchers. Scirus has proved so successful at locating
science-specific results on the Web that the Search Engine Watch Awards
voted Scirus 'Best Specialty Search Engine' in 2001 and 2002 and 'Best
Directory or Search Engine Website' WebAward from Web Marketing
Association in 2004." comprehensive science-specific search engine
Wergy - Energy Search
http://gmaiso.free.fr/energy/index.php3?page=defaultSearch
engine and directory for energy news, analysis, speeches, etc.
My experience with this is that you may not be able to find it on the
Web. Another strategy would be to discover, via the Web and science
journals, the prolific scientists in this specialty and have your patron
contact them directly. I've had conversations with many academicians and
subsequently received unpublished materials and great references on my
topic of interest directly from them.
If your patron has to have "published" material or is reluctant to
contact scientists, then you could try the DOE e-print archive
http://www.osti.gov/eprints/
Or one of the growing number of institutional repositories like the
Calf. Dig. Library. Find the university with a strong concentration in oil
& gas technology and see if they have a repository.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/escholarship/
Sometimes "grey literature" [British spelling] and "gray literature"
[American spelling] have technical information not published elsewhere.
Since you are looking for an oil and gas technology, you may want to
try both spellings.
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2004/march04/gray
lit.htm - ALA Internet Resources: Gray literature: Resources for
locating unpublished research, Brian S. Mathews, C&RL News, Vol. 65, No.
3, March 2004
http://www.osti.gov/graylit/
- gray literature from U.S. federal government agencies
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/info/gray.html
- Locating Gray Literature (in the physical sciences)
For more information about Grey Literature in the Sciences:
http://library.brooklyn.cuny.edu/access/greyliter.htm
- The Role of Grey Literature in the Sciences, by Prof. Irwin Weintraub
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