Environmental Sciences: Databases & Portal Sites

U.S. Government Search

A gateway to “best science information” selected by participating U.S. Government agencies; includes research and development materials.

Federated search of databases and search tools developed by the Dept. of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

A gateway to over 29,500 Web sites 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, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to DOE.

Access to over 2.3 million science research citations in disciplines of interest to the Department of Energy, such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. Coverage begins with Atomic Energy Commission reports from the 1940s. ECD contains over 200,000 full-text reports plus DOI links for journal articles.

Department of Energy Web site providing access to 500+ databases, etc. dealing with energy-related issues..

Research summary and awards data from the DOE, NIH, EPA, SBA, USDA, NSF, DOD, NASA and the Transportation Research Board.

The Government Printing Office distributes information from the three branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial.

See pages 9-33 for a list of Federal libraries by general subject area.

Full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature from 1991 forward, with selected full-text reports from earlier years, including reports from the Atomic Energy Commission and the energy Research and Development Administration.

The National Institue of Standards and Technology provides searching across more than 80 free online databases. Sujects covered include biometrics, ceramics, chemistry, crystal structure, environmental data, materials properties, spectral data, etc.

Resources include Compliance Assistance links.

Search the patent and trademark databases, and much more.

This distributed portal provides access to science and technology conference proceedings and conference papers from a number of authoritative sites (professional societies and national labs, largely) whose areas of interest in the physical sciences and technology intersect those of the Department of Energy.

Research aides produced by the Library of Congress on science and technology subjects.

Create tables of statistical information about science and technology in higher education. NSF maintains this site.