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Energy Economics databases — two new resources

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The Library has subscriptions to Global Insights and EIU ( Economist Intelligence Unit). These services cover economic issues worldwide, by region, or country. There is data, economic and financial analysis, forecasting and marketing intelligence for various sectors of the economy. Energy is now a segment in each.

These databases can be found listed under the “Articles and Databases” . Global Insight is a monolithic heading, whereas EIU, lists various sectors separately.
The EIU market sector databases are brand new and are currently listed under “New & Featured Databases”.

“The Economist” (London), the highly respected and popular periodical, is also published by EIU. Similar to Global Insight, EIU contains news of critical issues, reports and briefings, and data and market analyses.

Science Reference Center — new database

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The Science Reference Center is a new database among several that Princeton is now offering, thanks to the State of New Jersey.

It is perhaps in a league with AccessScience, the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, but it offers reviews and articles from key, authoritative journals, and there are sections aimed at a much younger audience.

From EBSCO’s description:
Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student’s science research needs, Science Reference Center contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards.

INIS (International Nuclear Information System) — new database

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INIS Online Database from 1970 to date. This new resource was added to our Princeton University Library’s “Articles and Databases” page this summer, and contains ~2.8 million records on peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. >850,000 papers are full-text. Sponsored by the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, there is world-wide coverage.

Approximately 1/2 of the records come from journals, the rest are technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints, known as “grey” or “non-conventional” literature.

Almost 2200 journals are scanned for inclusion, but 580 are key.

The portions especially applicable to environmental sciences are:
8% economic, environmental, legal and safeguards
7% fuel cycle waste and radiochemistry
13% nuclear power and safety

Environmental Chemistry Information System (ECIS)

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Trial subscriptions to Environmental Chemistry Information System are free during the month of September. Check http://www.nisc.com for details. These databases are nearly all separate flles on government websites. There are over 8 million records for nearly 700,000 chemicals.

Should we suscribe?

The ECIS News (Newsletter Archive)

A wealth of information about chemicals in the environment.

  1. Chemical/Physical properties
    OBSERVATIONS, SANSS
  2. Biodegradation/Bioremediation
    BIODEG, BIOLOG
  3. Site Assessment
    BRS, CERCLIS, FINDS, ICIS (DOCKET),RCRIS, TRI (1987-2005)
  4. Toxicity & Carcinogenicity
    AQUIRE, CCRIS, CRISP, EMIC, GIABS, GENE-TOX, IRIS, MEDLINE Subset, NIOSHTIC
    Subset, RTECS, TERRETOX, TSCATS
  5. Regulations
    TSCAINV, TSCAPP
  6. HAZMAT
    CHRIS, HSDB, MALLIN, New Jersey Hazardous Substance Factsheets, OHMTADS

Some of the databases are included in the TOXSEEK cluster provided by the U.S. government and listed in our “Articles and Databases” listing.

Green Industry topics on the Inspec database

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In the “Inspec Matters” bulletin, Winter 2006, the indexed content managers and subject specialists have noted “hot” environmental topics (pun intended): product lifecycle management, recycling and disposal, corporate social responsibility towards environmentally aware practices and policies, global trade and outsourcing, important legislation on waste and recycling in the EU and US. “Other environmental factors of importance in the literature include car emissions, pollution, and green energy.
Inspec is THE major (subscription) bibliographic database concentrating on physics, electrical and electronic engineering, information technology, computer and control systems, and manufacturing, production engineering, and information technology. It contains references back to 1896.

Green Industry topics on the Inspec database

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In the “Inspec Matters” bulletin, Winter 2006, the indexed content managers and subject specialists have noted “hot” environmental topics (pun intended): product lifecycle management, recycling and disposal, corporate social responsibility towards environmentally aware practices and policies, global trade and outsourcing, important legislation on waste and recycling in the EU and US. “Other environmental factors of importance in the literature include car emissions, pollution, and green energy.
Inspec is THE major (subscription) bibliographic database concentrating on physics, electrical and electronic engineering, information technology, computer and control systems, and manufacturing, production engineering, and information technology. It contains references back to 1896.