Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Combustion Processes Research Guide

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Librarians at the Library of Congress periodically create research guides on timely topics. They are dubbed “Science Tracer Bullets Online” (Historically, they were in paper format.) This latest was released on March 17th.

This is what the ResourceShelf.com announcement reads:
“Web and print resources compiled by the Science, Technology and Business Division at the Library of Congress. This guide lists relevant sources of information on alternative fuel vehicles and includes electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and personal transportation vehicles, as well as the technology of fuel economy and alternative fuels. It also includes advanced autoignition and lean-burn combustion processes for improving engine fuel economy.”

These research guides include books, conference proceedings, technical reports and papers, dissertations, key journals, and databases (abstracting and indexing services).
A caveat: Princeton does not necessarily have all the resouces listed, but our call numbers are likely to be the same as in the Library of Congress, and of course, we will be happy to obtain any resources lacking at Princeton, via Interlibrary Loan, or Document Delivery. Princeton will have most of the databases accessible electronically via the Main Catalog or under Articles and databases from the Library’s homepage.

World Water Day — March 22, 2007

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“Coping with Water Scarcity” is the theme of this year’s World Water Day, promoted by the United Nations. The link:

World Water Day
The UN’s Water Portal can be a valuable resource.

“UN-Water’s work encompasses all aspects of freshwater and sanitation. Over the years, agencies within the United Nations have developed specific expertise on an array of themes within this wide remit.” The thematic index provides access to specialist resources on many water topics, linkable from the “UN-Water” page.

Via UNESCO, there are many water issues with numerous, world-wide links:
http://www.unesco.org/water/waterlinks/WaterIssues/

G8 Environmental Ministers meeting, mid-March, 2007

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Germany hosted G8 Environment Ministers Meeting
15 -17 March, 2007 – Potsdam

The G8 Environment Ministers, plus the Environment Ministers from the leading emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa) discussed strategic issues of climate protection and energy policy in order to give political impetus to the international climate protection negotiations planned for 2007.

From the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change:
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

For more on the G8 and International Environmental Policy:
http://www.bmu.de/english/internationalenvironmentalpolicy/g8presidency2007/doc/38335.php

International Polar Year Begins

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From What’s New @ the National Academies:

The U.S. opening ceremony for the International Polar Year took place at the National Academies with over 400 people in attendance. Guests viewed recent video from the polar regions and heard from polar scientists about research to begin under this initiative. High-level government officials also participated in the event.

Here is the link for the PDF Overview of the projects:
http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rptbriefs/IPYfinal2.pdf

Institute of Physics launches environmental science website

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The Institute of Physics, http://www.iop.org, has launched a new website, http://environmentalresearchweb.org. The portal is projected to be a central source of information on issues covering the whole of environmental science.

Environmentalresearchweb.org will provide analysis and commentary on all areas of environmental research including policy and sustainable technology. It is targeted at all those who are interested in topics covered by environmental science, such as climate change and the development of biofuels.

In addition, the site also has links to new articles from the open access IOP Publishing journal Environmental Research Letters, launched earlier this year. Registration for membership of environmentalresearchweb.org is free. Members will gain free access to premium content, receive a weekly newsletter and be able to update the site with their comments, details of their events and their company.

Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter, Feb. 19, 2007
http://www.knowledgespeak.com

Introduction and Purpose

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Welcome to the Environmental Sciences Information Blog at Princeton University! This blog is for anyone and everyone, but especially those in academia and particularly at Princeton.

Interest in regards to the environment continues to grow, and reliable, scientific-based information and research is more germane than ever.

With so many resources and so much information becoming available on the Web, I have decided to try to collect the most useful websites and news services leading to and providing this knowledge. However, I’ll not restrict myself to web-based information. I will announce new databases, perhaps discuss and compare existing databases. I will announce new journals relevant for environmental studies, especially if they are new subscriptions. I will accumulate news resources. I will keep tabs on the plight of the EPA Libraries.

I will welcome comments, questions and suggestions.

For reference services and bibliographic instruction please write to me at lfdeis@princeton.edu