Government Documents on Energy

Energy affects our daily lives when we drive our car, turn appliances on and off, and receive bills from organizations providing us with energy services such as electricity and gasoline. Energy also plays an important role in Indiana's economy as well as in national and international economies. Purdue University Libraries are a selective depository for U.S. Government publications and contain many energy publications from government agencies. Government publications on energy can be found in the HSSE, Engineering (ENGR), and Management & Economics (MEL) libraries.

Many U.S. Government publications on energy are in the libraries online catalog. Subject headings you may want to use searching the Library Catalog include:

Coal--United States
Energy Policy--United States
Natural Gas--United States
Nuclear Energy
Petroleum Industry and Trade--United States

The principal index for finding U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 and is also available online from 1994-present. This database can be searched from 1976 on in the GPO Index on the Purdue Libraries indexes page.

Another useful index is the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73 C761C.

The following useful U.S. Government publications on energy are primarily from the U.S. Dept. of Energy but other federal agencies produce energy-related publications. School and departmental libraries are indicated with each entry and some of these titles are in microfiche.

Census of Mining	MEL REF C 3.216/2:
Annual Energy Review	ENGR 333.79073 An78
Annual Energy Outlook	ENGR & MEL E 3.1/4:
Monthly Energy Review	ENGR E 3.9:
Natural Gas Annual	ENGR E 3.11/2-2:
Petroleum Supply Monthly	ENGR 338.222820973 P448 & ENGR MF E 3.11/5:
Annual Outlook for U.S. Coal	ENGR 338.822120973 An78 & ENGR MF E 3.11/7-8:
Electric Power Annual	ENGR 621.31205 EL24a
International Energy Outlook	ENGR E 3.11/20-3:
Electric Plant Cost and Power Production Expenses	ENGR E 3.17/4-2:
Gas Supplies of Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Companies (Links to EIA's natural gas resources)	ENGR E 3.25/2:
Short-Term Energy Outlook	ENGR E 3.31:
State Energy Price & Expenditure Data System	MEL E 3.42/4: (floppy)
Annual Outlook for U.S. Electric Power	MEL E 3.50:
Commercial Nuclear Power	ENGR E 3.51:
Profiles of Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. Energy	MEL E 3.52:

Other useful U.S. Dept. of Energy periodicals include:

Energy & Technology Review (Now Science & Technology Review	ENGR E 1.53:
LBL Research Review	ENGR E 1.53/2:
Nuclear Safety	PHAR, ENGR, & HIKS Repository 621.48 N883
Los Alamos Science	PHYS & ENGR E 1.96:
Beam Line	PHYS E 1.113:

Congressional Publications

Congressional committees and support agencies are also excellent sources of energy information. Congressional support agencies producing energy related publications include:

Government Accountability Office Reports	MEL MF GA 1.13:
Office of Technology Assessment	HSSE DOC Y 3.T 22/2:
Congressional Budget Office	HSSE DOC Y 10:

Congressional Research Service Reports (Courtesy-University of North Texas Library)

Congressional committee publications on energy are produced by the following
committees:

House Appropriations Comm. (Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-IN) is a member of this committee.)	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/1:EN 2/2/
House Energy & Commerce Comm. (Reps. Steve Buyer (R-IN) and Baron Hill (D-IN) are members of this committee. Committee ranking member Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) is a Purdue graduate.)	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8: (Previously HSSE DOC Y 4.En 2/3)
Compilation of Selected Energy-Related Legislation: Oil, Gas, & Nonnuclear Fuels	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8:108-C
Compilation of Selected Energy-Related Legislation: Organization & Miscellaneous Laws	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8:107-C
Compilation of Selected Energy-Related Legislation: Electricity	HSSE DOC Y 4.C 73/8:107-E
House Natural Resources Comm.	HSSE DOC Y 4.R 31/3:
Senate Appropriations Comm.	HSSE MF Y 4.AP 6/2:
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Comm.	HSSE DOC Y 4.EN 2:

Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R. 6) iin the 109th Congress (Congressional Research Service)

House Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming

Internet Resources

Many government energy publications are on the Internet. A locally accessible link to a wide variety of government information resources on the web can be found on the Purdue Libraries web server at: www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/

A useful source for legislative, legal, and regulatory information is GPO Access GPO Access contains the text of congressional bills and committee reports, recent public laws, and federal regulations from publications such as the Federal Register.

Other useful federal energy websites include:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

U.S. Geological Survey Energy Resources

Bureau of Land Management Energy Programs

Minerals Management Service

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Argonne National Laboratory

Energy Information Administration

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

U.S. Dept. of Energy