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Internet Resources

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Links to and describes U.S. government programs related to renewable energy. The EERE is a division of the U.S. Department of Energy.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Information about NREL's research and development of renewable fuels and electricity.

Energy Resources Program
Energy related fact sheets, news, and research publications from the U.S. Geological Survey.

U.S. Department of Energy
Provides links to different types of energy sources, price information, and statistics.

Energy Information Administration
Official energy statistics from the U.S. government presented by type of energy source.

Energy Citations Database
A searchable database of citations to DOE's energy related information.

DOE Information Bridge
Citations to and full text of research report literature of the Department of Energy, primarily from 1991 to present.

Science.gov - Energy & Energy Conservation
U.S. government science information on energy topics including research and development results.

Suggested Readings

Goodstein (2004). Out of Gas: the end of the age of oil. TN870 .G645 2004.

Roberts (2004). The end of oil: on the edge of a perilous new world. HD9650.6 .R63 2004.

Deffeyes (2005). Beyond oil: the view from Hubbert's peak. HD9502.A2 D44 2005.

Bent (2002). Energy : science, policy, and the pursuit of sustainability. TJ163.2 .E4865 2002.

Bent (2002). Energy : science, policy, and the pursuit of sustainability. E-book (online access).

Skinner (1986). Earth resources. TN153 .S56 1986.

Academic journal articles 

 Example of an academic journal article (click on the pdf to view)

Academic Search Premier
Abstracts & references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Provides information from a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides an image archive of important scholarly journal literature in nearly all the humanities and social sciences disciplines, international and foreign areas studies, and many of the sciences.

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Plagiarism & the Honor System 

Plagiarism
A handout from the UNC Writing Center that defines plagiarism and explains how to avoid it.

UNC Honor System

News articles 

America's Newspapers
Full-text articles from U.S. newspapers.

LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to general, regional and international news.

Reference sources

AccessScience
An online encyclopedia of science plus news, images, and study guides.

Today's Science
Science in the headlines, suggestions of research topics, and more.

Google Scholar

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