Databases and Indexes

Kay Kenyon Barboza, Librarian, Information Resource Center, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Fairbanks, Alaska and Julia H. Triplehorn, Librarian, Keith B. Mather Library, Geophysical Institute/International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska, compilers

API En Compass News. 1975 --. Updated daily. New York, NY: API EnCompass. Available electronically.

News from major worldwide publications on petroleum, petrochemical, natural gas and energy industries.

APILIT. 1964 --. Updated weekly. New York, NY: API Encompass. Available electronically.

Comprehensive coverage of literature pertaining to petroleum, petrochemical, natural gas, and energy related industries.

Applied Science and Technology Index. v. 46 (1958) --. Updated monthly with quarterly and annual cumulations. New York, NY: H.W. Wilson. Continues Industrial Arts Index v.1 (1913) -- v.45 (1957). Cumulative subject index with product reviews after 1991. Available on CD-ROM, updated quarterly. Available electronically.

Covers international English-language periodicals in the applied sciences and technology.

Business Periodical Index. v. 1(1958) --. Updated monthly (except Aug) with annual cumulation. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson. Indexes by subject, selected author, and corporate name. Available on CD-ROM, updated quarterly. Available electronically, 1982 --, updated twice weekly.

COMPENDEX PLUS. 1969--. Updated monthly. New York, NY: Engineering Information, Inc. Available on CD-ROM, 1989 to present, updated quarterly. Available electronically, 1969 to present, updated monthly.

Energy Science and Technology. 1974--. Updated biweekly. Springfield, VA: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service and Oak Ridge, TN: U.S. Department of Energy. Available electronically on several database vendor systems: Dialog, SilverPlatter and STN, and on CD-ROM. Access DOE's energy portal resources and see descriptions of databases at http://www.osti.gov/products/eionline.html.

Worldwide multidisciplinary database from the Department of Energy and other agencies of basic, applied scientific and technology research on energy.

ENERGYLINE. 1971-1993. Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service. Available electronically.

Online version of Energy Information Abstracts plus energy and environmental records from Energy Index.

Engineering Index. 1907 --. Updated monthly; superseded by annual volume. New York, NY: Engineering Information Inc. Available electronically: see COMPENDEX.

FLUIDEX (Fluid Engineering Abstracts). 1973--. Updated monthly. New York, NY: Elsevier Science. Available electronically.

Worldwide literature in all aspects of fluid engineering.

NTIS (National Technical Information Service). 1964--. Springfield, VA: U.S. Department of Commerce. Available electronically through commercial vendor systems such as Dialog, and from 1990 to date, searchable at http://www.ntis.gov

Technical abstracts for U.S. government sponsored research plus some summaries of state and local government agencies and some foreign government sponsored research.

Petroleum Abstracts. 1961--. Tulsa, OK: Petroleum Abstracts, University of Tulsa. Available online: see Tulsa (Petroleum Abstracts).

Worldwide geotechnical literature for oil and gas exploration and production.

Pub Science. Available free on Internet: http://pubsci.osti.gov

A unique partnership of journal publishers and the Department of Energy research community to provide the largest compendia of energy related bibliographic citations available electronically.

TRIS. Transportation Research Board and U.S. Department of Transportation. 1968 --. Updated monthly. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board. Available electronically. Available free on the Internet as TRIS Online: http://ntl.bts.gov/tris

Comprehensive database with abstracts on transportation topics from published articles, reports, and research projects.

Tulsa (Petroleum Abstracts). 1965--. Updated weekly. Tulsa, OK: Petroleum Abstracts, University of Tulsa. Available electronically. Available on the Internet (license required). http://www.pa.utulsa.edu

Worldwide Geotechnical literature for oil and gas exploration and production.