Library Guides: Energy & Resources: Books, eBooks, Reports

UC Library Search - find books, ebooks, and more

UC Library Search is the University of California’s unified discovery and borrowing system. Use it to find books, articles, media, archival collections, and more across most UCB libraries (notable exception: Berkeley Law Library), as well as the collections of other UC libraries.

You can:

Narrow your search results using filters (ex: peer review status, date, and format).
Use Request to page items, place a hold, or request an interlibrary loan (must be logged in).
Save and export records to email or citation management software, or save searches.
View and manage (must be logged in) your:
Saved records, saved searches, and search history.
Requested, borrowed, and Interlibrary Loan items.
Messages, blocks, fines, and fees.

See the UC Library Search user guide.

Statement from the Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health Library about harmful, offensive, or discredited Library materials.

For items not available at UC Berkeley

UCB Faculty, Staff, and Students:

Interlibrary Borrowing Service (IBS) Request books, articles, and other materials not available at UC Berkeley.

Non-UCB Borrowers:

See UCB Library's information on interlibrary lending and duplication services.

Recommend a Purchase:

Use this form to recommend purchases (books, etc.) or subscriptions.

Dissertations & Theses

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Index and full text of graduate dissertations and theses from North American and European schools and universities, including the University of California. (Dissertations & Theses - Proquest Digital Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) - Dissertation Abstracts - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global) [1861 - present]

Indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities. Dissertations published since 1980, and master's theses since 1988, include brief abstracts written by the authors. Offers full text of most of the dissertations added since 1997 . It is possible to search a subset of dissertations produced by UC students by going to Dissertations and Theses @ University of California (available in full text).
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations and master theses in thousands of libraries worldwide. (WorldCatDissertations)

Lists over 5 million dissertations and master's theses found in the WorldCat database. Also lists some published materials based on dissertations or theses. Coverage includes some items published prior to 1861.

Find Reports and Information from Government, IGOs, NGOs, and Think Tanks

Government Information

Other librarians at UCB have created these helpful Guides to Finding Government Information.

Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Information

Custom Google Search: Use the following search box to search across hundreds of IGO websites

Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Information

Custom Google Search: Use the following search box to search across hundreds of NGO sites. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from curated lists.

Search Think Tanks and Research Centers

Link to a Google Custom Search of more than 1200 think tanks and research centers (note: as of February 2025 this search tool is no longer being updated) .

Using Google More Effectively

Advanced Google Searching
Tips and tricks on how to use advanced search features in Google, special google searches, Google tools, and more!

Take a Break

The Library also has books to read for fun! Get inspired by a scientist's memoir or biography, or browse the shelves and choose a comfy chair at Morrison Library, or check out the Library's Overdrive collection for popular ebooks and audiobooks.

The Bioscience, Natural Resources & Public Health library also has graphic novels, cookbooks, and a Diverse Perspectives collection!

Also, the Library subscribes to several streaming video platforms!

eBooks and Reports

Use UC Library Search to search for eBooks by title or on a particular topic, or browse an eBook collection. To learn how to navigate the different eBook platforms, see these instructions.

Selected collections:

Comprehensive Energy Systems
Unified source of information covering the entire spectrum of energy, including energy fundamentals, energy materials, energy production, energy conversion, and energy management.

Comprehensive Renewable Energy
9-volume reference work providing an overview of all renewable energy technologies.
Encyclopedia of Energy Storage
Provides a review of current energy storage research and insights into the future direction of the field,
Fossil Fuel Industry Documents
"An archive of documents created by major fossil fuel companies and associated groups related to their manufacturing, marketing, communications and scientific research, hosted by the UCSF Library."

Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
Digitized collection of original manuscript and printed documents from around the world to support the study of fifteen major commodities: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, wheat, and wine and spirits.

Provides original sources materials to help explore the history of fifteen major commodities and to examine the ways that these have changed the world. The commodities include: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, wheat, and wine and spirits.
OnePetro
Online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

Includes full text of papers published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, NACE International, ISOPE, and more.

OurEnergyLibrary
Publicly available fact sheets, journal articles, reports, studies, and other publications on U.S. energy topics. Updated weekly.

Treatise on Water Science
Contains summaries of the state of the art in water science research.

Contains over 65 entries providing a summary of the state of the art in water science research. Four volumes cover a broad range of topics on: management of water resources; the science of hydrology; aquatic chemistry and biology; and water-quality engineering.
Water Intelligence Online
Digital reference library from the International Water Association.

Government Reports (U.S.)

You can find reports and other 'grey literature' using many of the databases listed under eBooks and in the Articles tab. Here are some other sources for government reports:

EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications [Environmental Protection Agency]
USGS Publications Warehouse [U.S. Geological Survey]

NTRL (National Technical Reports Library)
Citations and some full text for technical reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other government agencies.

NTRL is the gateway to indexes, abstracts, and technical reports of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The NTIS archives reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and others.
Science.gov
Search across federal science agency publications; includes Energy Citations Database, NASA Technical Report Server, USGS Publications Warehouse, etc.

A collaborative effort of 12 federal science agencies, this site serves as a gateway to more than 1800 scientific web sites. The site allows metasearching of free full-text and bibliographic databases such as Energy Citations Database, NASA Technical Report Server, NTIS, PubMed, Agricola, USGS Publications Warehouse, etc.
USGS Water Resources Reports
Search for publications on water resources by the US Geological Survey

Includes circulars, digital data series, fact sheets, investigation reports and other papers on the topic of water resources published by the US Geological Survey.

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