The Energy data base: Subject coverage, Literature Coverage, Data Elements, and Indexing Practices
This booklet is designed to acquaint readers with the general characteristics of the Energy Data Base (EDB) and to provide basic information regarding the data base, its structure, and its features. Among the topics discussed are: subjects covered in the EDB, types of documents included as EDB references, identification data recorded for the EDB references, etc. Also included is a list of publications that give more detailed information on these and other aspects of EDB. Each document listed is described briefly, and the source from which the document can be obtained is given. The Energy Data Base is an extensive collection of bibliographic citations for, abstracts of, and indexes to the world’s scientific and technical literature on energy. It is compiled in Oak Ridge, Tenn., by the Technical Information Center (TIC), which is the publishing and information-disseminating branch of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In 1980, the EDB contained about 650,000 entries, including citations to publications from both the public and private sectors. The EDB is comprised of machine-readable records about international literature on energy. Energy Research Abstracts, a semimonthly abstract journal that announces the information generated by the DOE and its contractors, is produced from this data base. Other subject-specific periodicals also are derived from the EDB and are published monthly by the Technical Information Center. However, no single publication contains the EDB in its entirety. Although these abstract journals can be searched directly and manually, it is often much more effective and convenient to perform computer searches of the literature directly from the EDB. This is especially true for retrospective searches covering long time periods or involving complicated search strategies. Because much of the information in the data base is not announced in any journal, computer searches ensure the widest coverage. For these reasons, DOE has made the EDB available so that it can be searched on a number of information retrieval services. This booklet traces the history of the EDB development, shows how it is compiled, outlines its subject coverage, defines the types of documents included, points out the special collections involved, describes the elements that make up each entry, explains the indexing procedures used by the Technical Information Center, and concludes with an annotated list of available documents that contain additional information about the EDB and its use.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 6690808
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/TIC-4608; REOR-1388; R-4908
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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