DOE OSTI Resources

1. Online Resources of the Office of
Scientific and Technical Information

2. Department of Energy
• The Department of Energy (DOE) is
tasked with providing governmental
control and oversight with regards to
energy technology and policy within
the United States.
• The DOE originated in the
establishment of the Manhattan
Project, which was developed to
engineer the Atomic Bomb.
• The Atomic Energy Act of 1946
instituted the Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC) and placed all
nuclear developmental activity under
civilian control.
• In 1954, under the auspices of the
Energy Act of 1954, the AEC begin to
design and develop commercial and
civilian uses for nuclear energy.
• The energy crisis of the 1970’s, coupled
with the growth in government
sponsored nuclear energy projects,
facilitated the need for a cohesive
energy policy.
• The Federal Energy Administration,
Energy Research and Development
Administration, and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (formerly
AEC) were combined, through the
passage of the Department of Energy
Organization Act of 1977, to form the
DOE.
• The DOE website can be accessed at
http://www.energy.gov/.

3. Office of Scientific and
Technical Information
(OSTI)
• The Office of Scientific and Technical
Information (OSTI) is tasked with the
electronic distribution of scientific R
& D information sponsored, and
used, by the DOE.
• OSTI was established in 1947, under
the authority of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1946, as the Technical
Information Program.
• OSTI was founded to disseminate
information about the Manhattan
Project and the development of
nuclear weapons.
• The OSTI website provides access to
DOE scientific databases, US federal
scientific databases, and global
scientific databases.
• The OSTI website can be accessed at
the http://www.osti.gov/home/.

4. DOE Electronic Resources

5. Science Accelerator
• Introduced in 2007, Science
Accelerator was designed to conduct
concurrent searches over a multitude
of scientific databases sponsored by
the DOE..
• Through use of Federated Search
Architecture, Science Accelerator
provides basic and advanced search
queries which analyze DOE related
databases such as those used by
OSTI.
• Formats searched by Science
Accelerator include: Full-text
Research Reports, Energy Citations,
Green Energy Research, DOE Data,
Videos, Pre-published Drafts, and
more.
• Science Accelerator provides a user
the ability to register for alerts when
new information on a specific topic is
made available to the public.
• Science Accelerator can be accessed
at
http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
.

6. Information Bridge
• Made available to the public in
1998, Information Bridge was
designed to provide access to
DOE and DOE-sponsored
research literature.
• Currently, Information Bridge
provides approximately 299,000
full text documents and citations;
dating from 1991.
• Documents cover fields such as:
physics, chemistry, materials,
biology, environmental science,
energy technology, engineering,
computer/ information science,
and green energy.
• Information Bridge can be
accessed by going to
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/.

7. DOE Data Explorer
• DOE Data Explorer (DDE) was
established in 2008 with the
mission of providing access to
DOE data and non-textual
information to scientists,
students, and interested
members of the general public.
• DDE can be used to access the
following data: computer
simulations, numeric data files,
figures and plots, interactive
maps, multimedia, and scientific
images.
• The site also includes a news
page with new information and
maintains a featured data
collection column.
• DDE can be accessed by going to
http://www.osti.gov/dataexplor
er/.

8. DOE R&D Accomplishments
• The Department of Energy
Research and Development
(R&D) Accomplishments website
was designed to promote DOE
accomplishments that resulted in
significant economic, social, or
scientific advances.
• The site is provides separate
pages for the Database,
Laureates, and Featured
Scientists.
• An exploration page allows the
user to explore basic snapshots
and stories of interest.
• Finally, a Finding Aids page is
made available to help simplify
the search parameters of the site.
• R&D can be accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/accomplis
hments/.

9. DOE Green Energy
• On April 21, 2010, in celebration
of Earth Day, OSTI launched
DOE Green Energy (GE).
• GE is a subject specific website
that provides public access to
bibliographic citations, technical
reports, and patent reports that
are focused on renewable/
sustainable energy resources.
• GE use semantic mapping to
more efficiently access the
desired information of the user.
• The site provides user access to
34,500 technical reports and 1,300
patents.
• GE can be accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/greenener
gy/.

10. DOE Patents
• In 2007, OSTI, through
DOepatents, made available
20,000 patent records that were
the end-result of DOE sponsored
research.
• These records span from
predecessor organizations of the
1940’s to the DOE in the present
time.
• DOepatents consists of
bibliographic records and, when
available, full text records.
• The site also includes hyperlinks
dealing in Patent News, Recent
Inventions, and Technology
Transfer.
• Doepatents can be accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/doepatent
s/.

11. Science Cinema
• In 2011, Science Cinema (SC) was
introduced in order to provide
videos of breakthrough science
sponsored by the DOE.
• SC also has access to partnered
videos from the European
Organization for Nuclear
Research (CERN).
• SC provides 1,700 voice indexed
video recordings and links to 400
additional recordings.
• SC can be accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/sciencecin
ema/.

12. E-Print Network
• The E-Print network was
established as a
communications technology
which allows scientists and
students to provide access to
electronically produced
research and works.
• The site provides access to
35,000 websites/ databases and
5.5 million scientific e-prints.
• E-prints include preprints,
reprints, technical reports,
conference publications or other
means of electronic
communication.
• E-Print Network can be
accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/eprints/.

13. Energy Citations Database
• The Energy Citations Database
(ECD), established in 2001, was
instituted to provide
bibliographic citations on work
ranging from 1948 to the
present.
• The ECD provides access to
2,467,000 free bibliographic
citations.
• Included in this are 301,000
complete electronic documents.
• ECD can be accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/energycit
ations/.

14. Science Conference Proceedings
• Science Conference Proceedings
(SCP) was released in 2005 in
order to provide access to
conference papers in disciplines
of interest to the DOE.
• The accessed sites are primarily
composed of labs and
professional societies.
• SCP can be accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/sciencec
onferences/.

15. U.S. Federal Electronic Resources

16. Science.gov
• Science.gov is a collaborative
project between 17 government
science organizations and 13
federal agencies to provide
wide ranging access to U.S.
sponsored scientific research.
• Originally launched in 2002,
site updates are completed
every 6 weeks and can e
searched topically or through a
search box.
• Users are granted search access
to 50 different databases and
2100 websites containing
scientific information.
• Sites are selected by agency
information managers and
librarians as representative of
accurate government scientific
work.
• The site can be accessed at
http://www.science.gov/.

17. Global Electronic Resources

18. WorldWideScience.org
• Developed by OSTI,
WorldWideScience.org was
conceived as an information
clearinghouse for scientific
organizations, and their
constituents, from member
nations worldwide.
• A strength of the website is that
information is provided in
multilingual scientific
resources.
• The site is available, for free, to
citizens from around the world.
• Information is available in the
following sub-topics: energy,
medicine, agriculture,
environment, basic sciences,
and more.
• The site can be accessed at
http://worldwidescience.org/.

19. Energy Technology Data Exchange World Energy Base
• The Energy Technology Data
Exchange World Energy Base
(ETDEWEB) is a collaborative
network that functions through
the input of scientific
authorities from member
nations.
• In addition to member input,
ETDEWEB receives information
from the International Atomic
Energy Agency's International
Nuclear Information System
and IEA Clean Coal Centre's
(IEACCC) Coal Abstracts
database.
• Information is available in the
following sub-topics: energy,
medicine, agriculture,
environment, basic sciences,
and more.
• ETDEWEB contains 4,668,000
citations, 452,000 reports onsite,
and 1 million offsite reports.
• ETDEWEB can be accessed at
https://www.etde.org/etdewe
b/basicsearch.jsp?pg=2.

20. International Nuclear Information System
• The International Nuclear
Information System (INIS) was
established in 1970 under the
authority of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• INIS was conceived as a
clearinghouse for information
on the peaceful use of nuclear
energy and technology.
• The collection features 280,000
online full text documents and
3.3 million bibliographic
records.
• Nationally based Liaison
Officers are charged with
providing information to INIS
and disseminating information
within national borders.
• INIS can be accessed at
http://www.iaea.org/inis/.

21. Miscellaneous Resources
• YouTube- OSTI maintains a
YouTube account for
dissemination of information
and promotion of education.
This site can be accessed at
http://www.youtube.com/osti
gov.
• .EDUconnections- OSTI
maintains a liaison site for
promoting DOE resources and
opportunities for community
colleges, colleges, and
universities. This site can be
accessed at
http://www.osti.gov/EDUcon
nections/.

22. All photos courtesy of OSTI.gov
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY | Department of Energy. (n.d.).
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About DOE Green Energy. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2012, from
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About the Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, OSTI, U.S.
Department of Energy, DOE. (n.d.). Retrieved July 22, 2012, from
http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/about.shtml
DOE DATA EXPLORER. (n.d.). Retrieved July 22, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/dataexplorer/
DOE DATA EXPLORER - About. (n.d.). Retrieved July 22, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/dataexplorer/about.html
DOE Green Energy. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2012, from http://www.osti.gov/greenenergy/
DOE Patents Database - About. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/doepatents/about.jsp
DOE Patents Database - Home. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/doepatents/
DOE Research and Development Accomplishments. (n.d.). Retrieved July 22, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/
DOE Research and Development Accomplishments About. (n.d.). Retrieved July 22, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/about.html
Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Home Page. (n.d.). Retrieved July 23, 2012, from
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/