U.S. Department of Energy

Office of Scientific & Technical Information

www.osti.gov

Key Databases & Resources

OSTI provides searchable access to scientific and technical information in the physical sciences and other disciplines of concern to the Department of Energy (DOE).

Science Accelerator

Using the DOE Science Accelerator, you can search vast collections of recent and legacy research and development results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and other science resources. Science Accelerator was developed and is made available by OSTI as a free public service.

Recent Research and Development (R&D) Results

Information Bridge – Searchable and downloadable bibliographic records and full text of DOE research report literature from 1994 forward (see Information Bridge Flyer (299-KB PDF)
E-print Network Access to e-print Web sites and databases, includes E-print Alerts for weekly updates (see E-print Network Flyer (217-KB PDF)
Science Conference Proceedings Searchable portal to select conference papers and proceedings in various fields of science and technology (see
Science Conferences Flyer (263-KB PDF)

Legacy R&D Results (1943 forward)

DOE R&D Accomplishments A central forum for information about the outcomes of past DOE R&D (see DOE R&D Accomplishments Flyer 316-KB PDF)
DOepatents Central collection of patent records resulting from DOE and predecessor agency funding. This collection demonstrates the Department's considerable contribution to scientific progress from the 1940s to today (see DOepatents Flyer 202-KB PDF)
Energy Citations Database (ECD) Publicly available bibliographic citations of DOE research from 1948 to today (see ECD Flyer 227-KB PDF)

R&D Project Descriptions

DOE R&D Project Summaries Current information on research and development projects underway at DOE (see DOE R&D Project Summaries Flyer 316-KB PDF)
Federal R&D Project Summaries Information from project summaries with single query searching from individual databases residing at DOE, EPA, NSF, NIH, SBA, and USDA (see Federal Research and Development Project Summaries Flyer 72-KB PDF)

Other Science Accelerator Resources

Energy Science and Technology Software Center (ESTSC) Scientific and technical software funded by the Department of Energy and available for order.
EnergyFiles: Virtual Library of Energy Science and Technology An expanding resource of energy-related scientific and technical information available through connected worldwide energy resources (see EnergyFiles Flyer 218-KB PDF)

International

WorldWideScience.org – Searchable portal to national science portals from participating nations of every inhabited continent (see WorldWideScience Flyer 306-KB PDF)
ETDEWEB – Information on the environmental impact of energy production and use, including climate change; energy R&D; energy policy; nuclear, coal, hydrocarbon, and renewable energy technologies; sponsored by ETDE (see ETDEWEB Flyer 346-KB PDF)
International Nuclear Information System - Over 2 million international bibliographic records from the INIS database related to peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology.

More Resources

DOE Data Explorer – Scientific research data, such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images, generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines.
Science.gov – Gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results (see
Science.gov Flyer
75-KB PDF)
ScienceLabA portal of education resources for students, teachers and the public (see ScienceLab Flyer 474-KB PDF)