Energy affects our daily lives when we drive our car, turn appliances on and off, and receive bills from organizations providing us with energy services such as electricity and gasoline. Energy also plays an important role in Indiana's economy as well as in national and international economies. Purdue University Libraries are a selective depository for U.S. Government publications and contain many energy publications from government agencies. Government publications on energy can be found in the HSSE, Engineering (ENGR), and Management & Economics (MEL) libraries.

Many U.S. Government publications on energy are in the libraries online catalog. Subject headings you may want to use searching the Library Catalog include:

Coal--United States
Energy Policy--United States
Natural Gas--United States
Nuclear Energy
Petroleum Industry and Trade--United States

The principal index for finding U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 and is also available online from 1994-present. This database can be searched from 1976 on in the GPO Index on the Purdue Libraries indexes page.

Another useful index is the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73 C761C.

The following useful U.S. Government publications on energy are primarily from the U.S. Dept. of Energy but other federal agencies produce energy-related publications. School and departmental libraries are indicated with each entry and some of these titles are in microfiche.

Other useful U.S. Dept. of Energy periodicals include:

Congressional Publications

Congressional committees and support agencies are also excellent sources of energy information. Congressional support agencies producing energy related publications include:

Congressional committee publications on energy are produced by the following
committees:

Internet Resources

Many government energy publications are on the Internet. A locally accessible link to a wide variety of government information resources on the web can be found on the Purdue Libraries web server at: www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/

A useful source for legislative, legal, and regulatory information is GPO Access GPO Access contains the text of congressional bills  and committee reports, recent public laws, and federal regulations from publications such as the Federal Register.

Other useful federal energy websites include:

Indiana State energy related resources include: