| Books
Use Voyager, the Library catalogue to find books and journals held in the University of Auckland library system. The following are some suggested Subject Heading searches on Voyager. Click on a subject heading to display a list of books and journals.
Databases, Journals, Newsletters 
Selected databases
Searching for articles in journals and newspapers can be carried out in Library Search : Articles and More, using the suggested headings listed above. The following databases are also suggested starting points for finding information.
- ABI Inform
International in coverage. A mixture of scholarly and trade publications. See also the ABI Inform trade and industry database or search both databases via Proquest.
- APEC Energy Database
- Business Monitor Online
covers the oil and gas industry mostly in emerging and transition markets. Included are quarterly forecasts for consumption and production.
- Business Source Premier
International in coverage. A mixture of scholarly and trade publications. This database has DataMonitor Industry profiles and Plunketts Energy industry almanac. BSP can be searched along with EconLit via the EBSCOhost database.
- CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Policy papers and working papers on energy
- Compendex
Includes electrical and energy engineering focusing on scientific and technological literature.
- Conference papers index
Citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world plus links to web resources. 1982 onwards.
- EconLit :
JEL classification : Q4 Energy; Q400 general; Q410 demand and supply; Q420 alternative energy sources; Q430 energy and macroeconomy; Q480 government policy; Q490 other.
- Energy and Power Source : a searchable online collection on the EbscoHost platform offering indexing and extensive full-text coverage from over 1,000 publications relating to the energy and power industries- petroleum, natural gas, electric power, coal, nuclear power, and renewable energy.
- Energy citations database
Free public access database. 'Includes citations to reports, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents for energy and energy-related information from the [US] Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development
Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).'
- Factiva. Under the Companies/Market tab, the Company Quick Search gives a brief business description, list of key competitors, latest news/press releases/trade articles, plus in
some cases a company history.
- Federal R&D project summaries
Free public access to OSTI's (Office of Scientific and Technical Information) portal to US Federal research projects. 'Research summary and awards data from the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation,
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture'
- Global Market Information Database Market profile reports on fossil fuel and nuclear power generation, statistics on energy reserves, production and consumption, consumer expenditure on electricity, gas and other fuels
- Global
renewable energy policies and measures database (IEA)
- INNZ: Index New Zealand
There are no full text articles in this database, but in most cases the Library will have the full text of the article either on another online database or in a print journal. To find out this, copy the title of the journal or newspaper the article is in (not the article title) and then do a serial title search in Voyager. INNZ is worth searching to ensure a good coverage
of the New Zealand scene.
- New Zealand Time Series. Petroleum / diesel production / stocks / deliveries, gas production, geothermal energy, coal.
- Newzindex and NZ science (Superindex)
indexes New Zealand business and trade magazines and publications from CRIs and the Royal Society of New Zealand.
- Newztext Plus
This database has the full text of the National Business Review, the Independent, the full text of daily newspapers including the Herald, plus the option to include the Newzindex database in a search (note that this does not include the NZ Science database).
Because of copyright some Herald articles will only be on Factiva : a database covering the latest world business, industry and company news.
- OECDiLibrary
has full text publications as pdf files. Included are Energy policies of IEA countries, World energy outlook, CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, Natural gas information, Nuclear energy data, Oil information, Energy balances of OECD and non OECD countries, Coal information, Electricity information, Renewables information.
- Science Direct
As well as being a searchable database, additional features include an Energy subject area plus a list of energy
related journals on the database. Covers academic publications.
- TNS industry sector reports
New Zealand industries including the energy sector
- United Nations Common Database Annual time series data, some series from 1980 onwards. Energy consumption and apparent consumption, energy exports, energy imports, energy stock changes, energy production by type.
- Wiley InterScience - journals
Full text journal coverage from 1997 onwards. Includes the journal Wind energy.
- World development indicators Annual time series data from the World Bank. There is an Energy production and use component. Most of the data is originally sourced from the IEA
Selected journals
Newsletters
Theses
A select list of theses on energy from the University of Auckland or carry out your own search for specific titles. When you have located a specific thesis, Note that if the thesis is not in electronic form, each thesis needs to be booked, or if there is a second copy in the Off Campus Storage it can be ordered using the Intercampus document delivery service.
There are links to theses and dissertations from other universisties including ProQuest Theses & Dissertations [Digital Dissertations] (1861- )
Energy companies
New Zealand | Company financial information
New Zealand
Company financial information
- Electricity information disclosure statistics (New Zealand. Ministry for Economic Development).1998 to 2003. 1996-1997 in print format shelved at S2/NZ ELYi. This data is now collected by the Commerce Commission.
- Electricity Line Business and Gas Pipeline Business Information Disclosure Compendium from PriceWaterhouseCoopers 'summarises the ... disclosure information of New Zealand's electricity line and gas pipeline businesses, as published in the New Zealand Gazettes.' Began with
2000.
- Datastream has time series equity data and company financials for listed companies
- Energy finance publications Energy Industry Association (EIA) has reports on major companies and performance
profiles of major energy producers
- Factiva. Under the Companies/Market tab, the Company Quick Search gives a brief business description, list of key competitors, latest news/press releases/trade articles, plus in
some cases a company history.
- Mergent online has time series financial data downloadable as .xls table for listed companies
- NZX Annual Reports.Online full text access to the annual reports of New Zealand domiciled companies and Australian listed companies
- NZX Deep archive has data for both New Zealand listed companies (NZX)
and Australian listed companies (ASX) from 1998 onwards. The
research includes an analysis update, recommendation, business profile, financial profile, company news, 30 day prices, 12 month and 5 year
charts.
Energy organisations
New Zealand | Other countries | University Research Centres
New Zealand .
Alphabetical listing of selected New Zealand energy organisations
Other country energy organisations
- APERC Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre
- ASTAE: Asia Alternative Energy Program from the World Bank
- Australia Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Resources and energy includes discussion papers, reports and information on energy market reform
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) Energy
and minerals
- Australian Institute of Energy facts and figures (under Services)
- Australian Institute of Petroleum includes pricing data and industry information.
- Bioenergy NoE 'is a
pan-European group of eight leading bioenergy institutes... integrating
our activities to achieve new synergies in research to build a Virtual
Bioenergy R&D Centre that will spearhead the development of a
competitive bioenergy market in Europe.'
- Energy Research European Commission
- Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands includes policy studies, energy efficiency in industry, solar and wind energy, clean fossil fuels, biomass, fuel cell technology, renewable energy in the built environment.
- Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
- International Energy Agency
- Leonardo
Energy 'Leonardo ENERGY is a network providing qualified
information on sustainable electrical energy...The primary focus ...
is energy conservation, quality of supply, safety & comfort.'
- National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO) includes statistical data, links to relevant governmental and regulatory bodies, links to market participants, links to international market operators (listed by country), plus a weekly market review bulletin
- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies United Kingdom
- Renewable Energy Policy Project United States
- Tyndall Centre for climate change research
- US Department of Energy and their Energy efficiency and renewable energy portal
- World Energy Council is a global multi-energy organisation with representation from over 90 countries. 'The 80-year-old organisation covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and renewables, and is UN-accredited, non-governmental, non-commercial and non-aligned.'
University Research Centres
Energy statistics
Print | Databases | Websites NZ | Websites International
Print resources: New Zealand statistical data
Print data is available in the Statistics Collection located on the Mezzanine floor of the General Library, Call numbers
eg S1/UN ENE for international data
S1/UN ENE Energy statistics yearbook / United Nations, or also check in OFFSTATS database, where you can browse under subjects, country or region for information
eg S2/NZ for New Zealand data
S2/NZ ENE... and also check in the NZStats database where you can browse under subjects eg energy, oil, petroleum
Wind power
Wind power sites
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