Research Guides: Energy Management: Recommended Resources

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Books at Franklin University

The Franklin University Library has a number of physical Energy Management books available to students who are able to physically come to the Learning Commons in Frasch Hall. This list was made by searching the keywords "energy management."

eBooks at Franklin University

The Franklin University Library has a number of Energy Management eBooks available to students. This list was made by searching the keywords "energy management."

Additionally, Franklin University provides access to the eBook databases that include eBooks on the topic of Energy Management:

Ebook Central
A collection of almost 150,000 eBooks on business, computer science/IT, humanities, nursing/allied health, and more. Additional functionality such as bookmarking, note taking and printing/copying features are available by creating an Ebook Central account. Contains single use, multi-use and unlimited use titles.
EBSCO eBook Collection
Full text eBooks on a variety of topics.
Elsevier eBooks
Ebooks in subjects including earth and planetary sciences, engineering and computing, life and biological sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.

Local public libraries around the world have books and online resources available on local Public Administration topics. Additionally, most public libraries worldwide have technology and quiet spaces available to work on assignments. If you haven't already visited your local public library and signed up for a library card, it is highly recommended that you do so!

Pro Tip #1: some online resources from public libraries will require an active library card to access.

Pro Tip #2: most US public libraries offer library cards for free!

Recommended Databases

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
Includes indexing and full-text articles in biology, agriculture, environmental science, genetics, and wildlife management.
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business journals on management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more.
Energy & Power Source
Includes full-text articles on energy industry and practice, including distribution, exploration, extraction, marketing, processing, production, research, and selling in coal, electric, natural gas, nuclear, petroleum, and renewable energies.
Environment Complete
Index, abstracts and full text of articles on environmental studies.
HeinOnline
HeinOnline is the world's largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and more than 2,400 scholarly journals, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase. This Government, Politics & Law HeinOnline package offers special collections on Criminal Justice, Religion and the Law and Women and the Law among others.
IBISWorld
US and global industry reports, including overviews, industry performance, and outlook, key companies and statistics, operating conditions, and useful infographics.
Business environment profiles, including consumer behavior, demographics, economics, commodities, and financial markets.
Search by NAICS code or keywords.
Mergent Market Atlas
Formerly known as Mergent.

Mergent Market Atlas contains the corporate information of over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years). Also included are firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, capital stock, and insider trading.
Small Business Reference Center (EBSCO)
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans.
Statista
Provides statistics, forecasts, and reports for 170 industries, and over 150 countries around the globe.

Recommended Journals

Energy conversion management
The journal Energy Conversion and Management provides a forum for publishing original contributions and comprehensive technical review articles of interdisciplinary and original research on all important energy topics.
Energy law journal
Providing thought-provoking & deeply researched articles by practitioners, internationally known academics, federal judges, high ranking federal agency officials, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Forbes
For corporate officers and other major executives in business interested in developing management insight through review of the nation's largest corporations.
International journal of energy production and management (IJEPM)
International Journal of Energy Production and Management (IJEPM) is an international, scholarly and peer-reviewed journal dedicated to addressing the challenges and opportunities of energy production and management in modern societies. The journal aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers and practitioners from around the world to share their knowledge and ideas on a wide range of topics related to the future of energy production and management in a changing world.
International journal of sustainable energy planning and management (IJSEPM)
The IJSEPM is an international interdisciplinary journal in Sustainable Energy Planning and Management combining engineering and social science within Energy System Analysis, Feasibility Studies and Public Regulation.
Journal of energy management and technology (JEMT)
Journal of Energy Management and Technology (JEMT) is a peer-reviewed double-blind academic journal covering research on energy engineering that was established in 2017.
San Diego journal of climate & energy law
Serves as a foundation for continued dialogue and development of the rapidly emerging legal issues related to climate change and energy.
Strategic planning for energy and the environment
Presents original manuscripts involving strategic energy management issues such as management or energy policy.
Wall Street Journal

Recommended Websites

Helpful websites
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE)
CIEE is a dedicated group of experts who define, conduct, and manage public-interest energy research. Based in the University of California, at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, CIEE puts its experts and other leading researchers from universities, government, industry, and nonprofits, to work on energy challenges, yielding new ideas and technologies to meet California’s pace-setting energy goals.
Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC)
The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) produces data-driven research that advances society’s understanding of the global energy challenge and translates research insights into real-world impacts through strategic outreach and training for the next generation of global energy leaders.
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
The NAE advances the welfare and prosperity of the nation by providing independent advice on matters involving engineering and technology, and by promoting a vibrant engineering profession and public appreciation of engineering. The NAE is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, an independent, nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to provide objective analysis and advice to the nation on matters of science, technology, and health.
NV Energy
NV Energy has served citizens in northern Nevada for more than 150 years, and southern Nevada since 1906. Today, our service area covers nearly 46,000 square miles of the fastest growing state in the U.S., including the communities of Las Vegas, Reno-Sparks, Henderson and Elko. NV Energy provides a wide range of energy services to nearly 1.3 million electric customers throughout the state and more than 50 million tourists annually. We also provide natural gas to more than 168,000 citizens in the Reno-Sparks area.
Stanford Energy
To help realize the vision of sustainable, affordable, secure energy for all, Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy develops the creativity, collaboration, learning, and leadership needed for the global energy transformation. As part of the new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the Precourt Institute plays a key role in connecting the new school with Stanford’s other six schools for interdisciplinary research and education.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
The US Bureau of Land Management's mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
U.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy’s mission is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Scroll through this page to meet our Leadership and explore the Department’s mission areas and offices.
Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY)
Our mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate the transition to a just and thriving world. We connect people, ideas, and resources to foster business and cross-sector solutions to global challenges.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has recent data, analysis, and projections, including pricing, imports/exports, consumption, stocks, etc. for natural gas, coal, petroleum & other liquids, electricity, renewable & alternatives, nuclear & uranium, market prices, and more.