Subject Guide: Nuclear Engineering

Finding Journal Articles and Conference Papers

INSPEC  UCB access only
Coverage: 1898–present
Electrical engineering, computer science, physics, and related fields.
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Web of Science  UCB access only
Coverage: 1900–present
Article database covering the core journals in all scholarly fields. Provides cited reference searching.
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Energy Citations Database
Coverage: 1948–present
Energy-related research sponsored by the Department of Energy.

ETDE World Energy Base
Coverage: 1876–present
Contains technical reports, conference proceedings, journal articles, and books on energy related topics including research and development, policy and planning, renewable energy technologies, and more. Also indexes energy information from member countries of the International Energy Agency. Includes some full text.

Compendex  UCB access only
Coverage: 1884–present
All areas of engineering, journals and conferences.
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International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
Produced by the International Atomic Energy Agency and provides access to scientific literature published worlwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. International coverage of technical reports, conference papers, journal articles, books, patents, laws, standards, and more. Some full text.

SciFinder Scholar  UCB access only
Coverage: 1907–present
The online index of Chemical Abstracts, including journals, conferences and patents; more than 9,000 journals.

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Finding Books and Conference Proceedings

Next Generation Melvyl Pilot
The Next Generation Melvyl Pilot is a collaboration between the UC Libraries and the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Holdings from all ten UC campuses are included.

Current Melvyl
Library catalog for the UC System. Find call numbers, locations, and online access for books, journals, conference proceedings, and more.
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OskiCat
OskiCat is the UC Berkeley library catalog. It does not include some engineering-related libraries at UC Berkeley. All library users can find course reserves and renew items in OskiCat. UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and other UC Berkeley library cardholders may request materials from NRLF in OskiCat.

Finding Overviews

AccessScience  UCB access only
Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.

Encyclopedia of Materials  UCB access only
Elsevier, 2004.
TA402.E53 2001 Reference

Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology  UCB access only

Encyclopedia of Energy. Elsevier, 2004.
TJ163.28.E53 2004 Reference

Fundamental Aspects of Nuclear Reactor Fuel Elements (Olander). NTIS, 1976.
TK9207.O4

A Guidebook to Nuclear Reactors (Nero). University of California Press, 1979.
TK9202.N45 Reference

International Encyclopedia of Heat and Mass Transfer. CRC Press, 1997.
QC320.4.I57 1997 Reference

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering (Lamarsh). Prentice Hall, 2001.
TK9145.L28 2001

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Q121.M3 2002 Reference

Nuclear Chemical Engineering (Benedict, Pigford and Levi), 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1981.
TK9350.B4 1981

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Analysis and Management (Cochran and Tsoulfanidis), 2nd ed. American Nuclear Society, 1999.
TK9360.C53 1999

Nuclear Power Plant Engineering (Rust). Haralson Pub. Co., 1979.
TK9145.R85

Nuclear Reactor Analysis (Duderstadt). Wiley, 1976.
TK9202.D771 1976

Nuclear Reactor Engineering (Glasstone), 4th ed. Chapman and Hall, 1994.
TK9202.G55 1994

Nuclear Reactor Physics (Stacey). Wiley, 2001.
TK9145.S73 2001

Radiation Detection and Measurement (Knoll), 3rd ed. Wiley, 2000.
QC787.C6.K56 2000

Finding Nuclear Data

Map of the Nuclides

National Nuclear Data Center (BNL)

Nuclear Data Services (IAEA)

Nuclear Data Sheets

Power Reactor Information System

Research Reactor Database (IAEA)

Neutron Cross Sections, 4th ed. Academic Press, 1981.
QC793.5.N4624.N47 1981 Reference (Physics-Astronomy Library)

Nuclides and Isotopes, 14th ed. General Electric, 1989.
QC793.5.N862.K56 1989 Reference (Physics-Astronomy Library)

Table of Isotopes, 8th ed. Wiley, 1996.
QD601.2.F57 1996 Reference

Table of Radioactive Isotopes. Wiley, 1986.
QD601.2.B761 1986 Reference

Finding Electronic Journals

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Finding Technical Reports

Energy Citations Database
Index to energy-related research sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors — the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) — from 1948 to the present. Links to full text for many recent reports.

National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)   UCB access only
NTRL is the gateway to indexes, abstracts, and technical reports of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). The NTIS archives reports from the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and other government agencies. Some full text available.

Full Text:

• DOE Information Bridge (Department of Energy)
• EPA Publications (Environmental Protection Agency)
• IAEA Publications (International Atomic Energy Agency)
• NRC Publications via ADAMS (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
• SKB Publications (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management)

Finding Dissertations and Theses

For the most part, only UCB dissertations are available in the UCB Libraries. To find specific UCB dissertations, search Current Melvyl by Author. To locate sample UCB dissertations from your department, search Current Melvyl for the Subject berkeley dissertations nuclear engineering.
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