The Center for Applied Energy Research operates
a full service research library which houses a comprehensive
collection of more than 8,000 books, primarily on
energy resources-utilization-statistics with emphasis
on coal, oil shale, fuel and other general energy
topics. The facility has 40,000 microfiche records
of technical reports and maintains subscriptions
to more than 40 scientific, technical and energy-related
journals. The library staff are always happy to
assist with any inquiries.
Services
- CAER
Online Book Catalog includes bibliographic
information from the Center's library collection.
- Most of the CAER Library's holdings are also
searchable from the Univeristy of Kentucky's
Libraries'
InfoKat
online system and may be checked out to UK faculty,
staff and students as well as to the Kentucky
general public and via interlibrary loan requests.
(Please see circulation
policy statement.)
- CAER
Staff Publications is a separate database
that includes staff journal publications (refereed
and non-refereed) and presentations from 1989
to present. Search for author, title, source,
year, keyword and document type.
- 1972-1988 Staff Publications - This database
consists of the citations (those citations turned
into the library during that time period) to
the Center's past publications when it was known
as: KCERL, KECL, KCER, IMMR .... and so forth.
The Library has paper copies of many of these
papers; photocopy fees and appropriate copyright
fees will be accessed-contact the library staff
for details.
The CAER Library provides the following
services to the public:
- Assistance with general reference queries pertaining
to CAER library collection
- Circulation of CAER materials
- Access to unique research databases which include
IEA Coal Abstracts - Powder Diffration File Data
- NIST
- User training of CAER online book catalog, CD-ROM
products, InfoKat plus other university databases
as appropriate
- Full access to all university databases and
online journals - (UK staff)
- CAER is an authorized sales agency representative
of IEA COAL
RESEARCH CENTRE publications
- Provide coal
related links via CAER public web site
Library services to CAER staff
include in-depth reference/research services and
literature searching; training for database/Internet
search skills; database maintance; grant/solicitation
awareness; maintain library web site that links
to web-accessible informational databases; serve
on web committee that creates/maintains CAER
web sites; maintain daily library technical
services. Additionally, four public-access computers
are available for appropriate staff and UK public
use.
Location and Hours
CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH LIBRARY
University of Kentucky
2540 Research Park Drive
Lexington, Kentucky 40511-8410
Tel: 859-257-0309
Fax: 859-257-0302/0220
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (M-F)
Driving Directions and
Maps
Contacts:
Theresa Wiley, Library Manager
Tel: 859-257-0309
Email: wiley@caer.uky.edu
