Resources

This page contains all of my resources categorized by type.


Image Search

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Name: Google Image Search
Access: http://images.google.com/
Frequency: As needed
Information: Images comparing oil consumption and production in the U.S. to the world. Examples can be found at my blog on image search.
Queries: ["oil consumption"] and ["oil production"]
Evaluation: 8

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Name: Flickr
Access: http://www.flickr.com/
Frequency: As needed
Information: Images comparing oil consumption and production in the U.S. to the world. Examples can be found at my blog on image search.
Queries: ["oil consumption"] and ["oil production"]
Evaluation: 6


Custom Search Engine

This search engine emphasizes the following sites:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
http://www.nationmaster.com/cat/ene-energy
http://www.bp.com/subsection.do?categoryId=9023761&contentId=7044545
http://www.theoildrum.com/
http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Energy__Oil_and_Gas/
http://www.topix.com/business/oil-gas

An explanation for my inclusion of the first three sites and the types of information they provide is included in my blog on my custom search engine. Information about The Oil Drum, AME Info News, and Topix can all be found on the Websites page. No appended words were included to the searches in this customized search engine because it is intended to provide information not included in the wiki along with updated information. All sites included are specifically about oil, so there is no need for additional appended words.


Websites

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Name: Energy Information Administration
Access: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/info_glance/petroleum.html
Frequency: Once a week
Information: Weekly Supply Estimates, Crude Oil Production, Weekly Imports & Exports, U.S. Imports by Country of Origin, Total Stocks (Weekly & Monthly), Product Supplied, U.S. Short-Term Energy Outlook, U.S. Annual Energy Outlook,
International Energy Outlook
Evaluation: 10
Miscellaneous: This site provides the official energy statistics from the U.S. Department of Energy. This was my main source for statistics on both U.S. and world oil consumption and production.

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Name: AME Info News - Energy, Oil and Gas
Access: http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Energy__Oil_and_Gas/
Frequency: Daily
Information: A site with comprehensive news about oil and other energy sources. This has been my best news resource. It provides great country-specific news from the Middle East and information about oil production, new contracts, and the effects of price changes.
Evaluation: 10
Miscellaneous: This site provides RSS feeds and was the most informative feed I used. I discussed it on my page on RSS feeds and included it on my blogroll.

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Name: World Oil
Access: http://www.worldoil.com/
Frequency: Once a week
Information: The website for the World Oil magazine; it contains many resources about oil and some current news articles from the magazine.
Evaluation: 3

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Name: Oil & Gas Journal
Access: http://www.ogj.com/index.cfm
Frequency: Once a week
Information: The website for the Oil & Gas Journal; it contains many resources about oil and some academic articles from the magazine.
Evaluation: 3

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Name: Oilgasarticles.com
Access: http://www.oilgasarticles.com/
Frequency: Once a week
Information: This site features up-to-date, searchable oil and gas industry articles, online oil and gas publication service, and a full-text article database covering all areas of the oil and gas industry. The articles are submitted by authors to build a free archive.
Evaluation: 5

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Name: Topix: Oil & Gas News
Access: http://www.topix.com/business/oil-gas
Frequency: Once a week
Information: This site is a compilation of news stories from many different resources. It has major stories and allows users to make comments. It also has a tag cloud with hot topics, videos, polls, and photos.
Evaluation: 7
Miscellaneous: This site provides RSS feeds and I included it on my blogroll.


Blogs

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Name: The Oil Drum
Access: http://www.theoildrum.com/
Frequency: Once a week
Information: A compilation of various blog posts about oil and energy containing videos, images, and commentary on the news. It focuses on current news and how it relates to energy sustainability.
Query: "oil consumption"
Evaluation: 7
Miscellaneous: This site contains a Google Custom Search Engine.

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Name: Seeking Alpha: Energy Sector
Access: http://seekingalpha.com/sector/energy
Frequency: Daily
Information: A collection of articles and blogs written by various authors taking a financial view on oil and the energy sector as a whole. This site provides reactions to recent news and the stock recommendations of the authors.
Evaluation: 6
Miscellaneous: This site provides email alerts that are very helpful in keeping up with recent blogs and articles. I discuss this resource on my email alerts page.

Name: Oil Wars
Access: http://oilwars.blogspot.com/
Frequency: Twice a month
Information: This blog is focused on Venezuela and Chavez. It is a personal blog discussing personal views of Chavez's decisions and the impact they will have on Venezuelan oil exports.
Evaluation: 4


Directories

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Name: Google Web Directory: News and Media about Oil and Gas
Access: http://www.google.com/Top/Business/Energy/Oil_and_Gas/News_and_Media/
Frequency: whenever a new resource is needed
Information: This is a list of news and media sites about oil and gas.
Evaluation: 6

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Name: DMOZ: Oil and Gas Industry Resources
Access: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/pinakes/dmoz2.gif
Frequency: whenever a new resource is needed
Information: This is a list of industry resources for oil and gas.
Evaluation: 4


RSS Feeds

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Name: AME Info News - Energy, Oil and Gas
Access: This resource was accessed by logging in to Bloglines and clicking on the feed.
Frequency: Daily
Information: A site with comprehensive news about oil and other energy sources. This has been my best news resource. It provides great country-specific news from the Middle East and information about oil production, new contracts, and the effects of price changes.
Evaluation: 10
Miscellaneous: This site was the most informative feed I used. I discussed it on my page on Websites and included it on my blogroll.

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Name: Oil Consumption News Feed
Access: In Google News, the query [intitle:"oil consumption"] was used to form a search-based feed. This resource was accessed by logging in to Bloglines and clicking on the feed. The search that the feed is based on can be accessed at http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&scoring=n&q=intitle:%27oil+consumption%27.
Frequency: Daily
Information: daily news on oil consumption
Query: all results are found by Google News using [intitle:"oil consumption"]
Evaluation: 8

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Name: Yahoo Pipes: Google and Yahoo News
Access: In the Yahoo Pipe titled "google and yahoo news," the query ["oil consumption" -price] was entered. This search was used to create a feed in Bloglines. This resource was accessed by logging in to Bloglines and clicking on the feed.
Frequency: Daily
Information: daily news on oil consumption
Query: all results are found by Yahoo Pipes using [intitle:"oil consumption"]
Evaluation: 7
Miscellaneous: I discuss the benefits of using both Google News and Yahoo! News in my blog on news search.

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Name: Bloglines Search
Access: In Bloglines, a search-based feed was created using the query [intitle:"oil consumption" -price]. This resource was accessed by logging in to Bloglines and clicking on the feed.
Frequency: Daily
Information: blogs on oil consumption
Query: [intitle:"oil consumption" -price]
Evaluation: 5

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Name: Iterend Blog Search
Access: In Iterend, a search-based feed was created using the query ['oil consumption']. This resource was accessed by logging in to Bloglines and clicking on the feed. The original site can be accessed at http://blogs.iterend.com/en/.
Frequency: Daily
Information: blogs on oil consumption
Query: ['oil consumption']
Evaluation: 6


Deep Web

The Deep Web not useful in searching for information. This may be because of the difficulty of searching in deep web search engines or because of the lack of relevant academic articles. I discussed the shortcomings of deep web search engines in searching for oil consumption information in my blog on the deep web.

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Name: Scirus
Access: http://www.scirus.com/
Frequency: Once a month
Information: Scientific articles and papers about oil consumption that include methods to reduce it and evaluation of different policies on it.
Query: "oil consumption"
Evaluation: 2
Miscellaneous: There are very rarely new results that come from this query, and those that are there do not specifically address the current oil situation.


Email Alerts

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Name: Seeking Alpha: Energy Sector
Access: The email alert is sent directly to your email inbox with a link to new articles. To sign up for email alerts, you must become a member of Seeking Alpha and then just click the "email alert" link at the bottom of any page to specify topics for which you would like to receive email alerts. The site from which the alerts were sent can be accessed at http://seekingalpha.com/sector/energy.
Frequency: Daily
Information: A collection of articles and blogs written by various authors taking a financial view on oil and the energy sector as a whole. This site provides reactions to recent news and the stock recommendations of the authors.
Query: No query was used
Evaluation: 6
Miscellaneous: Below is an example of an email alert from Seeking Alpha.

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Name: GoogleAlert
Access: The email alert is sent directly to your email inbox with a link to new articles. To sign up for email alerts, you must become a member of GoogleAlert and sign up to receive the feed by entering the queries ["oil consumption"] and ["OPEC production"] under Search Settings. New articles will be emailed to your inbox on a daily basis.
Frequency: Daily
Information: Various articles relating to oil consumption and OPEC production.
Queries: ["oil consumption"] and ["OPEC production"]
Evaluation: 4
Miscellaneous: Below is an example of an email alert from GoogleAlert.

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Page Monitors

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Name: WatchThatPage
Access: Login to WatchThatPage and click on Your Pages.
Frequency: Weekly on Tuesdays and Sundays
Information: This was supposed to return any changes in the three pages added: Energy Information Administration, OilGasArticles.com, and The Oil Drum. However, every time changes were check for, WatchThatPage returned the message "No differences for you for this date."
Evaluation: 1

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