Library Research Guide PDF

Select a product to research from the "products list."

NOTE: Both the SIC and NAICS numbers are listed next to the product on the grid. The grid also indicates major publications from this guide which provide data for individual products.

Most resources in this handout are located in the Government Publications reference area in McHenry Library and are Library Use Only.

A. Where can I find manufacturing process information and diagrams?

 

B. Where are statistics on establishments, employees, and production?

 

C. How much energy is consumed in the manufacturing of my product?

 

D. How much pollution is produced during the manufacturing of my product?

 

E. How can I contact manufacturers and industry associations?

 

F. Who are the major players involved with my product?

 

NOTE: Citation code key: * = Class Hold Shelf; % = Tub Folder

A. Where can I find manufacturing process information and diagrams?

 

1. % Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors. U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Washington, DC: GPO. (Known as AP-42.) Online: http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/index.html

    

    

    

2. * EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project. Profile of _____ Industry. U.S. EPA, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Washington, DC: GPO. (See also "Data Refresh," 1997.)

   Online: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sector/index.html - NOTE: the online Sector Notebooks for Aluminum, Cement, Flat Glass, and Petroleum Refining have omitted diagrams; for complete diagrams, please see paper versions on the Gov Pubs Class Hold Shelf.

    

    

    

3. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 8th ed. (1997) New York: McGraw-Hill. S&E Ref Ready Reference Q121 .M3 1997. Online: (10th ed. (2007)) http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/ (Requires Off-Campus Access.)

   Search using product name.

    

    

    

4. Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. 3rd ed. (2002) San Diego, CA: Academic Press. S&E Ref Ready Reference Q123 .E497 2002.

    

    

B. Where are statistics on establishments, employees, and production?

 

1. * Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey: 2002. (See C.1. below for citation information.)

   Online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/mecs2002/data02/shelltables.html

   Use Table 3.4 Number of Establishments Using Energy Consumed as a Fuel (yellow page in binders).

    

    

    

2. * Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries. Annual Survey of Manufacturers. U.S. Census Bureau. Washington, DC: GPO.

   Online: http://www.census.gov/mcd/asm-as1.html - search document using NAICS code. Includes number of employees and value of shipments.

   Most recent edition: 2006 (available online only). Select table: "ASM: GS: Stats for Ind Groups & Ind: 2006"

   Use Table 2 and Table 7 (for online 2005 edition).

   Use Table 2 for older editions.

    

    

    

3. % Mineral Industry Survey ___ Product Name Annual. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC.

   Commodity Statistics and Information - online: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/ Product page includes: Mineral Industry Survey and Minerals Yearbook. Look for commodity reports on mineral-based raw materials, e.g., glass (soda ash).

   Historical Statistics (production) - online: http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/of01-006

    

    

    

4. % Current Industrial Reports Annual. U.S. Census Bureau, Washington DC - Tub folders contain print copies for '91, '94, '98, and '02.

   Current Industrial Reports, by NAICS subsector - online: http://www.census.gov/econ/www/industry.html Shows amount produced. Click on 3-digit NAICS code on list. Contains full NAICS in report.

   Manufacturing Profiles (1994-1998) - online: http://www.census.gov/cir/www/profiles.html Search report using product name to find product chapter (contains data and overview of product).

    

    

5. % 2002 Economic Census: Manufacturing Industry Series. U.S. Census Bureau. Washington, DC: GPO.

   Data is limited. Online: www.census.gov/econ/census02/guide/INDRPT31.HTM

   Table 6a has quantity produced.

   Table 7 has raw materials consumed by manufacturing process.

   Table 1 has establishments. Use only if NOT available in B.1/C.1 or if information is NOT in Sector Notebook (A.2).

    

    

    

6. Statistical Abstract of the United States Annual. U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC - Contains minimal statistics for some products. GovPubs Ref HA 202. U5 (Not on hold shelf).

   Online: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2878

    

C. How much energy is consumed in the manufacturing of my product?

 

1. * Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey: 2002, 1998, 1994 and 1991. U.S. DOE, Energy Information Administration. Washington DC: GPO. - Report is also known as "MECS".

   Online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/mecs2002/data02/shelltables.html

   Because energy data is crucial to your project, your data for other factors (pollutants, production, etc.) should match up to these same years.

   See http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/contents.html for a description of the survey and links to reports and tables.

   NOTE: Some online tables (1991 & 1994) are provided only as Lotus 123 files, and must be downloaded and then opened with Excel.

   Printed copies of tables for all years are available in notebooks on Gov Pubs Hold Shelf.

    

    

   • Table numbers for 1998, 1994, and 1991 do not correspond to the table numbers on the master table for 2002. This means tables you open for these years will display a different table number inside the document. The table numbers that will appear inside the document are provided in the last 3 columns, below.in the last 3 columns, below.

     Category Title	Table Title	Table Number 2002	Table Number 1998*	Table Number 1994*	Table Number 1991*
     Energy Consumed as Fuel	by Manufacturing Industry and Region (physical units)	Table 3.1	N3.1	A4 Part 1	A4 Part 1 (.pdf)
     (includes totals for Product Comparison)	by Manufacturing Industry and Region (trillion Btu)	Table 3.2	N3.2	A4 Part 2	A4 Part 2 (.pdf)
     (includes details of data included under "other" in tables 3.1 & 3.2)	by products in Fuel Consumption by Manufacturing Industry and Region	Table 3.5	N5.1	(A43 print)	A6 (.pdf)
     Energy Consumed as a Fuel by End Use**	by Manufacturing Industry with Net Electricity (physical units)	Table 5.1	N6.1	A10 Part 1 (A8 print)	A36 Part 1 (.pdf)
     (includes detail of how energy is used)	by Manufacturing Industry with Net Electricity (trillion Btu)	Table 5.2	N6.2	A10 Part 2 (A8 print)	A36 Part 2 (.pdf)

    

    

   • 1994 - Byproducts in Fuel Consumption by Manufacturing Industry and Region available in print only as table A43

    

   • 1991 - Alternate online source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/mecs91/consumption/mecs2c.html (presented as responses to FAQs)

    

    

    

2. * Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries. Annual Survey of Manufacturers. (Also listed as B.2 on this handout.) NOTE: USE ONLY IF YOUR PRODUCT IS NOT LISTED IN C.1.

   Online: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3286 Table 4 only has kWh of electric energy purchased.

   2000 report has 1997-2000 data; 2004 has 2002-2004 data.

    

    

    

3. Industrial Technologies Program: Energy Intensive Industries. U.S. DOE, Industrial Technologies Program. - Products covered: Aluminum, Glass, Petroleum, Plastic Resin (see Chemicals), and Steel; describes industry plans, goals, energy and environmental profiles.

   Online: Program Areas - http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/program_areas/industries.html - Includes Vision and Roadmap reports for most products.

   Online: Technologies - http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/technologies/industries.html - Look at active and completed innovative projects for each product.

   For older reports see: EIA Industry Analysis Briefs 2004 - online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/iab98/index.html

    

    

4. Energy Use and Loss Footprints. U.S. DOE, Industrial Technologies Program.

   Online: http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/energy_systems/footprints.html Provides detailed diagrams of the manufacturing process with energy purchased, total usage, and losses.

    

    

D. How much pollution is produced during the manufacturing of my product?

 

1. * Air Pollutant Emission Trends: 1970-2002. U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. - Tables presented by pollutant, check each pollutant to see if your product is listed.

    

   Strongly recommended! See pink binders on Gov Pubs Hold Shelf for tables edited for ENVS140 products. Online edition of pink binder: download in Excel Emiss_Trends_91_02.xls

    

   • National Air Pollutant Emission Trends, 1900-1998. U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Online: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS6255 Each chapter provides good explanations about emissions. Do NOT use the tables in this source, they have been superseded by revised and updated data(above).

    

    

    

2. % Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors (AP-42). (Also listed as A.1 on this handout.)

    

    

    

3. Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States. U.S. DOE, Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use. Washington, DC: GPO.

   Online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/index.html - Archived versions available at the website. NOTE: "When estimation methods are changed, data in the newest report are adjusted back through time to account for the new methodology. Therefore, the most recent report should be used for data analysis."

    

    

    

4. Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: [yrs.]. U.S. EPA, Office of Policy.

   * 1990-2004, Paper only (preferable; has data sets for 1998 and 2002)

   1990 - 2005, Online only does not have 1998 data: http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/usinventoryreport.html

   Select "Table of Contents", then open "Industrial Processes" (emissions are from industrial processes not directly related to energy activities). Chapter subsection numbers vary slightly from 2004 print edition.

   Use for: Aluminum, Cement, Nitrogenous Fertilizer, Phosphatic Fertilizer, and Steel

    

    

    

5. Toxic Release Inventory. U.S. EPA.

   Online: http://epa.gov/tri Data available only at the 2-digit level. Click on "TRI Explorer" to start.

   For detailed instructions see: TRI Explorer.

   TRI CD is loaded at the S&E Library, E-Corner Station 3, 1987-1997. For detailed instructions see: TRI on CD-ROM Step-by-step Guide (.pdf)

   • TRI Search: http://data.rtknet.org/tri/ind.php includes some TRI data on a 4-digit level; from the Right-to-Know Network.

    

    

6. Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures: 1993 and 1994. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports. Washington, DC: GPO. GovPubs US Doc C3.158: MA-200.

   Online: 1994 and 1999 reports at http://www.census.gov/econ/overview/mu1100.html

   Select "Data" from top menu. Contains statistics for the individual states and the U.S. as a whole on total operating costs and capital expenditures for air, water, and solid waste pollution abatement.

   No survey conducted 1995-1998.

    

    

    

7. * Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey. (See C.1 above for citation information.)

   Online: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mecs/mecs2002/data02/shelltables.html

   2002: Fuel Switching — Tables 10.1 thru 10.13.

   1998: U.S. Dept. of Energy did NOT publish switching data in the 1998 survey.

   Online Note: For 1994 and 1991, select tables 10.1 thru 10.13 for these years, but note that the following table numbers will appear in the opened document:

   • 1994: Capability to switch, already switched, and reasons for switching to alternative energy sources — Tables A29 thru A40.
   • 1991: Capability to switch — Tables A53 thru A58.

    

    

E. How can I contact manufacturers and industry associations?

 

1. * National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States Annual. Washington, DC: Columbia Books. McHenry Ref Desk HD2425 .N3.

    

    

    

2. Encyclopedia of Associations. McHenry Ref Desk HS17.G3; also located at the S&E Library Ref Desk.

   Online: http://www.galenet.com/servlet/AU (Requires Off-Campus Access.)

   Select Subject/Any word search

   Uncheck international module

    

    

    

3. * California Manufacturers Register Annual. California Manufacturers and Technology Association. Twinsburg, OH: Harris Infosource, a D&B Company. McHenry Ref Desk T12.C3.

   Search by SIC code

    

    

    

4. Thomas Register of Manufacturers.

   Online: http://thomasregister.com/ (Requires Off-Campus Access; may need to register for a username and password at the site.)

    

    

F. Who are the major players involved with my product?

 

1. * Washington Representatives Annual. Washington, DC: Columbia Books. McHenry Ref JK1118 .D58 2006.

    

    

    

2. Lexis Nexis Congressional.

   Online: LexisNexis Congressional (Requires Off-Campus Access.) Also available from Gov Pubs web page: http://library.ucsc.edu/library/gov/

   See http://ucsclibrary.pbwiki.com/Congressional+Committees for search tips.

    

    

    

3. * The Environmental Guidebook: A Selective Reference Guide to Environmental Organizations and Related Entities. Menlo Park, CA: Jeff Staudinger/Environmental Frontlines. Gov Pubs Ref TD171 .S76 2002.

   Directory of U.S. and national environmental organizations and governmental organizations. Provides concise description of organization including mission statement and areas of focus, budget (if available), websites, and partner groups. Also includes key Congressional committees and subcommittees. Provides information on "opposing view groups".

    

    

    

4. * Congressional Yellow Book Quarterly. Washington, DC: Washington Monitor. McHenry Ref Desk JK1010 .W37.

   Use congressional committees section for overview of committees' purposes and jurisdictions.

    

    

    

5. * Federal Regulatory Directory, 2008. 13th ed., Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. McHenry Ref Desk KF5406 .A15 F4 2008.

   Describes federal agencies, their staff, component agencies and clearinghouses, provides internet addresses. Excellent discussion of federal regulation in opening introduction.

    

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