The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) Research Library Collection is housed in a special section on the third floor of the BCC/UCF/FSEC Joint-Use Library. The FSEC library staff occupies Room 331. The collection is open to FSEC faculty and staff as well as the community, with certain restrictions.

FSEC library staff service hours:   
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

FSEC library mailing address:
1679 Clearlake Rd., Cocoa, FL 32922-5703

Library FAX: (321) 638-1463

Services and Resources

• Library Services for FSEC Faculty and Staff
• Energy Resources
• Electronic Access
• Circulation of Library Materials

 

Library Services for FSEC Faculty and Staff

Library Services for FSEC Faculty and Staff Besides the traditional reference services, FSEC's library staff members provide extensive literature searching via electronic databases and periodical indexes. They also compile bibliographies to support special research projects or needs. Order books from the library.

FSEC library personnel also handle the ordering of books, documents, periodicals, and other library materials, as requested. They route issues of journals and newsletters, as needed. Requests for items not included in the FSEC or the Joint-Use Library collections are obtained via interlibrary loan.

The FSEC library publishes and distributes two bulletins to keep FSEC staff informed of the latest library additions. The Acquisitions bulletin includes the most recent books, documents, and audiovisual materials added to the collection. Solar Alert, a current awareness bulletin, lists energy related articles of interest to FSEC that have appeared in recent issues of periodicals received in the library.

Energy Resources

The energy collection holdings include over 10,000 books and bound periodicals, and 70,000 documents, technical reports, subscriptions, audiovisual materials, and vertical files. Along with texts, directories, conference proceedings, journals, newsletters, and efficiency studies dealing directly with solar energy, the collection includes materials on topics such as alternative energy sources, heat transfer, building science, energy efficiency, hydrogen, and electric vehicles.

Electronic Access

Book holdings are included in the State University Library User Information System (LUIS). They may be accessed through the WebLUIS web page or through http://library.ucf.edu. There are several methods that can be used to identify FSEC materials that are cataloged in LUIS.

• When doing a normal search in UCF's Catalog, the words "Florida Solar Energy Center" will appear under the title in the index display. When viewing a bibliographic record, the words Florida Solar Energy Center appear in the upper right corner of the screen.
• When searching in UCF's Catalog, use the "Advanced" search method. Under "Location" limit your search to "Branches/Area Campuses."

Library materials in the BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library may be accessed through LINCC, Florida's Library Information Network for Community Colleges.

Circulation of Library Materials

FSEC faculty and staff should check out FSEC library materials through the circulation desk in Room 331.

Loan Period
Books and Documents - 4 weeks
Periodicals, Reference, and Audiovisual Materials - 1-2 weeks

UCF faculty and students, Cocoa campus, may also borrow library materials through the FSEC Library circulation desk. Other patrons may borrow books and selected documents from the FSEC collection through Interlibrary Loan. Reference, periodical, audiovisual, and archival materials are not circulated to the non-FSEC community.