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| Solar Energy Update 
**Tracer Bullet 11-2**
- Scope
- Introductions to the Topic
- Subject Headings
- General Texts
- Specialized Titles
- Related Titles
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- Technical Reports
- Selected Technical Reports
- Government Publications
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A    solar cell test prototype with an  array of glitter-sized lenses fastened to it.. This type of photovoltaic unit could be integrated with flexible materials, such as clothing. From the Sandia National Laboratories Website. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

"Imagine providing the Earth or a moon base with      harnessed solar power, or traveling in space without returning      to Earth for fuel. That's the idea behind space-based solar power      generators such as this SunTower." From the NASA Website. Photo credit: NASA.

For more about space-based solar power and possible applications, visit the site of the National Space Society at http://www.nss.org/settlement/ssp/library/nsso.htm.
**SCOPE**
 This compilation, an update of TB 06-5, provides a review of new resources on solar energy available in the collections of the Library of Congress.  While  the emphasis is on four topics–solar heating and cooling; photovoltaics and solar cells; solar thermal engineering; and solar building design, many of the sources listed in the Abstracting and Indexing Services section also include references to literature on other aspects of solar energy and their applications.  Not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography, this guide is designed--as the name of the series implies--to put the reader “on target.”

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**INTRODUCTIONS TO THE TOPIC**
 Perlin, John.  Solar energy, history of.  In *Encyclopedia of energy.*  v. 5.  Amsterdam, Boston,  Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.  p. 607-694.               TJ163.28.E53 2004 <SciRR>

Parks, Peggy J.  *Solar power.*  San Diego, CA, ReferencePoint Press, Inc., c2010.  96 p.     Bibliography: p. 87-89.     TJ810.P38 2010

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**SUBJECT HEADINGS**
 Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which               books on solar energy can be located in most card, book, and online               catalogs include the following: 

**Highly Relevant**

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS              SOLAR BUILDINGS              SOLAR ENERGY               SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY

**Relevant**
			            PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION			     PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMS			SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING			SOLAR CELLS            SOLAR COLLECTORS			SOLAR HEATING
**RELATED**
            	ARCHITECTURE AND SOLAR RADIATION				ENERGY HARVESTING				RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES            	SATELLITE SOLAR POWER STATIONS            	SOLAR BATTERIES            	SOLAR DRYERS            	SOLAR ENERGY IN AGRICULTURE            	SOLAR ENERGY POLICY            	SOLAR ENGINES            	SOLAR GREENHOUSES               	SOLAR HOUSES            	SOLAR PONDS            	SOLAR POWER PLANTS            	SOLAR SALINE WATER CONVERSION PLANTS                        	SOLAR VEHICLES            	SOLAR WATER HEATERS			
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**GENERAL TEXTS**
 Ewing, Rex A., and Doug Pratt.  *Got sun? go solar: harness nature's free energy to heat and power your grid-tied home.*  Expanded 2nd ed.  Masonville, CO, PixyJack Press, c2009.  191 p. 		       TK1087.E95 2009

 Foster, Robert, Majid Ghassemi, and Alma Cota.  *Solar energy: renewable energy and the environment.*  Boca Raton, CRC Press, c2010.  352 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   TJ810.S4897 2010 <SciRR>

 Kalogirou, Soteris.  *Solar energy engineering: processes and systems.*  Burlington, MA, Elsevier/Academic Press, c2009.  760 p.                 Includes bibliographical references.			     TJ810.K258 2009 <SciRR>

 Khaligh, Alireza, and Omer C. Onar.  *Energy harvesting: solar, wind, and ocean energy conversion systems.*Boca Raton, CRC Press, c2010.  350 p.               Includes bibliographical references.			   TJ808.K515 2010 <SciRR>

*Leading edge research in solar energy.*  Patrick N. Rivers, editor.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2007.  283 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   TJ810.L43 2007

 Şen, Zekâi.  *Solar energy fundamentals and modeling techniques: atmosphere, environment, climate change, and renewable energy*.  London, Springer, c2008.  276 p.               Includes bibliographical references.			   TJ810.S454 2008

*Solar America: how, what and when?*  Nash M. Perales, editor.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2010.  262 p.  	               Includes bibliographical references.			   TJ809.95.S563 2010 <SciRR>

*The Solar century: the past, present, and world-changing future of solar energy*.  Edited by Jeremy Leggett.  London, GreenProfile, 2009.  174 p.               Bibliography: p. 157-162.		      TJ810.S48155 2009

*Solar energy: research, technology and applications.* William L. Olofsson and Viktor I. Bengtsson, editors.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2008.  500 p.               Includes bibliographical references.			   TJ810.7.S64 2008

 Tiwari, G. N.  *Solar energy: fundamentals, design, modelling and applications.*  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2006.  525 p.                 Bibliography: p. 129-133.			     TJ810.T59 2006            

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**SPECIALIZED TITLES**
**Solar Heating and Cooling**
*Advances in passive cooling.*  Edited by Mat Santamouris.  London, Sterling, VA, Earthscan, 2007.  303 p.	   Includes bibliographical references.   TH7687.9.A38 2007

 Chiras, Daniel D., Robert Aram, and Kurt Nelson.  *Power from the sun: achieving energy independence.*  Gabriola Island, BC, New Society Publishers, c2009.  255 p.                 Bibliography: p. 237-248.			     TK1087.C45 2009

 Clive, Kenneth.  *Build your own solar heating system*.  Minneapolis, MN, Lucerna Pub.,  c2007.  123 p.	   TH7413.C59 2007

 Harper, Gavin D. J.*Domestic solar energy:  a guide for the home owner.*  Ramsbury, Crowood,  2009.  144 p.				    Bibliography: p. 133-135.			   TJ163.5.D86H375 2009

 Laughton, Chris.  *Solar domestic water heating: the Earthscan expert handbook for planning, design, and installation.*  London, Washington, Earthscan, 2010.  245 p.    Includes bibliographical references.   TH6561.7.L38 2010 <SciRR>

 Ramlow, Bob,  and Benjamin Nusz.  *Solar water heating: a comprehensive guide to solar water and space heating systems.*  Rev. and expanded ed.  Gabriola Island, BC, New Society Publishers, c2010.  245 p.			   TH7413.R364 2010 <SciRR>

*Solar-assisted air conditioning in buildings: a handbook for planners*.  Edited by Hans-Martin Henning.  2nd rev. ed.  Wien, London, Springer, 2007.  136 p.			   TH7687.9.S633 2007
**Photovoltaics and Solar Cells**
 Chiras, Daniel D., Robert Aram, and Kurt Nelson.  *Solar electricity basics: a green energy guide.*  Gabriola Island, BC, New Society Publishers, c2010.  185 p.   Includes bibliographical references.   TK1087.C453 2010

 Davidson, Joel, and Fran Orner.  *The new solar electric home: the complete guide to photovoltaics for your home.*3rd ed.  Ann Arbor, MI, Aatec Publications; distributed by Chelsea Green, c2008.  471 p.               Bibliography: p. 427-429.			   TK1087.D36 2008

 Dunlop, James P.  *Photovoltaic systems*.  2nd ed.  Orland Park, IL, American Technical Publishers, Inc., c2010.  469 p. + 1 CD-ROM				   TK1087.D86 2010 <MRC>

 Fonash, S. J.  *Solar cell device physics.*  2nd ed.  Burlington, MA, Academic Press/Elsevier, c2010.  353 p               Includes bibliographical references.			   TK2960.F66 2010

 Gangopadhyay, U., S. K. Dutta, and H. Saha.  *Texturization and light trapping in silicon solar cells.*  New York, Nova Science Publishers, c2009.  100 p.			   TK2960.G35 2009

*High-efficient low-cost photovoltaics: recent developments.*Vesselinka Petrova-Koch, Rudolf Hezel, and Adolf Goetzberger, editors.  Berlin, Springer, c2009.  225 p.  (Springer series in optical sciences, v. 140)                Includes bibliographical references.			   TK2960.H54 2009

 Jha, A. R.  *Solar cell technology and applications.*  Boca Raton, Taylor & Francis, c2010.  280  p.	               Includes bibliographical references.			   TK2960.J58 2010

 Messenger, Roger A., and Jerry Ventre.*Photovoltaic systems                engineering.* 3rd ed. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2010. 503p. 				    Includes bibliographical references.				   TK1087.M47 2010 <SciRR>

*Organic photovoltaics:  materials, device physics, and manufacturing technologies..* Edited by Christoph Brabec, Vladimir Dyakonov, and Ullrich Scherf.  Weinheim, Wiley-VCH,              2008. 575 p. 			      Includes bibliographical references. 			      TK8322.O76 2008 

 Pagliaro, Mario, Giovanni Palmisano, and Rosaria Ciriminna.  *Flexible solar cells.*  Weinheim, Wiley-VCH, c2008.  190 p.   Includes bibliographical references. |