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Let the Sunshine in: Free and Inexpensive Materials on Solar Energy

Collection Building

ISSN: 0160-4953

Article publication date: 1 February 1981

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Abstract

Every since OPEC forced us to face the fact that oil and gas were not going to be cheap and available forever, increased attention has been paid to alternative energy sources. Among the most attractive of these is solar energy—clean, free at the source, resistant to monopolistic control, and plentifully available in most regions. Solar energy, which had been utilized for heating from the time of the Greek and Roman civilizations, has been rediscovered. Among those focusing on its potentialities are government, industry, conservation groups, and academic agencies. Masses of information are becoming available, variously aimed at the researcher, the consumer, community groups and specialized audiences—political, commercial, and industrial. A selection for the vertical file, including some programming aids and bibliographies useful in collection development, follows. As before, we are defining inexpensive as under $2.50 plus postage.

Citation

Moon, I.B. (1981), "Let the Sunshine in: Free and Inexpensive Materials on Solar Energy", Collection Building, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023061

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1981, MCB UP Limited

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