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• The Field of Solar Physics: Review and Recommendations for Ground-Based Solar Research (1989), by National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (page images with commentary at NAP)

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• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (c2003), by Jay M. Pasachoff (PDF files at Harvard)
• A New Sun: The Solar Results from Skylab (1979), by John A. Eddy, ed. by Rein Ise (illustrated HTML at NASA)

• Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change, by National Research Council (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop (1991), by National Research Council Energy Engineering Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• When the Sun Went Out (Science Fiction Series #4; New York: Stellar Pub. Corp., c1929), by Leslie F. Stone, illust. by Frank R. Paul (Gutenberg text)

• The Secret of the Ninth Planet, by Donald A. Wollheim (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Oceanic, American Indian, and African Myths of Snaring the Sun (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin #168; Honolulu: The Museum, 1940), by Katharine Luomala (page images at HathiTrust)

• How Sing Found the World is Round (Chicago: P. F. Volland, c1921), by Sydney Reid, illust. by Katharine Sturges
  • page images at childrensbooksonline.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Through the Sun in an Airship (London: C. Griffin and Co., ca. 1909), by John Mastin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sun Lore of All Ages (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914), by William Tyler Olcott (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Solar Influences on Global Change (1994), by National Research Council Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Boletín del Observatorio Meteorológico, by Sociedad Geográfica de La Paz (partial serial archives)

• Living Reviews in Solar Physics (2004-) (full serial archives)

• Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution, by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (full serial archives)

• The Cities of the Sun (New York: G. W. Dillingham Co., 1901), by Geo. W. Warder (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Four Sacred Seasons, by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)

• Sun Lore of All Ages (New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1914), by William Tyler Olcott (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Origin of All Religious Worship (with a description of the zodiac of Dandarah; New Orleans, 1872), by Dupuis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered (1906), by Norman Lockyer (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Pioneer Odyssey (revised edition, 1977), by Richard O. Fimmel, William Swindell, and Eric Burgess (illustrated HTML at NASA)

• Images of the Solar Upper Atmosphere From SUMER on SOHO (c2003), by U. Feldman, Ingolf E. Dammasch, Klaus Wilhelm, Philippe Lemaire, and Donald M. Hassler, ed. by B. Battrick (PDF files at Harvard)

• Report of the Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse, July 29, 1878, Made at Fort Worth, Texas (Cambridge: Press of J. Wilson and Son, 1879), ed. by Leonard Waldo (page images at HathiTrust)

• Corona and Coronet: Being a Narrative of the Amherst Eclipse Expedition to Japan, in Mr. James's Schooner-Yacht Coronet, to Observe the Sun's Total Obscuration, 9th August, 1896 (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1898), by Mabel Loomis Todd (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Atlas of Solar Magnetic Fields (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #626, 1967), by Robert Howard, Václav Bumba, and Sara F. Smith (page images and PDF files with commentary via gonewithsolarwind.com)

• Théorie Mathématique des Phénomènes Thermiques Produits par la Radiation Solaire (in French; Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1920), by Milutin Milankovic (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Compendium of Theoretical Atmospheric Tidal Structures (2 volumes; Hanscom AFB, MA: Astronomy Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, 1982), by J. M. Forbes, D. F. Gillette, Maura E. Hagan, and E. DiCesare
  • Part I (Model Description and Explicit Structures due to Realistic Thermal and Gravitational Excitation): page images at HathiTrust
  • Part II (Thermospheric Extensions of the Classical Expansion Functions for Semidiurnal Tides): page images at HathiTrust

• Causes and Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Reduction: An Update (1982), by National Research Council Commission on Natural Resources (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Global Greenhouse Regime: Who Pays? (c1993), ed. by Peter Hayes and Kirk R. Smith (HTML at UNU)
• Why Scientists Disagree on Global Warming (Arlington Heights, IL: Pub. for the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change by the Heartland Institute, c2015), by Craig D. Idso, R. M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer (PDF with commentary at heartland.org)
• Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation on Climate Change, Privatisation and Power (2006), by Larry Lohmann, ed. by Niclas Hallstrom, Olle Nordberg, and Robert Osterbergh (PDF at The Corner House)
• An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and its Implications for United States National Security (2003; released 2004), by Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall (PDF at dtic.mil)

• Global Climate Change and California: Potential Impacts and Responses (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1992), ed. by Joseph B. Knox and Ann Foley Scheuring (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at UC Press)

• Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming (1991), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Atmosphere of Pressure: Political Interference in Federal Climate Science (Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists; Washington: Government Accountability Project, 2007), by Timothy Quinn Donaghy, Jennifer Freeman, Francesca Grifo, Karly Kaufman, Tarek F. Maassarani, and Lexi Shultz (PDF with commentary at ucsusa.org)

• Fourth National Climate Assessment (2 volumes, 2017-2018), by U.S. Global Change Research Program (2009- )
  • Volume I (Climate Science Special Report): illustrated HTML at globalchange.gov
  • Volume II (Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States): illustrated HTML and PDF files at globalchange.gov
• Preparing for an Uncertain Climate (2 volumes (OTA-O-567 and OTA-O-568); 1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: PDF at Georgetown
  • Volume II: PDF at Georgetown

• Observations of the Spots on the Sun From November 9, 1853, to March 24, 1861, Made at Redhill (London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1863), by Richard Christopher Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sun Power: The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis (c1995), by Ralph Nansen (illustrated HTML with commentary at nss.org)

• Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance (c2021), by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (HTML and PDF with commentary at NAP)

• Regional Guidelines for Building Passive Energy Conserving Homes (Washington: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 1978), by AIA Research Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Following the Sun: The Pioneering Years of Solar Energy Research at The Australian National University, 1970-2005 (c2012), by Robin Tennant-Wood (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Following the Sun: The Pioneering Years of Solar Energy Research at The Australian National University, 1970-2005 (c2012), by Robin Tennant-Wood (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Application of Solar Technology to Today's Energy Needs (1978), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • Volume I: PDF files at Princeton
  • Volume II: PDF files at Princeton
• Conservation and Solar Energy Programs of the Department of Energy: A Critique (1980), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Phosphorus Diffusion Conditions for Shallow-Junction Solar Cells (NASA technical note D-5629, 1970), by Harold E. Kautz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Phosphorus Diffusion Conditions for Shallow-Junction Solar Cells (NASA technical note D-5629, 1970), by Harold E. Kautz (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manual on Solar Distillation of Saline Water (Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Distributed by National Technical Information Service, 1970), by S. G. Talbert, J. A. Eibling, George O. G. Löf, Chung-Ming Wong, and Everett N. Sieder (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Solar Spectrum, Lambda 6600 to Lambda 13495 (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #579; 1947), by Harold D. Babcock and Charlotte Emma Moore (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Incomplete Guide to the Art of Discovery (c1991), by J. E. Oliver (PDF with commentary at Cornell)
• The Insiders: Information Literacy for Okies Everywhere (based on Butler et al's Introduction to College Research; c2021), by Adam Brennan, Jamie Holmes, Callantha Tillotson, and Sarah Burkhead Whittle, contrib. by Walter D. Butler, Aloha Sargent, and Kelsey Smith (multiple formats at ocolearnok.org)
• Introduction to College Research (2021), by Walter D. Butler, Aloha Sargent, and Kelsey Smith (multiple formats at pressbooks.pub)
• On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (third edition, 2009), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Research, Writing, and Creative Process in Open and Distance Education: Tales From the Field (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2023), ed. by Dianne Conrad (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Methods of Research: Educational, Psychological, Sociological (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, c1954), by Carter V. Good and Douglas E. Scates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bulletin of the National Research Council (partial serial archives)
• The Elements of Research (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937), by Frederick Lamson Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital Classics Outside the Echo-Chamber: Teaching, Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement (London: Ubiquity Press, c2016), ed. by Gabriel Bodard and Matteo Romanello, contrib. by Stella Dee, Maryam Foradi, Filip Šaric, Simon Mahony, Simona Stoyanova, Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox, Francesco Mambrini, Segolene Tarte, Alberto Campagnolo, Alejandro Giacometti, L. W. MacDonald, Melissa M. Terras, Adam Gibson, Valeria Vitale, Bridget Almas, Marie-Claire Beaulieu, James Brusuelas, and Silvia Orlandi
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester (2007), ed. by Nancy Fried Foster and Susan Gibbons (PDF at ALA)
• Reglas y Consejos Sobre Investigación Científica (Los Tónicos de la Voluntad) (sixth edition, in Spanish; Madrid: Im. J. Pueyo, 1923), by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Gutenberg text)
• Published Papers and Addresses of John Campbell Merriam (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #500, 4 volumes; 1938), by John C. Merriam (page images at HathiTrust)
• A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students, by Kathryn L. Schwartz (HTML at IPL)
• A Positron Named Priscilla: Scientific Discovery at the Frontier, by Marcia Bartusiak, Andrew Chaikin, Addison Greenwood, T. A. Heppenheimer, Michelle Hoffman, David Holzman, Elizabeth J. Maggio, and Anne Simon Moffat (page images with commentary at NAP)

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