EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & DISASTER RESPONSE PLANNING GUIDE LRC@TCC

Scope of this guide: find articles, books, and other information about emergency preparedness and planning.

Browse TCC library shelves in these areas:GB5000-5030 Natural disastersHD49-49.5 Crisis management. Emergency management. InflationHV551.2-939 Emergency managementRC86-88.9 Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aidTH9025-9745 Protection of buildings including protection from dampness, fire, burglary 

Keywords to search: weather (storm, hurricane, tornado, flood, etc.), bomb, bioterrorism, terrorism, safety, security, emergency preparedness, emergency management, disaster, disaster response, FEMA, emergency response, mitigation, CERT,  homeland security, critical infrastructure protection, surge, radiological preparedness, VDEM, Virginia Emergency Management Association VEMA, Hampton Roads Emergency Management Committee HREMC International Association of Emergency Managers IAEM, National Emergency Management Association NEMA, Emergency Management Institute EMI, Urban Area Security Initiative UASI, Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program HSEEP, Incident Command System, ICS, National Incident Management System NIMS, National Framework, Public Health Emergency, Joint Information Center JIC, emergency communications

Library Databases (use MyTCC ID to login from off-campus)  

Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,990 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,030 peer-reviewed journals.

Disaster Preparedness from CQ Researcher. 

Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.

Journals@Ovid database is an aggregate of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals from over 50 publishers and societies and provides access to the full text of nursing journals, including the American Journal of Nursing, as well as citations to hundreds of other journals. Limiting searches to only full text journals is available through Your Journals@Ovid.  

Military & Government Collection offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.

OmniFile Full Text Select from H.W. Wilson indexes, abstracts, and provides full text for over 900 periodicals. The database includes records back to 1994 for selected publications. Coverage includes art, education, and the humanities and social sciences.

Safety Science and Risk Abstracts offers comprehensive, timely information across the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help researchers identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards from environmental and occupational situations.  

Science in Context Researching science topics has never been easier -- with Science in Context, thousands of topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations are just a few clicks away and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites.  

TOXLINE is an extensive collection of online bibliographic information since 1965 covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. More than 2.5 million bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles and related reports have been drawn from the files of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.  

Water Resources Abstracts is produced by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide summaries of the world's technical literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. Abstracts are drawn from journals, and other technical, legal and government publications dated from 1967 to the present.  

Wiley Online Library is a leading international resource for quality content promoting discovery across the spectrum of scientific, technical, medical and professional endeavors.  

See also the Current Events, Emergency Medical Technology, and Environmental Health and Toxicology Guides.

Selected Resources from the Web: 

Disaster Plan Workbook from NYU

Emergency Preparedness & Response from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Emergency Response Resources from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers resources for emergency management training.

Hampton Roads Emergency Management Committee

Public Health Management After Natural Disasters from the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars

Red Cross offers training and preparedness tips

Ready.gov from the Department of Homeland Security

TCC Emergency Preparedness with directions on how to register for TCC Alerts

Virginia Department of Emergency Management