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Databases
The following are recommended databases for locating scholarly articles and conference papers, technical reports, or eBooks and videos on the subject of emergency management.
Full-text articles from scholarly journals and other resources in the sciences, engineering, business, as well as humanities and social sciences areas. Includes newspapers as well as news transcripts.
Vendor: Gale Coverage: 1980 - present Full Text: Partial
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Click on the links along the top of the results list to limit to: Magazines, Academic Journals, Books, News, Images, Videos and Audio.
Use the filters to the right of the results list to narrow results further.
Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "mission to mars"
Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "mission to mars" AND spacecraft
To locate a complete issue of a journa or magazinel, select Publication Search.
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Provides citations, abstracts, and some full-text items covering all subject areas including business and economic journals, magazines, trade, and journals in psychology and computing.
Vendor: ProQuest Coverage: 1905 - present Full Text: Partial
Provides a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.
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Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “climate change”
Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: climat* will find climate, climatic, etc.
Connect search terms with AND: "climate change" AND migration AND water
Find synonyms with OR and parentheses: ("greenhouse gas" OR co2) AND emission*
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Articles, news feeds, and reports related to security and terrorism issues, including those related to international politics, military, and economics.
Vendor: EBSCOhost Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
Scholarly journals in education, humanities, social sciences, technology, and more.
Vendor: Informa Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "virtual reality"
Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: pilot* will find pilot, piloting,
Connect search terms with AND: automobile AND biofuel
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Contains a multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Vendor: Wiley Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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For phrase searching, use: Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “crew resource management”
For truncation, use: Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: automat* will find automate, automated, automatic, etc.
For Boolean, use: Connect search terms with AND: automat* AND glass cockpit*
Replace the search term examples above with terms more relevant to your guide, if preferable
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Documents related to homeland security and cybersecurity policy, strategy and organizational management from sources including federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "cyber crimes".
Use an asterisk (*) at the end of the root of a word to find all variants: Terror* will find terror, terrorism, terrorist, etc.
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Searches declassified Department of Defense and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related documents from the Defense Technical Information Center.
Vendor: Defense Technical Information Center Coverage: Varies Full Text: Partial
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Click on a document title to view the citation/abstract page. If the item is available full-text, a link titled View the full text of this report will be present.
Some documents are hundreds of pages. Please check the pagination (found on the citation/abstract page) before downloading to ensure sure your Internet connection can accomodate it.
DTIC does not support wildcard (truncation) searching.
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For a general topic search, enter desired search terms in the box labeled Search this site, DoD S&T Reports, and more... in the upper center of the page: aircraft pilot fatigue
Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: “joint strike fighter”
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For most books the print/download limit is 40% of the book's pages. Printing or downloading a chapter or page range do the same thing and deduct in the same way based on the pages allowed. Both options create a PDF that does not expire.
Check the "Availability" section, on the Detail Page, or in the Book Details side panel to see how many copies are available and if it is for Online reading or Download, or both.
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Enclose terms in quotation marks to search for exact phrases: "crew resource management."
Use connectors AND, OR, NOT to separate terms and phrases: "flight crew" AND fatigue. Connectors must be capitalized.
Use an asterisk (*) at the end of a word root to find all variants: automat* will find automate, automated, automatic, and automation.
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