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Connecting first responder leaders to first Connecting first responder leaders to first responder knowledge since 1978.responder knowledge since 1978.• Comprehensive all-hazards collectionsComprehensive all-hazards collections• Online catalog available to researchers Online catalog available to researchers

24/724/7• Subject bibliographies & pathfindersSubject bibliographies & pathfinders• Special online resource pagesSpecial online resource pages• Nearly 14,000 downloadable reports, Nearly 14,000 downloadable reports,

articles, books and papersarticles, books and papers

Background Background LRC All-Hazard Print CollectionsLRC All-Hazard Print Collections Indexed journal articles: 101,588+Indexed journal articles: 101,588+ Special reports/dissertations:33,306+Special reports/dissertations:33,306+ Books: 17,928+Books: 17,928+ DVD/VHS: 5,743+DVD/VHS: 5,743+ EFO Papers/Abstracts: 10,253+EFO Papers/Abstracts: 10,253+ Current print journal subscriptions: Current print journal subscriptions:

200+200+ New Prevention Education CollectionNew Prevention Education Collection

LRC Collections LRC Collections Emergency Medical Services - From Discovery to AccessEmergency Medical Services - From Discovery to Access

More than a dozen journals relating to More than a dozen journals relating to emergency medical services and emergency medical services and disaster medicinedisaster medicine

Indexed over 11,200 journal articles, Indexed over 11,200 journal articles, and acquired over 1,300 reports and and acquired over 1,300 reports and 1,400 books on EMS related subjects1,400 books on EMS related subjects

LRC Collections LRC Collections Emergency Management - From Discovery to AccessEmergency Management - From Discovery to Access

Over three dozen journals relating to Over three dozen journals relating to emergency management, natural and emergency management, natural and man-made hazardsman-made hazards

Citations to over 30,000 journal Citations to over 30,000 journal articles, as well as to more than 10,000 articles, as well as to more than 10,000 online reports and 4,000 books on online reports and 4,000 books on emergency management related topicsemergency management related topics

Over 3000 downloadable reports and Over 3000 downloadable reports and articlesarticles

Nearly 3,000 downloadableNearly 3,000 downloadableitemsitems

LRC CollectionsLRC CollectionsHomeland Security – From Discovery to AccessHomeland Security – From Discovery to Access

More than a dozen scholarly More than a dozen scholarly journals related to Homeland journals related to Homeland SecuritySecurity

LRC has indexed over 3,700 LRC has indexed over 3,700 journal articles, acquired over journal articles, acquired over 2,500 reports and 1,200 books 2,500 reports and 1,200 books on Homeland Security topics on Homeland Security topics going back to 2000 and beyondgoing back to 2000 and beyond

Nearly 2,500 downloadableNearly 2,500 downloadableHomeland security titlesHomeland security titles

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LRC Online CatalogLRC Online Catalog Premier All Hazards Discovery Tool in the U.S.Premier All Hazards Discovery Tool in the U.S.

Unique all-hazards guide to Unique all-hazards guide to books, documents and periodical books, documents and periodical literatureliterature

Available to researchers and the Available to researchers and the general public 24/7 general public 24/7

Fulltext Search option helps Fulltext Search option helps users find authoritative reports users find authoritative reports and documents available online and documents available online for reading or downloadfor reading or download

LRC: Emergency Management LRC: Emergency Management BibliographiesBibliographies

Current bibliographies include:Current bibliographies include:• Interoperability for Emergency Interoperability for Emergency

RespondersResponders• Mass EvacuationsMass Evacuations• Interagency cooperation for Interagency cooperation for

Emergency Response and Emergency Response and PreparednessPreparedness

• National Incident Management National Incident Management SystemSystem

• Wildland firesWildland fires

Guides to All-Hazard InfoGuides to All-Hazard InfoFrom Discovery to AccessFrom Discovery to Access

• EarthquakesEarthquakes

• WildfiresWildfires

• FloodsFloods

• PandemicsPandemics

• HurricanesHurricanes

• CBRN ThreatsCBRN Threats

• Other disastersOther disasters

Disaster Fast LinksDisaster Fast LinksFrom Discovery to AccessFrom Discovery to Access

Browseable lists of hundreds Browseable lists of hundreds of citations covering of citations covering ::

• HurricanesHurricanes

• EarthquakesEarthquakes

• Terrorist IncidentsTerrorist Incidents

• FiresFires

• Other disastersOther disasters

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Chemical, Biological, RadiologicalChemical, Biological, RadiologicalNuclear Hazards, Mass Evacuation,Nuclear Hazards, Mass Evacuation,

Sheltering and more from the 1950s-1970sSheltering and more from the 1950s-1970s

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Check out our online teaching bulletins Check out our online teaching bulletins onon::• Finding EFO PapersFinding EFO Papers• Fire Service PodcastsFire Service Podcasts• Harnessing Power of RSSHarnessing Power of RSS• Invisible Web ResourcesInvisible Web Resources• Searching the LRC online catalog – Searching the LRC online catalog –

the basicsthe basics• Searching Google – BasicSearching Google – Basic• Searching Google – Advanced Searching Google – Advanced

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