Main Catalog
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Disaster relief United States |
Emergency management Gulf States |
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PUL QuickSearch http://search3.webfeat.org/clients/princeton/princetonqs.asp
A service which allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously.
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Sociological Abstracts (1952+) Indexing and abstracting of the world's literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 2,500 journals, conference papers, dissertations, and book reviews.
- PAIS International (1915+) Provides citations to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on U.S. and international public policy issue. Generally considered to be a comprehensive index to policy literature.
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EconLit (1969+) Indexes international economic literature. Includes major journals, articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, full-text book reviews, dissertations, and working papers.
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ABI/INFORM (1971+) Worldwide business periodicals. Provides in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, and taxation.
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (1951+) Provides bibliographic information from an international selection of publications in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology
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CQ Electronic Library Includes three major publications from Congressional Quarterly. CQ Researcher provides in-depth coverage and analysis of major issues before the U.S. Congress since 1923. CQ Weekly provides weekly coverage of U.S. Congress legislative news and analysis since 1983.
- JSTOR full-text scholarly journals; last 3-5 years not available
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PolicyFile (1990+) Draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Covers all aspects of public policy
- RAND a non-profit think tank that provides research and analysis to further policy decision making. Areas of expertise include health, international policy, social welfare, population and regional studies, education and child policy. Many publications are available at the site for free in full-text
- Academic Search Premier (1975+) Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract and indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals
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ProQuest Research Library (Mid 1970s+. (Highly selective earlier coverage))Abstracting, indexing, and select full text of many core scholarly journals, magazines and major newspapers for information on a broad range of subjects.
Find Newspaper articles
Major news sources can be found at this site: http://libweb/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=20
- News: Proquest Newspapers Provides full text access to the New York Times (1980+) , the Wall Street Journal (1984+), and the Chicago Tribune (1985+)
- Lexis Nexis Academic Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full text of the New York Times
- Newsbank Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers.
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Factiva Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times.
Selected Government Documents and Congressional Resources
| NOTE: PUL has extensive collections of government publications and is a depository library for U.S. f ederal, New Jersey, United Nations and European Union documents. Many publications available at Princeton are not listed in the PUL catalog. Please ask for help. For full Princeton list see of document sources: http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=21 |
United States Government Documents
- Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe (1789+) Extensive database that indexes publications of the U.S. Congress such as hearings, committee reports, documents and prints
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Marcive Web DOCS (1976+) Online catalog of U.S. government publications dating back to mid-1976. Direct links to documents on the web are provided. Many of the documents are available in the U.S. Documents Collection in Firestone
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GPO Access Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office; provides free access to information including Congressional bills, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Record, GAO reports, Supreme Court decisions, and more
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Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet Free service of the Library of Congress. Provides the full text of House and Senate bills, bill summary and status reports, public laws, the Congressional Record, and Congressional committee reports
Selected Free Web Sites
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Provides press releases and other documents of the DHS. Emphasis is on terrorism, but natural disasters and other emergencies are also discussed.
- FEMA
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO)covers prevention, risk management, preparedness, emergency response, and counter terrorism.
- American Red Cross (Disaster Services) Gives an overview of the work of the American Red Cross, including reports on Red Cross projects world-wide. Also includes news coverage of disasters and relief efforts.
- Homeland Security Watch Features breaking news, analysis, and commentary on the issues in homeland security
- Yahoo Disasters Page
Evaluating Web Resources
- Most of the resources listed have all been licensed and paid for by PUL. They have been carefully evaluated and selected by subject experts in the library.
- Many of the resources on the web have not been evaluated by anyone. It is important for you to evaluate sites.
Here are a few sites that can help:
University of Albany Library; UCLA Library; or University of Southern Maine .
Harvard University Library http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/evaluatingweb/
Duke University Library http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating_web.htm
Library Services
- Connecting from off-campus
http://library.princeton.edu/help/remoteaccess.php - Chat Reference http://libweb.princeton.edu/help/chat.php
Google Search Tips (Google Search Guide):
- http://www.googleguide.com/sharpening_queries.html
- http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet.html
example: intitle: "hurricane katrina" site:gov
Citing Sources
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
Also try: http://www.refworks.com
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