Disaster Information: More From DIMRC

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From the DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB  email discussion list:

As hurricane season continues, Hurricane Harvey recovery is overlapping with Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia. Meanwhile, wildfires are raging in the northwest US, and an earthquake struck Mexico this morning.

Now is a good time to focus on the Preparedness Month theme: Disasters don’t plan ahead. You can.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) can help. The NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) has resources to help you prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Our information guides on disaster topics and the Disaster Lit® database provide access to curated, reliable information from vetted federal, state, and local governments and organizations.

Find reliable resources in these information guides to current disasters:

• Hurricanes of 2017    (Information on Harvey and Irma on one page)
• Fires and Wildfires   (Updated September 2017)
• Earthquakes
• Coping with Disasters, Violence and Traumatic Events  (Updated September 2017)

Search the disaster literature

• Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health    (Updated September 2017)
• PubMed
• MeSH Terms Used in Indexing Disaster-Related Journal Articles
• Journals Indexed in PubMed

Submitted by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, MSLIS

Program Manager, Disaster Information Specialist Program

Disaster Information Management Research Center

siobhan.champ-blackwell@nih.gov

301-827-5878       [jh]