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1. First Aid in Pictures
   Click on the arrows to work your way through this manual. If you do not see writing on the page, click on the icon in the empty box beneath the pictures, and the writing will appear.
   02-15-2008 : community development, disaster preparedness, emergency management, first aid, health
2. WHO Health Library for Disasters
   “... contains 516 documents on public health for disasters and complex emergencies.”
   02-15-2008 : disaster preparedness, emergency management, public health
3. Africa Collection For Transition by the Payson Center, Human Info NGO and ICMH
   “... contains more than 300 publications on complex emergency and disaster management in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
   02-15-2008 : africa, disaster preparedness, emergency management, humanitarian aid, international development
4. Virtual Disaster Library by the Pan American Health Organization / Regional Office of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
   “It contains 250 publications (25,000 pages) of experiences, ideas and solutions to advance the cause of disaster reduction."
   02-14-2008 : accidents, assessment, biological control of vectors, caribbean, cities at risk, city planning, communicable disease control, community participation, disaster education, disaster mitigation, disaster planning, disaster preparedness, disaster prevention, disaster response, dominica, drinking water, earthquakes, effects from disasters on buildings, emergency feeding, emergency medical services, engineering, environmental health, epidemiological surveillance, essential medicine, feeding, floods, food stage, health planning, health policy, health services, health staff, health-effects from disasters, hospital architecture, hospital construction, hospital management, hospital planning, hospitals, hurricanes, international assistance in disaster, international cooperation, jamaica, latin america, mass casualty management, medical response, mexico, needs assessment, nutrition, nutritional emergencies, primary health care, relief, risk analysis, sanitary management, sanitation in disasters, security measures, sewerage, st. vincent, supply management, training materials, urban settings, use of medicine, volcanoes, vulnerability analysis
5. Disaster Preparedness and Response
   Resources for libraries, archives and similar organizations to rescue books and papers.
   01-16-2007 : disaster preparedness, libraries
6. Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages (2004)
   Download the entire guide or only the chapters of interest. Covers a wide range of disasters, some not specifically covered in other guides.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-16-2007 : chemical emergencies, disaster preparedness, disaster supplies kit, drought, earthquakes, evacuation, family disaster plan, fires, floods, hazardous materials incidents, heat, hurricanes, landslides, nuclear power plant incidents, post-disaster safety, sheltering, terrorism, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical storms, tsunamis, volcanoes, winter storms
7. Disaster Services: Be Prepared
   Covers a wide range of issues in disaster preparedness.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : american red cross, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, disaster victims: finance, finance: personal, home, housing, hurricane katrina, investing, personal, science, survivor services
8. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
   Promotes humanitarian principles and values; disaster response; disaster preparedness; and health and care in the community.
   01-10-2007 : disaster preparedness, disaster response, health, hiv/aids, humanitarian principles, international federation of red cross and red crescent, ngos, non-governmental organizations
9. Ready: Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed
   Covers what to include in a readiness kit, creating a family plan, deciding whether to go or stay, and being informed about what might happen. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-10-2007 : biological threat, chemical threat, disaster preparedness, explosions, extreme heat, fires, floods, hurricanes, landslide and debris flow, mudslides, natural disasters (earthquakes, nuclear blast, radiation threat, terrorism, thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, wildfires, winter storms and extreme cold)
10. Smart Communities Network: Creating Energy Smart Communities
    Covers topics in sustainability, including green buildings, green development, land use planning, measuring progress, disaster planning, community energy, transportation, sustainable business, financing, rural issues, and resource efficiency (air, water, materials).
    12-07-2006 : air, communities, disaster preparedness, energy, financing, green buildings, green development, land use, materials, measuring progress, resource efficiency, rural issues, sustainable business, sustainable development, transportation, water
11. Emergency Preparedness Guide
    Has guidelines and details on water and food storage not usually given in emercency preparedness guides.
    11-10-2006 : disaster preparedness, emergency preparedness guide
12. Business and Industry Guide: Preparing Your Business for the Unthinkable
    Resources for disaster planning for businesses, including a workplace disaster supplies kit checklist and tips for developing an emergency plan and reducing potential damage. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-10-2006 : disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, emergency management, industrial safety, jobs, occupational safety and health, science, work
13. Best of the Web
    An extensive list selected by librarians.
    11-09-2006 : abbreviations, acronyms, address directories, adult literacy, aids, almanacs, anagrams, anthropology, apparel, archaeology, area studies, art. architecture, arts administration, astronomy, audio books, authors, avian influenza, awards, bankruptcies, best of the web, biographies, biology, bird flu, bisexual studies, book arts, book trade, books, books and 'zines, booksellers, botany, bronx on the web, building, buildings, buses, business, calculators, calendars, careers, celebrations, chemistry, children, children's resources, citation guides, climatology, communication, community, community information, company information, computers, construction, consumer, converters, copyright, cosmetics, cost of living, country information, culinary history, current events, dance, dictionaries, disability information, disability resources, disaster preparedness, domestic violence, earth science, economic statistics, education, eldercare, elections, email, emergency preparedness, employment, encyclopedias, engineering, environmental science, ethnic groups, evaluating information, exercise, fashion, federal government, film, finance, financial, fine arts, folklore, food, food science, foreign governments, fragrances, fun and interesting sites, games, gay, genealogy, geography, geology, government, government agencies, government: documents, government: state and local, grammar, hardware, health, health care providers and facilities, health info in languages, healthy eating, historical documents, history, history of medicine, hiv, holidays, homelessness, homework help, housing, humanities, immigrants, immigration, industry information, insurance, internet, job training, journal articles, law, law dictionaries, law libraries, law societies, lawyer and law firm directories, lawyer referral, legal abbreviations, legal aid services, legal forms, legal information, legal issues, legal search tools, lesbian, libraries, linguistics, literature, macintosh computers, magazine articles, manhattan on the web, manuscripts, maps, market research, mathematics, measurements, media, medical dictionaries, medical research and trials, medicine, medicine: alternative, medicines: prescription and nonprescription, men, mental health and behavior, movies, music, mysticism, mythology, names, native north american resources, new york, new york city, news, occult, operating systems, parapsychology, parent resources, patents, people, performing arts, pet health, philosophy, photography, physical fitness, physics, political science, prescription and nonprescription medicines, primary documents public records, prizes, programming languages, psychology, publishers, quotations, radio, reading, recorded sound, religions, resources for older adults, resources for young adults, science, search the internet, self-help, senior citizens, seniors' organizations, small business, social sciences, social services, sociology, software, space science, sports, staten island on the web, statistical sources, statistics, subways, teaching resources, technology, teen life, teenagers, telephone directories, television, textiles, theatre, theology, time, trademarks, training, trains, transgender studies, translation, transportation, travel, united nations, viruses, volunteering, voter information, weather, web design, websites for writers, women's studies, world wide web, writers' resources, zoology
14. National Next of Kin Registry (NOKR)
    Use this free site to register contact information for your next-of-kin in case of emergencies. Anyone may register, but only national, state, and local agencies looking for next-of-kin or emergency contacts may search the information. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-09-2006 : contact information, disaster preparedness, emergencies, emergency preparedness, family, family: registers, national next of kin registry, next-of-kin, relatives
15. Disaster Preparedness Information
    Covers a number of related subjects and for special groups (seniors, people with disabilities, children, pet owners). Has a large-print edition as well as in a number of languages.
    11-09-2006 : animal owners, children, disability resources, disaster preparedness, glossary, pet owners, seniors
16. FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] Virtual Library
    Covers preparation and prevention, disasters and emergencies, response and recovery, and more.
    11-09-2006 : disaster preparedness, federal emergency management agency, fema, virtual libraries
17. ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information - by the Association of Bay Area Governments
    Has 'shaking maps,' earthquake safety tips for home and business, how to drive after an earthquake or other disaster, and more. Has a children's section. Also information on landslides, erosion, and floods. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    11-08-2006 : disaster preparedness, driving, earthquake safety tips, earthquake zones, earthquakes maps, erosion, floods, games for children, landslides, natural disasters, puzzles for children

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