ATOC/EPSC 185 Natural Disasters

• ScienceDirect - provides e-books published by Elsevier. McGill subscriptions are indicated by a green square box.
• SpringerLink - provides e-books published by Springer. You may download individual chapters and the whole book in PDF.
• Wiley Online Library - provides e-books published by Wiley and its partner publishers.
• Encyclopedias and handbooks on natural disasters

Best bets

• Web of Science - multidisciplinary, includes who has cited an article
• Scopus - multidisciplinary, includes who has cited an article
• Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts - covers over 600 important international publications, including proceedings, reviews and annuals
• GeoScienceWorld - full text database of the journals published by leading geoscience societies

Other databases to try

• American Meteorological Society Journals Online - covers journals published by the American Meteorological Society
• GEOBASE - covers physical and human geography, geology and ecology
• GeoRef - comprehensive geoscience database, produced by the American Geological Institute. Includes reports, maps, theses, conference presentations
• EconLit - covers economic related aspects of research topics
• ProQuest Environmental Science Collection - covers environmental sciences

Obtaining materials that are not available at McGill

McGill students and staff may order articles and books that are not available at McGill using the library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Avalanches and landslides

• Landslide Hazards (U.S. Geological Survey)

Earthquakes

• Earthquake Hazards Program (U.S. Geological Survey)
• The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 (Brown University Library)

El niño

• El Nino Theme Page (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Floods

• Dartmouth Flood Observatory
• Flood Information (U.S. Geological Survey)

General

• CAMEL Climate Change Education
• National Centers for Environmental Information (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Severe storms

• Hurricanes (U.S. Geological Survey)
• Hurricanes and Tropical Storms (NASA)
• National Hurricane Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Tsunamis

• Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster: Home (University at Buffalo Libraries)

Volcanoes

• How Volcanoes Work (San Diego State University)
• Volcano Hazards Program (U.S. Geological Survey)

• APA Style guide (Purdue University)
• Chicago Manual of Style quick guide
• Other styles
• Save time citing. You can download EndNote software and take a workshop to learn how to use it.

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