Research Guides: FRS 151: Understanding Disasters: Starting Points

Subject Encyclopedias

Use the entries in these encyclopedias to get an overview of your topic, and to help develop your bibliography.

Articles+
Use this resource to search across popular magazines, scholarly journals, encyclopedia articles, and book chapters

Princeton University Library Catalog
Use the catalog to find books (print and electronic), videos, and sound recordings

JSTOR
Full text archive of core journals in select disciplines. Journal issues from the most recent 3-5 years are usually NOT available electronically through JSTOR. Also includes full text of many Princeton University Press books as well as books in Classics from many university presses.
ProQuest Central
Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract & indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals.
EBSCO Academic Search Ultimate

Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract & indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals

YouTube
There are many useful videos about disasters on YouTube. To assess them for credibility, consider:
- do they interview experts with professional credentials
- is the tone of the video professional rather than sensationalistic
- does it include primary sources such as documentary evidence or eyewitness testimony