This guide is designed to help University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu students in the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management concentration find relevant library resources. Click on the tabs for information on different types of information sources.
The resources featured on this guide include: books, e-books, databases, scholarly journals, and vetted Internet resources. Many of these resources are RESTRICTED by license for UHWO students, faculty and staff only. If you are affiliated with UHWO, you can access restricted resources from your home or the library using your UH login and password.
This guide is not comprehensive and resources are periodically being added (or removed) to better support your learning, teaching and research. Please contact your subject librarian to schedule an individual research consultation for further help with your topic.
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Begin your research by browsing trending topics and reference resources available from the following database:
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Reference resources, like encyclopedias and dictionaries, are a great place to start your research because their articles provide a broad overview of your topic. From these resources, you can extract keywords for further searching.
The items featured here are intended to give you an idea of what is available.
Find terms, definitions, topic overviews and trending topics by consulting reference resources such as dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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