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Homeland Security and Emergency Management Research Databases

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Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window Full access to over 207,000 resources related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management from a wide variety of sources including federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; and nonprofit organizations and private entities.
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Criminal Justice Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window “ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.”
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Military Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Covers topics on all government and military branches, including international relations, political science, criminology, defense, aeronautics and space flight, communications, civil engineering and more.
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Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers nearly 300 full-text periodicals and academic journals.
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SAGE Journals Online This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary database that contains over 1,000 full text, online journals in the fields of business, education, health, the humanities, law enforcement, criminology, and other social sciences. Several of these journals are the most authoritative and influential in their fields. Access from 1999-present.
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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Contains over 4,000 in-depth research reports from 1923 to present on the world’s most pressing issues (gay marriage, gun control, Middle East conflicts, etc.) with data, charts, and visuals.
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eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Films On Demand This link opens in a new window Full-length streaming videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields.
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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Cybersecurity (U.S. Department of Homeland Security) U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). Cybersecurity. https://www.dhs.gov/topic/cybersecurity
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Helping people before, during, and after disasters.
Disaster Information Management Research Center Health information resources and technology for disaster and public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery.

Documents:

National Respones Framework (NRF)
National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) 2013
2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) recognizes the responsibility the Department shares with hundreds of thousands of people across the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, the private sector and other nongovernmental organizations, and provides a path forward for engaging in public-private partnerships.
Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (2014) This voluntary Framework consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage cybersecurity-related risk.
Presidential Policy Directive: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (PPD-21)

Homeland Security Affairs Homeland Security Affairs is the peer-reviewed online journal of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), providing a forum to propose and debate strategies, policies, and organizational arrangements to strengthen U.S. homeland security. The instructors, participants, alumni, and partners of CHDS represent the leading subject matter experts and practitioners in the field of homeland security.
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Peer reviewed. Promotes homeland security by providing an accessible, responsible medium for the publication of research, exchange of ideas, & discussion of current issues & events by knowledgeable researchers & practitioners.
Journal of Homeland Security Education

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