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American History Library Guide: Natural Disasters

TCEC Honors Course

Topics and Locations

The Natural Disasters Subject area in the library are located in Non-Fiction:

QE 506	catastrophes (geology)
GF 86	survival, preparedness, natural disasters, disasters
E 179	disasters, United States
HV 7935	crisis management
HV 636	hurricane Katrina

Books from TC Library

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Call Number: QC 945 .J66 1999

ISBN: 0060977477

Publication Date: 1999-10-01
Crisis Management for Law Enforcement by James Smith
Call Number: HV 7935 .S565 2014

ISBN: 9781611633054

Publication Date: 2013-11-13

Books from TC Library

America's Great Disasters by Candace Floyd
Call Number: E 179 .F56 1990

ISBN: 0792453816

Publication Date: 1990-08-01
Prepper's Guide to Surviving Natural Disasters by James D. Nowka
Call Number: GF 86 .N69 2013

ISBN: 9781440235665

Publication Date: 2013-06-25
Catastrophes! by Donald R. Prothero
Call Number: QE 506 .P76 2011

ISBN: 9780801896927

Publication Date: 2011-03-16
The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Frank Rich
Call Number: E 902 .R53 2006

ISBN: 159420098X

Publication Date: 2006-09-19

Natural Disasters

E-Books-Executive and Legislative Policy

After Disaster by Thomas A. Birkland
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 9780878406524

Publication Date: 1997-10-01
Disasters by Design by Dennis Mileti
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 9780309063609

Publication Date: 1999-05-18
Disaster Resilience by Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters Committee; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy; National Academies (U.S.) Staff
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 9780309261500

Publication Date: 2012-12-29

Hurricanes- US History

The Great Deluge by Kyf Brewer; Douglas Brinkley
Call Number: HV 636 .L8 B75 2006

ISBN: 0061124230

Publication Date: 2006-05-09
Path of Destruction by John McQuaid; Mark Schleifstein
Call Number: HV 636 .L8 M37 2006

ISBN: 031601642X

Publication Date: 2006-08-16

Ebooks- History Natural Disasters

Acts of God by Ted Steinberg
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 9780195309683

Publication Date: 2006-07-20
Natural Disasters in a Global Environment by Anthony N. Penna; Jennifer S. Rivers
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 9781118252338

Publication Date: 2013-04-29

AV Materials- Hurricane Katrina

When the levees broke [videorecording] by Lee, Spike
Call Number: streaming video

ISBN: 078315075X

Publication Date: 2006
Trouble in the Water [videorecording] by Lessin, Tia
Call Number: HV 636 2005 .N4 T76 2009 DVD

Publication Date: 2009
Inside Hurricane Katrina [videorecording] by Warner Home Video
Call Number: QC 944 .I57 2006 DVD

ISBN: 079227475X

Publication Date: 2006

Streaming Videos

Films on Demand
Online streaming video collection that contains thousands of videos.

Natural Disaster- Saved Search Films on Demand
Clicking this link will find all natural disaster topics in Films on Demand streaming media

Websites

National geographic- Nature's Fury
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Wildfires from National Geographic
NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Hazards site
Collection of satellite images from around the world and links to more sites on the web.