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Engineering Failures (Man-Made Disasters)
Online Newspaper Sources
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New York Times (1851 - 2014)The New York Times (NYT) is an internationally recognized daily newspaper founded in 1851 and distributed throughout the United States. This database offers downloadable PDF’s from each issue published between 1851 and 2014.
Print Newspaper Sources
The library only keeps recent issues of newspapers in print. However, we have many newspapers available through microfilm. You may consider looking for newspaper that provide broad coverage or local newspapers covering an event:
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Times-Picayune (1986-2010)Local newspaper for New Orleans Katrina coverage
Journals
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International Journal of Mass Emergencies & DisastersThe journal is concerned with the social & behavioral aspects of relatively sudden collective stress situations typically referred to as disasters or mass emergencies.
OneSearch
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OneSearchOneSearch can be used to find journals, magazines, and newspapers about your disaster.
Searching Suggestions
Phrase Searching
If your search includes a series of words, you should include the entire phrase in quotes
Examples: "Library of Alexandria"
"heart attack"
"freshman fifteen"
Boolean Searching
Boolean is a fancy term to describe using the words AND, OR, and NOT to improve your search. You can also use a combination of them to create a more complex (and targeted) search.
Example: football AND concussions
This search will return resources relating to both football and concussions
Example: "heart attack" OR "myocardial infarction"
This search will return resources that include either the popular or the medical term
Example: Consussions NOT football
This search will return resources that include concussions but not mention football
Example:("College Students" AND Concussions) NOT (sports OR football)
In this example, we include college students in quotations to include only articles with this specific term. Then, we use AND to limit articles to only those discussing both college students and concussions. We, then, are only interested in articles that are unrelated to sports concussions. So, we can use the NOT to exclude those. I included football, as well, as some articles may mention a specific sport, and football, recently, is the most discussed sport. The parentheses are useful to ensure OneSearch interprets your query correctly.