Monthly Archives: April 2009
Tracking an outbreak, 2.0-style
When the power of Google is combined with the authority of the NLM, the CDC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the DoD’s Global Emerging Infections System (among others), and the intellectual might of MIT and Harvard researchers, what … Continue reading
Swine Flu meta-pages
Between last year’s energy crisis, the bad economic news and the Tri-Delts walking into the library in their hippy-chick summer dresses, it’s like we’re back to the 70′s. And now, swine flu… Dr. Joe Bresee, CDC Influenza Division Several librarians have … Continue reading
Keeping Up with ESM Research Resources
Because the field of Emergency Services Management is so new, diverse and inter-disciplinary, I employ a number of techniques to make ‘keeping up’ in the field manageable.* One of them is setting up “Journal Alerts” in databases for the journals … Continue reading
Earthquake “Meta-”post
(One more, and then I’ll move on. I promise…) The USGS website is a gift that keeps on giving as far as historic information on earthquakes is concerned. Need a list (with descriptions) of the earthquakes which caused 1000 or … Continue reading
Hospital Evacuations
Today’s story should be an earthquake one, given the recent events in Italy, but this story was an interesting link between the flooding in ND and the disaster unfolding in L’Aquila. The WHO marked World Health Day by focusing on … Continue reading
Fargo Flood Homepage
We’ll stay with the flood theme for a bit, and look at the “Fargo Flood Homepage (Red River)“, a link page developed by North Dakota State University. In addition to a graphic representation of the flood’s current stage, there are … Continue reading