Research Guides: Fire Staff and Command: Where to Search

Start here: Library Esearch

A quick search of most of the library’s books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Find articles on a wide range of subjects, including peer-reviewed articles.
Access Tips: Also available via mel.org
CINAHL This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles in the fields of nursing, occupational therapy, orthotics and prosthetics, health administration, speech pathology, nutrition, laboratory sciences, and other allied health professions.
Search Tips: Using CINAHL/PubMed Tutorials from EMU
Fire Administration (U.S.) Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
The U.S. Fire Administration's Library provides information and resources on fire, emergency management and other all-hazards subjects.
Info type: Books, reports, audiovisual materials and indexed articles.
ProQuest PowerSearch This link opens in a new window
Search over 20 academic databases at the same time.
Subjects: Covers many subjects
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, magazine articles, news articles, dissertations and theses
Brief How-To Video: ProQuest Basics
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Admin, Public Health, Nursing
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles
Search Tips: PubMed Quick Tour for a Keyword Search
PubMed Quick Tour- MeSH Mapping for a Keyword Search
Using CINAHL/PubMed Tutorials from EMU
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Fire Administration (U.S.) Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
The U.S. Fire Administration's Library provides information and resources on fire, emergency management and other all-hazards subjects.
Info type: Books, reports, audiovisual materials and indexed articles.

International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC): Topics & Tools
Short news articles pertaining to a number of topics relevant to the fire service.
National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA): Data, research and tools
"To keep you in the know, NFPA studies fire data in detail to provide insights about the overall fire problem, firefighter fatalities and injuries, major fire causes, fire protection systems, and many other topics. Through the Fire Protection Research Foundation we work with organizations around the world to investigate emerging fire safety hazards and solutions." (description from NFPA website)
U.S. Fire Administration (USFA): Statistics
Data sets and statistics about fires, fire risk, firefighters and fire departments in the United States.