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Librarians'
Index to the Internet
It provides a well-organized point of access for reliable, librarian-selected
internet resources.
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Emergency
Management Agency, Australia
The EMA library is a national resource which, through its collection and various
services, promotes and supports the Australian emergency management community.
This includes course participants, researchers, government departments and where
possible, assists members of tertiary institutions and the general public.
www.ema.gov.au/ |
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FAO
Virtual Library
Established in Rome at the 1952 FAO Conference, according to the decisions of
the 1950 Conference. Named David Lubin Memorial Library by the Conference to
honour the founder of the International Institute of Agriculture (IIA). The extensive
IIA collection formed a solid base for the present-day Library which is considered
one of the world's finest collections in food, agriculture and international
development.
www.fao.org/library |
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FAO
publications catalogue
www4.fao.org/faobib/index.html |
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Federal
Emergency Agency (FEMA) - Library, USA
FEMA's Online Library is divided into four sections FEMA
Information, Preparation & Prevention,
Disasters & Emergencies and Response & Recovery. In each section, you
will find reference materials, publications, maps, photographs, audio clips
and video clips. www.fema.gov/library/
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Pan
American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
The PAHO Headquarters Library and Information Services supports the work of the
Organization and provides a wide variety of professional and technical reference
and information services covering a broad range of subject areas within the biomedical
and public health field, including, historical information. It also collects,
organizes, preserves and disseminates regional information produced by PAHO,
both bibliographic and in full text, besides offering a selected collection on
related health subjects affecting the people of Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.paho.org/english/dd/ikm/Li/Library.htm |
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UNESCO
Libraries Portal
Tsunami in South Asia : UNESCO offers its support to Tsunami affected countries
by providing resources in the area of communication and information.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php |
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UNESCO
Library
www.unesco.org/general/eng/infoserv/library |
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UNESCO
- Natural disaster reduction
www.unesco.org/science/disaster/index_disaster.shtml |
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UNESCO
Publishing
UNESCO Publishing is the publishing arm of the Organization. This site presents
titles currently for sale in English, French and Spanish published or co-published
by UNESCO. These include books (printed or digital), multimedia (dvd, cd-roms,
VHS videos), periodicals, scientific maps and audiovisual material for professionals.
In addition, UNESCO's general site contains other non-commercial documents. These
can be found under Documents, Information Services, Programmes.
http://publishing.unesco.org/ |
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UNEP
Sergio Vieira de Mello Library
The Sergio Vieira de Mello United Nations Library at Nairobi is a joint initiative
of the United Nations agencies based in Nairobi, led by the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP). It was officially opened on 30 June 2004. The Library’s
purpose is to develop and maintain a collection of scientific and technical information
on the global state of the environment, human settlements and UN-related issues
which will assist the staff of the United Nations and outside users in analyzing
trends, assessing problems and promoting activities leading to environmentally
sound development. In addition, it acts as a depository library for the United
Nations and some of its specialized agencies.
www.unep.org/library/ |
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United
Nations University Library
The collection covers UNU publications, Insight into UNU, Books on subjects related
to UNU themes, UN documents, UNITAR publications, League of Nations Documents,
Eisaku Sato Memorial Foundation, CRDROM collections, serial holdings, online
newspapers. www.unu.edu/hq/library/index.htm |
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United
Nations University. Selected useful internet resources. Electronic libraries, journals, books, directories, environment
and sustainable development, etc.
www.unu.edu/hq/library/resource/useful-links.htm#Journals |
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World
Health Organization Library
The WHO Library and Information Networks for Knowledge (LNK) provides comprehensive
library and information services on WHO-produced recorded information in print
and other media. In addition, library services give access to worldwide health,
medical and development information resources to WHO headquarters, regions and
country offices, ministries of health and other government offices, health workers
in Member States, other UN and international agencies, and diplomatic missions.
The WHO library programmes help regions and developing countries achieve self-sufficiency
in providing information services to the health sector. www.who.int/library |
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World Meteorological Organization Library
The WMO Technical Library's mandate is to provide scientific
and technical information services and document delivery
mainly to the WMO Staff Members, Delegates and Personnel
of the Permanent Missions. With its collections of 40,000
volumes, the library supports research in the meteorological
and atmospheric sciences, oceanography, environment, hydrology,
geophysics and related disciplines.
http://library.wmo.ch/webopac/index.asp
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World
Conference on Disaster Reduction
Proceedings
of the Conference
Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters |
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Living
with Risk:
A global review of disaster reduction initiatives
2004 version
On-line |
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Know
Risk
Publication available at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction
Flyer
www.know-risk.org |
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Guidelines
for Reducing Flood Losses
On-line |
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