Public Safety Communications

• Journal & Article Indexes
• Background Information
• Citation and Style Guides
• Emergency Preparedness & Natural Disasters

• Ambulance & Rescue Services
• Associations
• Job Search
• Legal Information

Interdisciplinary and Technology

• Academic Search Premier
• ScienceDirect

Canadian Content & News

• Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA)
• Canadian Newsstand
• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q)

Criminal Justice

• Criminal Justice Abstracts
• Criminal Justice Periodical Index

Legal

• QuickLaw

Selected Journals

• 911 Magazine
  Cloverdale
• Blue Line Magazine
  Cloverdale
• Canadian Emergency News
  Cloverdale
• Canadian Firefighter and EMS Quarterly
  Cloverdale
• Canadian Security
  Cloverdale
• Disaster Management Canada
  Cloverdale
• EMS Magazine
  Cloverdale
• Frontline Security
  Cloverdale
• MissionCritical Communications
  Cloverdale
• Public Safety Communications
  Cloverdale
• Wavelength
  Cloverdale

Important Print Resources

• Crisis communications in Canada
  HD 30.3 C66 2006 Cloverdale
• Telecommunications and data communications handbook
  TK 5105 H6655 2007 Cloverdale
• Emergency preparedness guidelines for mass, crowd-intensive events
  HV 555 C3 H35 1995 Cloverdale
• Emergency response planning guide
  HV 551.3 E44 2004 Cloverdale
• Emerging public safety wireless communication systems
  TK 6570 P8 E47 2002 Cloverdale
• Careers in public safety communications
  TK 6570 P8 H35 2000 Cloverdale

Selected Videos

• First response: The first aid video
  WA 292 F588 2004 Surrey
• Worksafe BC - videos on the web

Selected Online Reference Tools

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Encyclopedia of British Columbia - a comprehensive online reference source for BC-related information, including articles, sound files, images, maps, charts and graphs.
• Online dictionaries - A list of more than 400 online dictionaries.
• Oxford Reference Online - Provides access to 100 key Oxford dictionaries and reference works across a broad subject spectrum.
• WWWebster Dictionary - include pronunciation, etymology, and a built-in thesaurus.

Citation Styles

• APA - American Psychological Assoc. guidelines
• MLA - Modern Language Assoc. standards

• British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) - information on legislation & regulations, emergency management, disaster assistance, hazard plans & earthquake preparedness.
• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing - is responsible for reception, processing, archiving and dissemination of remotely sensed data for Canada. Includes information on floods, forest fires, oil spills & atmospheric events.
• Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre - information on forest fires, services, products and links to related sites.
• Emergency Preparedness Information eXchange - links to national and international emergency management sites.
• Health Canada: Emergencies & Disasters - information on chemical hazards, product safety, radiation protection, toxic substances, environmental health assessment & Health Canada news' releases.
• Inter-Agency Preparedness Council B.C. - links to the Emergency Programs Act, government agencies, responsibilities of each government ministry & the emergency information directory.
• National Earthquake Hazards Program - information on recent earthquakes, major historical earthquakes in Canada, earthquake preparedness and Canadian & worldwide seismology links.
• Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) - research information, including the Canadian Disaster Database, information on current emergencies, links to related sites & resources.

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• Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International
• Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO): Canadian chapter
• National Public Safety Telecommunications Council

Ambulance & Rescue Services

• B.C. Ambulance Services
• B.C. Cave Rescue
  Provides a list of contact persons for Cave Rescue as well as links to related sites.
• Canadian Coast Guard
  Find links to environmental response information, search & rescue sites, and related websites.
• National Search and Rescue Secretariat
  Includes news releases, information on courses, events, workshops, new initiatives and links to related sites.
• St. John Ambulance

• British Columbia Statutes from QP LegalEze - Full text of Statutes, Regulations and other BC legislative materials. Restricted to Kwantlen students, faculty, staff and users in the library.
• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) - Statutes, regulations and case law from jurisdictions all across Canada.
• Federal Statutes and Regulations - From the Department of Justice, the Federal Statutes and Regulations in searchable and downloadable formats.
• QuickLaw - Statutes, regulations and case law.

• Canadian Careers Page
• Job Shark Canada
• Monster.ca
• Also, check out Kwantlen Library's Job Search page