Bioterrorism Books
Disaster Preparedness/Emergency Care Books
Ebooks
Journals
Selected Web Links
Bioterrorism Books
The following books are available for loan* from the Medical and Research Library, Texas Department of State Health Services, P.O. Box 149347, Mail Code 1955, Austin, TX 78714-9347, (Physical address: Medical and Research Library, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Moreton Building M-652, Austin, TX 78756), Phone: 512-776-7559, Fax: 512-776-7474, or Email: library@dshs.texas.gov.
*Library books are available for loan to local/state health department personnel in Texas only. The Medical and Research Library is unable to loan books to the general population. Thank you!
Advances
in biological and chemical terrorism countermeasures. 2008. DSHS call number: WA 295 A244 2008
Anthrax by Theresa M. Koehler. 2002. DSHS call number: WC 305 K77a 2002
Anthrax in humans and animals. World Health Organization. 2008. DSHS call number: WC 305 A628 2008
Before the swarm: Guidelines for the emergency
management of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks. 2008.
Biohazard: The chilling true
story of the largest covert biological weapons program in the world, told from
the inside by the man who ran it by Ken Alibek. 1999. DSHS call number: QW 300 A398b 1999
Biological and chemical
terrorism: A guide for healthcare providers and first responders by Raymond S. Weinstein and Ken Alibek. 2003. DSHS call number: WA 295 W424b 2003
Biological, chemical, and
radiological terrorism: Emergency preparedness and response for the primary
care physician by Alan L. Melnick. 2008. DSHS call number: WA 295 M527b 2008
Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories (BMBL), 6th ed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020.
Biosurveillance: Efforts to develop a national biosurveillance capability need a national strategy and designated leader. General Accountability Office. GAO-10-645, June 30, 2010.
Bioterrorism preparedness: Medicine,
public health, policy by Nancy Khardori. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 295 B616 2006
Bioterrorism: Psychological
and public health interventions by Robert J. Ursano, Ann E. Norwood and Carol S. Fullerton. 2004. DSHS call number: WA 295 U82b 2004
Bioterrorism
sourcebook by Michael R. Grey. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 295 G844b 2006
Bioviolence: Preventing
biological terror and crime by Barry Kellman. 2007. DSHS call number: WA 295 K29b 2007
Encyclopedia of bioterrorism
defense. 2011. DSHS call number: WA 295 E56 2011
Haddad and Winchester's
clinical management of poisoning and drug overdose. 2007. DSHS call number: QV 601 H126 2007
Hospital epidemiology and
infection control, 3rd ed. 2004. DSHS call number: WX 167 M469h 2004
Infectious disease and national security:
strategic information needs by Gary Cecchine and Melinda Moore. 2006.
Infectious disease
surveillance. 2007. DSHS call number: WA 110 I43 2007
Interstate planning for the
strategic national stockpile: Experiences in five regions by Steve Curren. 2005. DSHS call number: WA 295 C976i 2005
Laboratory safety manual, 4th ed. World Health Organization. 2020.
Microbial threats to health: Emergence,
detection and response. 2003. DSHS call number: WA 110 M626 2003
Microorganisms and
bioterrorism by Burt Anderson, Herman Friedman and Mauro Bendinelli. 2006. DSHS call number: QW 300 M626 2006
The nation's health, 7th ed. 2003. DSHS call number: W 84 N277 2003 (Note: Part IV is on preparing for terrorism, including biological terrorism.)
Pandemic: Tracking
contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond by Sonia Shah. 2016. DSHS call number: WC 100 S525p 2016
Pandemic influenza: Emergency
planning and community preparedness. 2009. DSHS call number: WC 515 P189e 2009
Preparing for biological
terrorism: An emergency services planning guide by George Buck. 2002. DSHS call number: WA 295 B922p 2002
Public health issues in
disaster preparedness: Focus on bioterrorism. 2001. DSHS call number: QW 300 P976 2001
Public health response to biological and chemical weapons: WHO guidance. World Health Organization, 2004.
Quarantine stations at ports
of entry: Protecting the public's health. Institute of Medicine. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 295 Q1 2006
Smallpox: The death of a
disease: The inside story of eradicating a worldwide killer by Donald A. Henderson. 2009. DSHS call number: WC 590 H496s 2009
Terrorist threats to food - guidelines for
establishing and strengthening prevention and response systems. World Health Organization. 2008.
WHO outbreak
communication guidelines. World Health Organization. 2005
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Disaster Preparedness/Emergency Care Books
The following books are available for loan* from the Medical and Research Library, Texas Department of State Health Services, P.O. Box 149347, Mail Code 1955, Austin, TX 78714-9347, (Physical address: Medical and Research Library, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Moreton Building M-652, Austin, TX 78756), Phone: 512-776-7559, Fax: 512-776-7474, or Email: library@dshs.texas.gov.
*Library books are available for loan to local/state health department personnel in Texas only. The Medical and Research Library is unable to loan books to the general population. Thank you!
Are we ready? Public health
since 9/11 by David Rosner and Gerald E. Markowitz. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 295 R822a 2006
Case studies in public health
preparedness and response to disasters by Linda Young Landesman. 2014. DSHS call number: WA 295 L256c 2014
Climate change and human health: risks and
responses by Anthony J. McMichael. World Health Organization, 2003.
Collective trauma, collective
healing: Promoting community resilience in the aftermath of disaster by Jack Saul. 2014. DSHS call number: WA 295 S256c 2013
Communicable disease control in emergencies: A
field manual. World Health Organization, 2005. DSHS call number: WA 110 C734 2005
Communicating emergency
preparedness: Strategies for creating a disaster resilient public by Damon P. Coppola. 2009. DSHS call number: HV 551.2 C785c 2009
Crisis standards of care: A systems
framework for catastrophic disaster response. 2012. DSHS call number: WA 295 C932 2012
Death in large numbers: The
science, policy, and management of mass fatality events. 2011. DSHS call number: WA 295 D285 2012
Developing cultural competence in disaster mental
health programs: Guiding principles and recommendations. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, 2003
Disaster's impact on
livelihood and cultural survival: Losses, opportunities, and mitigation by Michele Companion. 2015. DSHS call number: WA 295 D611 2015
Disaster mental health: Theory
and practice by James Halpern. 2007. DSHS call number: WA 295 H195 2007 MHSA
Disasters and public health:
Planning and response by Bruce Clements. 2009. DSHS call number: WA 295 C626d 2009
Emergency care and
transportation of the sick and injured, 10th ed. 2011. DSHS call number: WX 215 A512 2011
Emergency public health: Preparedness
and response. 2011. DSHS call number: WA 295 E53 2011
Enabling rapid and
sustainable public health research during disasters. 2015. DSHS call number: WA 295 I59 2015
Environmental health in
emergencies and disasters: A practical guide. World Health Organization, 2002. DSHS call number: WX 185 E61 2002
The faces of terrorism: Social and psychological dimensions by Neil J. Smelser. 2007. DSHS call number: HV 6431 S638 2007
Flash floods in Texas by Jonathan Burnett. 2008. DSHS call number: WA 295 B964f 2008
Flood hazards and health by Roger Few and Franziska Matthies. 2007. DSHS call number: WA 30 F631 2007
Guiding principles for feeding infants and young
children during emergencies. World Health Organization, 2004. DSHS call number: WS 115 G947 2004
Handbook of disaster research. 2006. DSHS call number: HV 553 H236 2006
Handbook to practical
disaster preparedness for the family, 3rd ed. by Arthur T. Bradley. 2012. DSHS call number: WA 295 B811h 2012
Health promotion in practice. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 525 H434 2006 (Note: This book contains two chapters on disaster preparedness.)
Hospital emergency response
teams: Triage for optimal disaster response by Jan F. Glarum. 2010. DSHS call number: WX 215 G547h 2010
Introduction to emergency
management, 5th ed. by George D. Haddow. 2014. DSHS call number: WA 295 H127i 2014
Introduction to public health, 4th ed. by Mary-Jane Schneider. 2014. DSHS call number: WA 100 S359i 2014 (Note: The 4th edition contains a chapter on emergency preparedness.)
Koenig and Schultz's disaster
medicine: Comprehensive principles and practices, 2nd ed. 2015. DSHS call number: WA 295 K78 2015
Landesman's public health
management of disasters: The practice guide, 4th ed., by Linda Young Landesman and Rita V. Burke. 2017. DSHS call number: WA 295 L256 2017
Leave no one behind: Hurricane
Katrina and the rescue of Tulane Hospital by Bill Carey. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 295 C273 2006
Management of dead bodies
after disasters: A field manual for first
responders. Pan American Health Organization, 2006. DSHS call number: WA 295 M266 2006
Managing spontaneous
community volunteers in disasters: A field manual by Lisa Orloff. 2011. DSHS call number: WA 295 O72 2011
McGraw-Hill homeland
security handbook: Strategic guidance for a coordinated approach to effective
security and emergency management, 2nd ed. 2012. DSHS call number: WA 295 M147 2012
Medical response to
terrorism: Preparedness and clinical practice by Daniel C. Keyes. 2005. DSHS call number: WA 295 M489 2005
Mental health and disasters. 2009. DSHS call number: WA 295 M549 2009
Mental health and mass
violence: Evidence-based early psychological intervention for victims/survivors
of mass violence by Elspeth Cameron Ritchi. 2002. DSHS call number: WM 31.5 R598m 2002
Muddy
waters: The legacy of Katrina and Rita: Health care providers remember and look
ahead by Lisa Tracy. 2007. DSHS call number: WA 295 T761m 2007
National
incident management system. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 2008.
Novick & Morrow's public
health administration: Principles for population-based management, 3rd ed. by Leiyu Shi and James A. Johnson. 2014. DSHS call number: WA 525 P976 2014
Note: Chapter 25 is on disaster preparedness and public health response.
Older people in emergencies: Considerations for
action and policy development by David Hutton. World Health Organization, 2008.
Preparing for terrorism: Tools
for evaluating the metropolitan medical response system program. 2002. DSHS call number: WX 185 I59p 2002
Preparing for the
psychological consequences of terrorism: A public health strategy. 2003. DSHS call number: WM 172 P927 2003
Preventing and responding to
sexual violence in disasters: A planning guide for prevention and response by Alisa Klein. 2008. DSHS call number: HV 553 K64 2008
Promoting community
resilience in disasters: The role for schools, youth, and families by Kevin R. Ronan and David Moore Johnston. 2005. DSHS call number: HV 551.3 R768p 2005
Public health for the 21st
century: The prepared leader by Louis Rowitz. 2006. DSHS call number: WA 540 AA1 R882p 2006
Public health management of
disasters: The practice guide, 2nd ed. by L.Y. Landesman. 2005. DSHS call number: WA 525 L256p 2005
Social vulnerability to
disasters. 2010. DSHS call number: HV 553 S678 2010
Terrorism and disaster: Individual
and community mental health interventions. 2003. DSHS call number: HV 553 T328 2003
Terrorism and public health: A
balanced approach to strengthening systems and protecting people, 2nd ed. by Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel. 2012. DSHS call number: WA 295 T328 2012
What happened to my world: Helping
children cope with natural disaster and catastrophe by Jim Greenman. 2005. DSHS call number: 284 G814w 2005 ECI
Vicarious trauma and disaster
mental health: Understanding risks and promoting resilience. 2015. DSHS call number: WA 295 V628 2015
Ebooks
HHS employees may access the following electronic books. Please contact library@dshs.texas.gov for information on how to access them.
Biosecurity interventions: Global
health and security in question. 2008. (EBSCO)
Biosecurity: Understanding,
assessing, and preventing the threat. 2013. (EBSCO)
Catastrophic disaster
planning and response by Clifford Oliver. 2011. (EBSCO)
Crisis management: preparing
for today's challenges by Michael J. Fagel. 2013. (EBSCO)
Disaster nursing and
emergency preparedness for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and
other hazards, 3rd ed. by Tener Goodwin Veenem. 2012. (EBSCO)
Disasters and vulnerable
populations by Lisa R. Baker and Loretta A. Cormier. 2015. (EBSCO)
Emergency public health: Preparedness
and response. 2011. (EBSCO)
Flood hazards: Impacts and
responses for the built environment by Jessica Lamond. 2011. (EBSCO)
Hidden impact: What you need
to know for the next disaster: A practical mental health guide for clinicians by Joseph P. Merlino, et al. 2010. (EBSCO)
Infectious diseases and
bioterrorism by Stephen A. Berger. 2014. (EBSCO)
Living with hazards, dealing
with disasters: An introduction to emergency management by William L. Waugh. 2000. (EBSCO)
Local planning for terror and
disaster: From bioterrorism to earthquakesby Nancy D. Connell and Leonard A. Cole. 2013. (EBSCO)
New developments in
biological and chemical terrorism countermeasures by Seshadri S. Ramkumar. 2016. (EBSCO)
Occupational and
environmental health: Recognizing and preventing disease and injury, 6th ed. 2011. (EBSCO) (Note: Chapter 37 is on protecting disaster rescue and recovery workers.)
Practical healthcare
epidemiology, 3rd ed. 2010. (EBSCO) Note: Chapter 22 is on biological disaster preparedness.
Public health management of
disasters: The practice guide, 3rd ed. by Linda Young. 2011. Landesman (EBSCO)
Public health risks of
disasters: Communication, infrastructure, and preparedness: Workshop summary by William H. Hooke and Paul G. Rogers. 2005. (EBSCO)
Terrorism and disaster
management: Preparing healthcare leaders for the reality by K. Joanne McGlown. 2004. (EBSCO)
The Texas City disaster, 1947 by Hugh W. Stephens. 1997. (EBSCO)
Using social marketing for
public emergency preparedness: social change for community resilience by Nancy Meyer-Emerick. 2015. (EBSCO)
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Journals
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Health Security (formerly Biosecurity and Bioterrorism)
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
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Selected Web Links
Biological, Chemical, and Other Non-Nuclear Threats (Federation of American Scientists)
Center for Health Emergency Preparedness & Response (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Emergency Preparedness (National Safety Council)
Emergency Preparedness and Response (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Emergency Preparedness and Response (Food and Drug Administration)
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters (National Institute of Mental Health)
National Library of Medicine Web Links:
Biodefense and Bioterrorism
Chemical Emergencies
Disaster Preparation and Recovery
Radiation Exposure
Public Health Emergency (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response - ASPR)
Ready.gov (Dept. of Homeland Security)
Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange
(TRACIE) (Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response - ASPR)
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External links to other sites are intended to be informational and do not have the endorsement of the Texas Department of State Health Services. These sites may also not be accessible to people with disabilities.