FIRE SCIENCE RESOURCES

Note: If you are accessing library resources from off-campus, you need to log in for Off Campus Access. Most of the resources on the library's Web site are restricted to authorized UC users only.

Locating Library Resources

Use UCLID (UC’s Library Catalog) to locate books, periodicals, videos, and other materials owned by UC, and the OhioLINK database for items owned by other Ohio college and university libraries.

From the catalog menu, select KEYWORD and initiate your search using your topic terms (phrase, software name, company, personal name). KEYWORD searches for words across the title, series title, organization, association, content notes, publisher, and subject.

For a more focused search, select SUBJECT and initiate your search using a Library of Congress subject term (subject, place name or personal name). Relevant examples of subject headings are:

• Emergency medical services
• Fire chiefs
• Fire departments
• Fire departments -- Management
• Fire extinction
• Fire fighters
• Fire prevention
• Fires
• Hazardous substances -- Fires and fire prevention

Browsing in the library

If you are browsing for books in the library's circulating or reference collections, the following Library of Congress call number ranges contain many Fire Science Technology books:

Use the LIMIT/SORT button to limit your results to items located at CAS Library, Electronic Resources, and other options. Use the REQUEST button to have Available materials delivered from other UC libraries.

If you don’t find the items you want in UCLID, search OhioLINK, a library network of Ohio college and university catalogs. Use the OhioLINK CENTRAL button to enter the database, search and request materials.

Magazines

• Firehouse
• Fire & Rescue
• Fire Chief
• Fire Engineering
• Fire Management Today
• Firefighters Quarterly

Fire Science Periodicals Online Other related full-text magazines and journals available through UC Libraries.

Research Databases

Fire Research Information Services (FRIS)
FRIS, offered by the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of NIST, is a vast resource for information on nearly any fire research topic. The FRIS document collection is searchable through FIREDOC, a bibliographic database through the Web.

FIREDOC
Fire research bibliographic database, covering journal articles, reports, conference proceedings, books, and more. Sokme full-text reports authored by BFRL and also linked from this database.

U.S. Fire Administration Fire Statistics Wide variety of statistics and reports on fire incidents in the United States.

Web Sites

CAS Open Learning Fire Science Program Resources
Links to fire organizations and other information resources.