Fire Science Resources

This guide presents basic fire science resources that are available in print and electronic formats. Contact a librarian for more information or for help with specific fire science topics. Guides for other sciences and selected courses are available from the Subject & Course Guides page. Book Collections | Periodicals & Databases | Websites | Citation
Book Collections

Circulating Books

Use the Catalog to find books in the libraries' circulating collection as well as reference sources, government documents, and other materials.

Library Catalog Keyword Subject Author Title
    Limit to: Print Books  E-books  Audio/Visual 

Print Books

• Blazing Heritage: A History of Wildland Fire in the National Parks
  Sumter Campus
  SD421.3 .R68 2007
  
  
• Fire in the Grove: The Tragedy of Boston's Cocoanut Grove Fire
  Sumter Campus
  F73.8 .C62 E84 2005b
  
  
• Seven Fires: The Urban Infernos That Reshaped America
  Sumter Campus
  E179 .H79 2006
  
  
• Historic Fires of New York City
  Sumter Campus
  TH9505.N5 C67 2005
  
  
• San Francisco is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires
  Sumter Campus
  TH9449.S26 S65 2005
  
  
• Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster, 1903
  Sumter Campus
  F548.5 .H36 2003
  
  
• World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth
  Sumter Campus
  SD421 .P95 1995

Online Books

To access online books, login using your X-ID and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).

• The following titles and many more are available from NetLibrary through the LINCC Catalog:
  • Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown
  • Igniting the Caribbean's Past: Fire in British West Indian History
  • Flames in Our Forest: Disaster or Renewal?
  • The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
  
  
• The Virtual Reference Library includes the following titles:
  • Environmental Encyclopedia
  • Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources

Periodicals & Databases

Magazines, newspapers and journals are available in print at all LSCC libraries and through online databases.

Finding Articles

Databases provide an electronic index for articles in many subject areas. LSCC provides access to a large number of databases covering a wide range of topics. You can access databases alphabetically or by clicking on the subject categories below.

• General Databases provide articles on a wide variety of disciplines and usually provide sufficient information for most general research
  
  
• Science, Computing, and Technology Databases will provide articles about specific science topics and will help you with more in-depth research.

To access LSCC Databases, login using your X-ID and PIN number (last four digits of your Social Security number).

Finding Magazines, Journals and Newspapers

If you know the name of a specific periodical, the Journal Finder search box below will tell you if it is available at one of the LSCC Libraries or through one of the databases.

Find Journal by Title:

Websites

Associations & Organizations

• International Assiociation of Firefighters
• National Fire Protection Association

Government Sites

• United States Fire Administration
• National Interagency Fire Center
• Building and Fire Research Laboratory

Citation

Remember, plagiarism is a serious violation of LSCC's Academic Integrity policy, so you must cite any idea or direct quote imported from an outside source. The links below provide citation examples and formatting instructions.

• For APA and MLA citation styles, refer to the libraries' Citation Center for printable guides and other help with documentation. Ask a librarian for additional assistance.
• For other documentation styles, the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides good examples and instruction.