The Internet is a great place to locate background information and additional resources outside of scholarly publications.
There are some tips and tricks you can implement to make the most out of Google Search and improve the relevance and quality of your results. These strategies are slightly different to those offered in Primo Search and journal databases.
While Google Search does offer an Advanced Search, which you might like to use, you can use these strategies within the basic search box to provide you with the same control.
| Search for an exact phrase or match |
Put your search terms in quotation marks "incident control" |
| Exclude a word from your search |
Put a dash - before any word you want to exclude emergency -hospital |
| Search within a range of numbers |
Use two periods .. between the numbers to return results within that range "emergency management" 2013..2018 |
| Search within a website |
Use site: to search within a particular web address or to limit your results to a domain type site:.abs.gov.au site:.org.au |
| Limit by geographical area or time frame | Use the Google Tools drop down options to limit to Australia results and/or select a timeframe for your results |
The following websites provide Australian and International legislation, policies and strategy documents on emergency management.
Australian websites:
International websites:
Grey literature refers to scholarly works and research that have not been commercially published. Grey literature is generally not subject to peer review however, it can often be a good source of up to date information. Alternatively, it can provide a valuable historical link to how things were done in the past.
Our Grey Literature Resource Guide will take you through the locations to find the different types of grey literature, including:
To find Australian Standards, you can use Standards online, provided by SAI Global. This is a database that can be found under S on the A-Z Databases page.
Note: The Charles Sturt University subscription to Standards Online allows three simultaneous users only. If the standard you want is not available to view or save, the licence is currently in use. Return later and try again.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has all NFPA standards, (including NFPA 921) available to read online for free on their website under the section of "Codes and Standards". You will need to create a personal profile to access the online version.
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