Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC): A Gateway to Disaster Information Resources

Abstract

The Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) was created by the Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to provide comprehensive disaster health information related to natural, accidental, or deliberate disasters and for all stages of disaster management efforts. The DIMRC Web site contains a dynamic, well-organized collection of resources and tools for use by public health officials, first responders, emergency physicians, and other health care professionals, medical students, and residents. This article provides a general overview of the Web site and describes the unique content included among the resources.

KEYWORDS:

• DIMRC
• Disaster Information Management Research Center
• disaster medicine
• glossary
• National Library of Medicine
• NLM
• online resource

The author is grateful to the following DIMRC members for their assistance with the writing of this article: Stacey J. Arnesen, Head, Office of the Disaster Information Management Research Center; Cindy Love, Technical Information Specialist, Disaster Information Management Research Center; and Jennifer G. Pakiam, Technical Information Specialist/SME, Disaster Information Management Research Center.

Comments and suggestions should be sent to the Column Editor: Christee King ([email protected])