The importance of studying various disasters

• Cite in text using the APA
• No direct quotes at all. Paraphrase and credit your source with APA in text citations 
• Use a variety of sources (Minimum 5 sources). Include reference list at the end in APA style as well. Does not count towards word count.
• Do not cite Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica (all definitions of terms for class are provided in the readings), Atlas Obscura, Culture trip or any blogs, non-academic or non-official publications. See our academic sources policy in your syllabus.
• Include a title page. NO ABSTRACT or summary section. Start with content on bullet point #1.
• Organize assignment by the sections described above (number 1-7), one section per topic/number. Give each section a name appropriate for the content.
• Pictures and graphs are encouraged, insert them close to the relative text. Provide source and a short description for each, underneath.
• Spell-check and re-read your responses. Grammar and sentence structure is part of your grade.

I recommend these sources to find a case with the keywords of the type of disaster of your interest:

1. Relief Web

2.Prevention Web

3. Google Scholar (very good to find scholarly articles)

4) Open access Journals

5) Open Knowledge Repository

6) Open Access BASE Research Site

7) United Nations Digital Library  

EXCEPTIONS:

•  HURRICANE KATRINA, CHERNOBYL OR ANY DISASTER COVERED IN CLASS (CHECK THE SYLLABUS FOR THE WHOLE SEMESTER).
•  NO WAR EVENTS, BOMBINGS OR TERRORIST ATTACKS
•  U.S CASES CAP AT 3 APPROVED CASES. U.S TERRITORIES INCLUDED
•  FOR U.S CASES: NO FLORIDA HURRICANES
•  NO DISASTERS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE 1950s AND NO MORE RECENT THAN 2018. 

TIP: Make sure your disaster has enough information available, reports, news, articles, book chapters etc. Some disasters are interesting but they lack sufficient sources for a successful assignment.