Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, its goal is to include
citations to all literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other
mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic,
or geographical limitations, and to offer both current and retrospective coverage.
Information about the 1989 quake
A few articles on volunteer responses to the earthquake.
O'Brien, P.W. & Mileti, D.S (1993). Citizen participation on emergency response. In P. A. Bolton (ed). The Lorna Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-Public Response. U S Geological survey professional paper 1553. (ppB23-B30). Washington:United States government printing office.
A few articles on volunteer responses to Hurricane Katrina
Plummer, C., Ai, A., Lemieux, C., Richardson, R., Dey, S., Taylor, P., . . . . (2008). Volunteerism among social work students during hurricanes katrina and rita: A report from the disaster area. Journal of social service research, 34(3), 55-71
Wilson, D. (October, 2008). Experiences of engineering students in post-Katrina service learning programs. 38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY
Dass-Brailsford, P., Thomley, R., & Hurtado de Mendoza, A. (2011). Paying it forward: the transformative aspects of volunteering after Hurricane Katrina . Traumatology17(1), 29-40.