Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library Blog

As you celebrate National Public Health Week (April 7-14, 2008) expand your literature searches by using Global Health. Global Health provides citations to articles, books, and conference proceedings on public health research and practice. In addition to its scholarly coverage, Global Health also indexes “grey literature”—newsletters, field notes, bulletins, and other informal materials that researchers in the field use to communicate. Global Health indexes a variety of non-English-language journals, but all materials include English abstracts. Topics covered include nutrition and food safety, bacterial, viral, and zoonotic diseases, parasitology, and reproductive health. The truly global nature of this resource will provide you with unique citations that are not included in any other database at UCLA.

On April 7, Tania Bardyn joins the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library as the new Associate Director for Public Services.

Tania most recently held the position of Assistant Director of Affiliated Libraries for the Ehrman Medical Library of the New York University Health Sciences Libraries.  Prior to joining NYU, she worked for the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio’s Briscoe Library where she was the Access Services Coordinator from 2003 to 2004, the Access Services Librarian from 1998 – 2003, and Public Services Librarian from 1996 – 1998.  She holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Medical Library Association and has been active in the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Library Administration and Management Association of ALA. She has been professionally active at the state and regional level in both Texas and New York. She is a member at the distinguished level of the Academy of Health Information Professionals of the Medical Library Association.

Please join us in giving Tania a warm welcome to the Biomedical Library family.

April 7-14, 2008, has been designated National Public Health Week by the American Public Health Association. The students of the UCLA School of Public Health have planned a week of activities designed to celebrate and promote the study and practice of public health. Activities and events are open to the public.

Continue reading this post for a list of events, or download the National Public Health Week 2008 flyer as a PDF.

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