Day: June 1, 2011

Find tools here to help you track the development of new EPA regulations and to help you find existing regulations. To access this resource, go to our Environmental Resources web page.

Provides weekly and monthly charts with the average costs of food at home by four levels: thrifty, low-cost, moderate, and liberal, with further break-downs by age and gender. Alaska and Hawaii have separate bi-annual charts. Check out this resource from our Food/Nutrition Resources web page.

“The Federation of American Scientists has created an Internet resource for biosecurity policy, bioterrorism information, and biodefense research. The organizations listed here represent various perspectives on what actions individual scientists, research institutions, science journals, the public, and government can do to minimize the threat of bioterrorism while maximizing the benefits of life science research.” Take a look, from our Bioterrorism Resources web page.

The National Public Health Training Centers Network has hundreds of courses on its site, including classes on community health, cultural competency, data and information systems, epidemiology, health disparities, and infectious diseases, among many others. These are appropriate for health educators, health professionals, policy makers, researchers, social workers, and students. Most courses listed here are free, but a few are fee-based. The Public Health Training Centers are funded by HRSA and are partnerships between accredited schools of public health, related academic institutions and public health agencies and organizations. Access this resource from our Jobs and Career Development web page.

“The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW) project provides access to content of the School’s most popular courses.” These courses are free and are “…snapshots of content available in an academic course without any interaction with faculty or students at the  Bloomberg School of Public Health.” Topics include biostatistics, environment, global health, nutrition, and refugee health, among many others. Check it out, from our Jobs and Career Development web page.

“PubMed Health offers up-to-date information on diseases, conditions, drugs, treatment options, and healthy living, with a special focus on comparative effectiveness research from institutions around the world. PubMed Health is produced by the National Center for Biotechnology, a division of the National Library of Medicine.” Access it from our Consumer Health Resources web page.

The Public Health Library has the following new books available:

1. Predictive toxicology in drug safety. By Jinghai J. Xu and Laszlo Urban. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Call number: RA1238.P743 2011.

2. Epigenetics and human health: linking hereditary, environmental, and nutritional aspects. By Alexander G. Haslberger and Sabine Gressler. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2010. Call number: QH450.E6544 2010.

3. Influenza and public health: learning from past pandemics. By Tamara Giles-Vernick, et al. London; Washington, DC: Earthscan, 2010. Call number: RA644.I6 I527 2010.

4. Emergency public health: preparedness and response. By G. Bobby Kapur and Jeffrey P. Smith. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011. Call number: RA645.5.E4965 2011.

5. Cancer risk assessment: chemical carcinogenesis, hazard evaluation, and risk quantification. By Ching-Hung Hsu and Todd Stedeford. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010. Call number: RC268.6.C357 2010.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you. You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.