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Sheldon Margen Public Health Library

Services to the California Department of Public Health



Quick Guide to Public Health Library Services

Document Delivery
Request a book, book chapter, journal article, standard, report, etc.

Full Text Electronic Journals
Access to numerous online journals
Recommend a new electronic journal

Library Cards
Apply for UC Berkeley borrowing privileges

Reference Service and Literature Searching
From quick reference to comprehensive literature searches

Current Awareness Service
Get current journal tables of contents
Recommend a journal for the Current Awareness Service

Training
- Request onsite training on a variety of topics
- View web pages/handouts made for prior CDHS/CDPH class sessions
- See the current schedule for Richmond and Sacramento

Electronic Books
Access to online books

Public Health Resources on the Internet
An extensive guide to public health web resources
2008 CDPH Health and Wellness Fair: Links to a list of wellness resources compiled for the fair.

On-Site Use
Come to the Public Health Library and use our facilities

Key Resources:

PubMed Using this URL will display articles available to CDPH online from your desktop
NLM Gateway Access to AIDS Meetings abstracts and more.
TOXLINE References from the toxicology and pharmacology literature.
AGRICOLA Citations to the agricultural literature: veterinary sciences, entomology, aquaculture and fisheries, farming and farming systems, food and human nutrition, environmental sciences, and more.
IRIS Database of human health effects from environmental exposure.
NTIS Search for technical reports.
UC and Related Library Catalogs Melvyl, Pathfinder, GLADIS.
Quick Links
Public Health Library CDPH Newsletter The current issue contains information on our upcoming classes as well as new online resources.
(Past issues)
PubMed Help Help searching PubMed targeted to CDPH users. Includes handouts from classes at CDHS/CDPH.
Pubmed's My NCBI - A Guide Use My NCBI to store searches, and to have saved searches run automatically, with the results e-mailed to you.
EndNote, Reference Manager, Procite: Help and Tutorials Includes handouts from our classes.
About the Public Health Library.
Join the Public Health Library's E-mail List for CDPH. Information on service updates, instruction sessions, e-journal changes, and more.
Recommend a book or journal for acquisition.
Suggestions? Comments?


For immediate assistance, please call the Public Health Library (510) 642-2510.

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Last updated 07/03/08. For questions or comments about this site, contact: publpdfs@library.berkeley.edu