Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Science Clips

Abstract

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Science Clips is an online weekly bibliographical digest showcasing over 46,000 scientific articles and publications from 2009 to present. The digest is curated by the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library to bring awareness to relevant and quality public health literature. This overview describes how users can access and navigate the database, and evaluates the database usability and relevance in public health.

Keywords:

• Bibliographical digest
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• online database
• public health
• review
• scientific publications

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Notes on contributors

Samantha Nunn

Samantha Nunn ([email protected]) is the Program Manager of the NNLM Training Office, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.