Find Cancer Statistics at the World Cancer Research Fund International

World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International is an organization that works with researchers, policy makers, and scientists across the globe to make cancer prevention a reality.

WCRF International online not only contains general cancer-type information, but it also focuses on cancer statistics and facts as well as global cancer policy publications and conferences. The tabs at the top of the page are neatly compartmentalized for quick access to the information you’re looking for.

There is also a current awareness component to this resource on the homepage. Blog posts, tweets, and popular cancer news items are displayed for easy access. Try adding WCRF International to your arsenal of news online resources to discover new and important cancer-related information around the world.

Grey Literature Report Added to Library’s Collection

The Library has recently added Grey Literature Report to the database collection. Grey Literature Report is a bimonthly publication of The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) Library contains materials in health and science policy, public health, health of vulnerable and special populations, and general medicine and disease.

All publications are searchable in the database. Users can also browse the publications by subjects. Information about Grey Literature can be found here.

This resource is now listed in the Database A-Z list. Users can access it by searching the MSKsearch on the Library’s Website.

World’s Most Expensive Books

Last week, a new record was set with the sale of the Bay Psalm Book at 14.2 million dollars. The Bay Psalm Book is a rare translation of biblical Psalms from 1640, and the first English language book ever printed in North America. The recent sale is one of eleven surviving copies, and was (one of two) owned by the Old South Church in Boston before being auctioned at Sotheby’s.

Some other highly valued sales:

The Birds of America (1827-1838) by John James Audubon
$11.5 million in December 2010

The Canterbury Tales (1478) by Geoffrey Chaucer
$7.5 million in 1998

First Folio (1623) by William Shakespeare
$6.1 million in 2001

The Gutenberg Bible (1459-1455)
$4.9 million in 1987

Traité des Arbres Fruitiers (1768) by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
$4.5 million in 2006

How much would you pay for a piece of printed history?