Library Guides: Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World: Discover More +

Available Films through GS Libraries

How to Survive a Plague (2012)
This Academy Award-nominated documentary tells the moving story about the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and how public activism changed medical and societal responses to public health crises. [110 minutes]
Influenza 1918 (2006)
This television program, produced for the American Experience series of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), tells the powerful story of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States, which killed more Americans than all of the wars in the 20th century combined. [60 minutes].
Spillover: Zika, Ebola & Beyond (2018)
This documentary highlights zoonotic diseases that have spilled over from animals to humans in recent years and illustrates pandemic threats at the human-animal-environment interface, such as Zika, Ebola, and Nipah viruses. The film features Dennis Carroll, Jonathan Epstein, and Anthony Fauci, who are also featured in the Outbreak exhibition.

Available Books from GS Libraries

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
A comprehensive resource on outbreaks of newly emerging diseases around the globe and the social and environmental deterioration that helps to keep these threats alive.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry
Publication Date: 2004-02-09
A definitive account of the 1918 influenza pandemic from its origins to its end, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide.
Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus by David Quammen
Publication Date: 2014-10-20
The story of Ebola—its past, present, and its unknowable future.
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
A cross-cultural perspective on the 1918 influenza pandemic that focuses on its disruptions to global politics, race relations, and family structures while spurring innovation in medicine religion and the arts.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
Publication Date: 2013-09-09
Detailed science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging infectious diseases.
Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases by Paul A. Offit
Publication Date: 2007-06-12
An exploration of the development of vaccines covering two hundred years of medical history, including the research and experiences of the “father of modern vaccines,” Maurice Hilleman. The author shows the value of vaccines through what humanity has gained through the work of Hilleman and others.
When We Rise: My Life in the Movement by Cleve Jones
Publication Date: 2016-11-29
A chronicle of the personal and political struggles, set-backs, and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement.and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement.