Thursday, February 29, is Rare Disease Day, which is a worldwide event that hopes to increase education and awareness of rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. You can learn more about the goals of Rare Disease Day on the National Organization for Rare Disorders website.

Check out the eight library resources below to learn more:

• Anesthesia and Uncommon Diseases
• Fast Facts: Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm: Shedding Light on a Rare Disease
• Orphanet Journal of Rare Disease
• Rare Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs
• Supporting the Understanding of Rare Disease Diagnostics with Questionnaire-Based Data Analysis and Computer-Aided Classifier Fusion
• Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease
• Unusual Diseases with Common Symptoms A Clinical Casebook
• The World’s Most Extraordinary People