Library News
Jeannette Ponzio: 50 Years with the Library
Mar 2, 2016
(by Katie Hart)
Since she joined the library in 1965, Jeannette Ponzio has witnessed the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library evolve significantly. Interim Director, John Gallagher, sat with Jeannette, the library’s longest serving employee, for a conversation about her many years of exceptional service.
JG: Jeannette, tell me about when you first joined the Medical Library. What was it like then? What was your first job?
JP: Before coming to Yale University, I worked as a bookkeeper at... Read More
Guides are unavailable
Feb 26, 2016
UPDATE: Guides are back up. Thanks for your patience.
The Library's Guides are temporarily offline due to technical problems with the vendor. We have no further information at this time. Stay tuned for updates.
On-site NCBI Bioinformatics Workshop at Yale School of Medicine
Feb 24, 2016
On April 5 and 6, Dr. Peter Cooper*** will provide training in the form of four workshops (see below) on the some of the most valuable National Center for Biotechnology Information bioinformatics resources and tools at Yale School of Medicine. This training is hosted by the Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Although free and open to any Yale affiliate, it is recommended to register since seating is limited.
Please contact Rolando Milian for questions on these sessions: 203-785-6194
A... Read More
New coloring book of images from our collections
Feb 22, 2016
Looking for some artistic stress relief? Download and print our new coloring book of image from our Medical Historical collections. The coloring book includes links to detailed citation data for each image. Happy coloring!
Borrow Direct outage Saturday, February 20
Feb 17, 2016
Tomorrow, Saturday, February 20th, at 10am, there will be a service outage for a number of Yale University Library (YUL) systems. The outage will include Borrow Direct and last approximately 2 hours. This outage is necessary to do perform routine maintenance on one of YUL servers.
75 Years of Cushing/Whitney Medical Library: The Rotunda
Feb 16, 2016
(By Melissa Grafe)
Walk past the Circulation desk at the entrance of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and down the corridor displaying art from the Prints, Drawings, and Posters collection. Coming out of the corridor, you enter the Rotunda, the heart of the library. The Rotunda of the Medical Library honors famed neurosurgeon and bibliophile Dr. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939). When Cushing, along with Yale physiologist John Fulton and Swiss tuberculosis expert Arnold Klebs,... Read More
Deaf exhibit tour taking place as scheduled today
Feb 5, 2016
Despite the inclement weather, today's tour of the Deaf exhibition is still taking place. For further details, click here.
Embase: A strong source for international and drug literature
Feb 4, 2016
Embase is a database covering international biomedical literature from 1974 to the present. All MEDLINE records are included in Embase, as well as over 5 million records not covered in MEDLINE. Embase is especially strong in its coverage of drug therapy, pharmaceutical research, and medical devices. Embase also provides a global perspective in medicine, with coverage of journals published in 90 countries.
You can access Embase here or by clicking under "Highlighted Resources" on the Cushing/... Read More
Training Sessions for the Winter Semester at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Jan 29, 2016
The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library has prepared the following menu of training sessions for the winter semester. It includes training on how to do literature search, patent search, use of Cytoscape, genome browsers, EndNote, systematic reviews, functional analysis, variant annotation, and more. Since seating is limited, please register to reserve yours by following the links next to each session.
Please contact Vermetha Polite vermetha.polite@yale.edu for questions or comments on these... Read More