Library News
National Library of Medicine Celebrates its 175th Anniversary
May 17, 2011
In 1836, the library of the U.S. Army Surgeon General consisted of a small collection of medical books on one shelf. Today, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest biomedical library. With some 14 million items in more than 150 languages, it is the worldwide leader in trusted medical and health information and innovation.
But this unique library is about much more than books. Every day it delivers trillions of bytes of data crucial to the lives of millions everywhere. NLM... Read More
Film Showing at the Medical Library
Apr 27, 2011
If you missed the premiere showing in the Harkness Auditorium in an early April, we invite you to come to the library to view the film about the School of Medicine, created in celebration of the school’s Bicentennial.
The half-hour film, by Emmy Award–winning director and producer Karyl Evans, chronicles the rise of the School of Medicine from its origins as the Medical Institution of Yale College in 1810 to its current incarnation as one of the world’s major centers for biomedical research;... Read More
Update on Mobile Device Apps
Apr 11, 2011
New applications and enhancements to old apps are coming faster than ever. Premium versions of Epocrates and the free Medscape app are now available for Androids. Versions of popular online resources including AccessMedicine and Stat!Ref are now available for mobile devices. Micromedex Drug Information is a great new resource available for all Apple devices. An iPad-optimized UCentral is now available for download. For more details on these and other mobile device... Read More