Library News

DynaMed Cancellation

Jun 11, 2025

After careful review, the Medical Library and Yale New Haven Health System have decided to cancel their joint DynaMed subscription.    Access to DynaMed will end on June 30, 2025.   The Medical Library continues to provide access to alternative point-of-care tools, such as UpToDate. For more information, please view our Support for Clinicians & YNHH page.  

New Puzzles Available for Check Out!

Jun 9, 2025

Looking for a relaxing brain teaser? Stop by the Morse Reading Room to check out our brand-new selection of puzzles! Whether you're into landscapes, animals, or abstract art, there's something for everyone. While you're there, explore our growing collection of games too—perfect for a study break or a rainy afternoon. Click the link below to view our collection in the catalog:  Puzzles... Read More

Library Services Platform Upgrade

May 22, 2025

On Wednesday, July 9, Yale Library will upgrade the technology platform that supports all library services and operations. Some library services will be paused for several days before the upgrade. The library will begin bringing systems back online on July 9. This process may take several days. Users may experience some service delays or disruptions while systems are coming back online. Learn... Read More

Support Available for NIH Common Form Requirement

Mar 12, 2025

NIH Common Forms Implementation for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support To further support a successful transition to the Common Forms, NIH is postponing the May 25, 2025 implementation for all applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs). NIH will issue future Guide Notices outlining the new effective... Read More

A Cosmos of Similarity: An exhibition about arts of measure

Mar 10, 2025

Discover how mathematics, theology, art, and medicine converge through the lens of “similarity” in this unique historical exhibition. On view in the Cushing Rotunda through August 20, 2025 Curated by Laura R. Phillips, Ph.D., Curator for Visual Arts Imagine a world in which similarity is the foundation of everything. That idea, inspired by the writings of cultural theorist Walther Benjamin (1892–... Read More

Medical Photographic History Fellowship Accepting Applications

Feb 12, 2025

The Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library is welcoming applications for a fellowship for the study of medical photographic history. The Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical Photographic History supports the study of the history of medical photography at Yale, maximizing the research potential of the Stanley B. Burns, MD, Historic... Read More

Research Travel Grant Now Accepting Applications

Feb 12, 2025

The Medical Historical Library of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library is pleased to announce its sixteenth annual Research Travel award for use of the Historical Library. The deadline is April 27th, 2025. The Ferenc Gyorgyey/Stanley Simbonis YSM’57 Research Travel Grant is available to historians, medical practitioners, and other researchers outside of Yale who wish to use the... Read More

Public Domain Day

Jan 6, 2025

As of January 1, 2025, works published in 1929 in the United States are now in the Public Domain and no longer have copyright protection. Next year, published works from 1930 will go into the Public Domain. Some examples of works entering the Public Domain include: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Mickey Mouse feature films, including The... Read More

New Resource: Examine

Dec 13, 2024

We are excited to announce that we recently added Examine.com to our collection. Examine evaluates scientific literature and provides research summaries on nutrition, supplements and other non-pharmaceutical health interventions. Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital affiliates can create Examine accounts by registering with their @yale.edu and @ynhh.org email address here https://examine.... Read More

Resource Trial - Web of Science Research Assistant (Generative AI)

Dec 5, 2024

The library has coordinated trial access to the Web of Science Research Assistant, which will run through December 20, 2024. The Research Assistant is a generative AI tool that helps locate key papers, manage research tasks, and visualize connections from the Web of Science Core Collection. Web of Science is a citation database that indexes leading scholarly articles in the sciences, social... Read More