On June 3, 2016 the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library hosted a talk titled "Harvey Cushing and John Fulton: Two Founders Bonded By Science, Medicine, And Books." The focus of this event was a conversation between Drs. Dennis D. Spencer and Gordon M. Shepherd, moderated by Cynthia Tsay, YSM ’18. The panel spoke about the personal and professional relationship of these men, and touched upon the... Read More
Spotlight on the Humanities in Medicine Collection
Check out the newest book in the Humanities in Medicine Collection, The Gene: An Intimate History.
Excerpt from the book cover:
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to “... Read More
The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is delighted to announce the appointment of our new director, John Gallagher.
John joined the staff of the Yale Library in 1999 as a library services assistant in the Library Shelving Facility. He moved to the Medical Library in 2000 where he took the position of evening & weekend circulation supervisor, and was quickly promoted to the head of the... Read More
The spring 2016 issue of Nota Bene: News from the Yale Library is now available online. This issue has a particular focus on the work of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library as it marks its 75th anniversary this year. In addition to telling the story of the Medical Library, the issue profiles some of the current projects, resources, collections, and exhibits that are making an... Read More
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In January 2016, ORCID announced that a number of publishers - eLife, PLOS, the Royal Society, IEEE, AGU, EMBO, and Science - plan to require submitting authors to register for and provide ORCID IDs.
In its own words,
ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities... Read More
(by Janene Batten)
Over the course of 2016, the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library will be celebrating 75 years since its founding. The Medical Library’s anniversary kick-off event on Friday was a great success. Harvey Cushing himself made a special appearance. He was available for photographs with everyone, including these 3 students.
Everyone enjoyed the cake, which featured the... Read More
(by Rolando Garcia Milian and Terry Dagradi)
Last summer we invited Yale biomedical researchers (undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, faculty, associate researchers, etc.) to share results from their work where they felt the images produced in search of science crossed over to art. We thank all of you who submitted and appreciate your willingness to share with the community.
The images... Read More
Join us as the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library celebrates 75 years of being YOUR library. We are planning a year long program of exciting events. Mark your calendar for these highlights and watch for additional events, exhibits and information.
January 22, 2016, 3-5pm
75th Anniversary Kickoff Party
April 6, 2016, 4pm
Associates Lecture and Reception, Immune system in health and disease. Dr... Read More
Librarians at Yale have developed numerous online guides for Yale users. Here at Yale, our guides can provide a number of things, including:
Research guidance for a particular Yale course;
Instructions on how to research a subject;
Documentation for a research tool or service; or
Instructions on accessing and using collections or resources.
You might find different guides of particular... Read More
