Mark your calendars! Gracie the Goldendoodle will be visiting the medical library from 12pm - 2pm on the following dates:
January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 19
February 26
Be sure to stop by and give her a belly rub!
By Michelle Peralta, Resident Archivist for Yale Special Collections
Yale Class of 1974 Alumna
Throughout the 2019-2020 academic year, Yale University is celebrating fifty years of co-education with many events and exhibitions that demonstrate the magnitude of contributions of Yale’s women graduates in all areas of life, including politics, sports, academia, and medicine. Thus, it feels... Read More
A paper written by a team of medical librarians from the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library was recently published in Research Integrity and Peer Review. The paper investigates librarian involvement in the peer review process of systematic review manuscripts. Health science librarians often contribute to the production of systematic reviews, but little was known about their involvement in peer... Read More
On Friday 11/8, CWML staff members attended the North Atlantic Health Science Libraries (NAHSL) Annual Conference in Springfield, MA. NAHSL is a regional chapter of the Medical Library Association, comprising medical librarians in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine. The one-day conference featured presentations and posters by eight staff members from CWML.
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NEW EXHIBITION
Plastic Surgery at Yale: Surgical Expertise, Innovation, and History
On view in the Cushing Rotunda from October 30th 2019 - February 24th, 2020
Surgical attempts to reconstruct the human body after injury or illness have long been at the forefront of medical innovation. The expansive field of plastic surgery emerged over centuries, now including reconstruction and... Read More
The bubble plot shown on this page (you may have also noticed it on the Medical Library’s digital signage and webpage banner), was created using ggplot2 in R. It shows publications related to Alzheimer’s Disease, Family Caregivers, and Home Health Care that has been cited more than 40 times by other research efforts.
Follow the link here to interact with this graph, and view more details about... Read More
Leaving Yale soon? Bookmark our guide of free health sciences resources you can access without an institutional license: https://guides.library.yale.edu/alumni-resources/tools
It contains resources for clinical research, patient care, health literacy, consumer education, health information across the globe, and general tools for getting access to the research you need.
Open Access week is October 21 - 27, 2019! Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.
Celebrate open access publishing and scholarship with the medical library:
October 21 from 11am - 1pm: Stop by the medical library to... Read More
In celebration of Disability Awareness Month, the Diversability at Yale (DAY) Affinity Group is co-sponsoring a screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary, The Rebound. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 23rd in Harkness Auditorium at 6:30 pm. All are welcome!
The Rebound is an award-winning independent documentary (76 min) following the underdog journey of the Miami... Read More
October is Disability Awareness Month! National Disability Awareness Month was declared in 1988 by the United States Congress for October to raise awareness of the employment needs and contributions of individuals with all types of disabilities.
Upcoming events in October 2019:
Monday, October 7
Lupus Panel Event w/DAY, WWN, & YAAA
12:00-1:15 pm | Child Study Center, 230 S. Frontage... Read More