On Tuesday, September 17th the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library will join Yale University Library in celebration of Constitution Day with a reading of the U.S. Constitution. The reading will take place from 12pm - 1:30pm at the entrance of the medical library. All are invited to listen and/or join in reciting this historic document. Free pocket-sized copies of the Constitution will also be... Read More
The method for accessing Ovid will change in Fall 2019. Users who want to keep saved searches or auto alerts must follow the steps below to migrate their account.
How to migrate your saved searches and auto alerts:
Follow the steps below:
1. Go to the Ovid landing page
2. Select “Start Ovid”
3. Select “My Account” (top-right corner)
4. Select “Create Account... Read More
Exhibition curated by Terry Dagradi and Deborah Streahle
The Medical Library celebrates the first decade of the Cushing Center with a special exhibition leading up the its anniversary.
Throughout his career as a groundbreaking neurosurgeon, Dr. Cushing took detailed notes on what patients told him about their serious, often mysterious ailments. He had patients sit for diagnostic photos and... Read More
The Medical Historical Library is pleased to announce the addition of a new collection to our archives: The Hall-Benedict Drug Company Logbooks and Ledgers (Ms Coll 66), a collection of seventy-five volumes and six boxes, that documents the history of one of the oldest independent drug stores in Connecticut. The collection includes bound prescription logbooks and bound and loose financial ledgers... Read More
The library will be open on September 2nd (Labor Day) from 11:00am - 4:00pm. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7:30am.
As always, the 24/7 Computer and Study Room will remain open.
Grant Wood’s American Gothic Repurposed and Several Anti-Smoking Acquisitions on view now at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.
“American Gothic” is one of the best known works by an American artist. Iowa native Grant Wood was inspired by the small town Iowan home in Gothic Revival style and asked his sister and his dentist to pose for the painting as father and daughter residents of the well... Read More
You can reserve group study rooms, meeting spaces, and classrooms in the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library (CWML) through https://rrs.yale.edu/.
The CWML now offers five meeting rooms, one 125-seat classroom, and eight 16-seat classrooms. The E-level classrooms can be combined into three 32-seat classrooms.
For a full list of bookable spaces, their features, and instructions on how to reserve them... Read More
Would you like to grow and thrive professionally in a collaborative, supportive, and user-centered environment? Do you enjoy working with students? Come work with us!
The Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library (CWML) at Yale seeks a proactive, service-oriented, and creative Research and Education Librarian (Librarian I-II) to support the research and education needs of medical... Read More
Please welcome our newest team member Dr. Nur-Taz Rahman, Simbonis Fellow in Bioinformatics - made possible through the generosity of the estate of Dr. Stanley Simbonis ’53, ‘57MD.
In her new role, Nur will be serving as an informationist in the established Bioinformatics Support Program at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Nur is not new to Yale as she completed her PhD in the lab of... Read More