Finn the Therapy Dog will return this semester. Starting Friday, January 29th he will resume his regular schedule. Come take a break from 12pm-2pm and visit Finn and his friend Krista Knudson in the library foyer.
Note: Finn will be on vacation: February 12, March 11, 18, and 25.
(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
The library will be closed Monday, January 18 in observance of the annual celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For service opportunities and other events, please visit https://mlk.yale.edu/.
On Friday 1/15 at 5pm, the Beaumont Club is sponsoring a lecture about the Library's exhibit “Historical Illustrations of Skin Disease: Selections from the New Sydenham Society Atlas 1860-1884.” The lecture will be given by Jean Bolognia, MD, and Irwin Braverman, MD, both of the Department of Dermatology, and Susan Wheeler, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Medical Library. More details are... 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
Many genetic variants are novel or rare which makes difficult their clinical interpretation. The DECIPHER Consortium was initiated in 2004 as a community of academic centers of Clinical Genetics who submit consented, anonymized genotype and phenotype data from patients with rare genomic disorders for sharing with other clinicians and... Read More
What is deafness? From a medical perspective, deafness is an audiological condition that might be resolved through hearing aids or cochlear implants. But from another perspective, to be Deaf (often spelled with a capital “D”) is to belong to a culture, with a shared language and identity. This exhibit explores how people have understood deaf communication and Deaf culture since the seventeenth... Read More
(by Denise Hersey)
If you need to create a survey as part of your research, you now have access to Qualtrics, an online survey tool which is HIPPA-compliant. Qualtrics allows you to create surveys with a myriad of different question types and report options. You can also collaborate on surveys with colleagues at Yale and share results and data. Qualtrics is easy to use, but... Read More
(by Nathan Rupp and Melissa Grafe)
Nearly 900 Yale School of Medicine theses are now available through Yale University’s online institutional repository known as EliScholar. These include “current” theses published in the last decade that have come out of embargo as well as several YSM alumni theses published as far back as 1952. These theses document the rich research done... Read More