From left: Lei Wang, Judy Spak, Jan Glover
On December 7, the Yale Physician Associate Program recognized librarians Jan Glover, Judy Spak, and Lei Wang "for their support & dedication to the thesis & student research." Each year, these librarians work intensively with students in helping define their thesis statement, and then guiding and assisting them as they conduct... Read More
As always at this time of year, there will be some changes to the library's usual schedule in the coming weeks. Here is a summary of library hours from December 23 - January 2:
December 23, 2015: 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
December 24 & 25: CLOSED
December 25: CLOSED
December 26 -30: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
December 31 - January 1: CLOSED
January 2: back to... Read More
Starting tomorrow, we will be waiving fines for one week for our "Food for Fines" food bank drive. Bring in a non-perishable food item for the Connecticut Food Bank and take up to $5.00 off your Medical Library overdue book fines.
Tomorrow, Friday, December 11th, will be Finn's last visit until next year. After that he will be taking his annual Holiday Break. Catch him while you can!
Finn, our Friday therapy dog, & his mom Krista are taking today off. Sorry for the late notice! They'll be off next Friday as well, but will return Friday, December 18 for their usual scheduled visit from noon to 2pm.
The Yale Medical Library and Yale Program for Humanities in Medicine partnered on behalf of the Yale Medical Library’s newest collection: Humanities in Medicine. This collection focuses on works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that relate to the human condition and human experience.
This month, we feature a newly published memoir by neurosurgeon Henry Marsh: Do No Harm. Marsh’... Read More
Please come visit us in the Library, which is all dressed up for the holidays! In particular, marvel at our iconic Book Tree, nestled by the fireplace in the Medical Historical Library. Library staff lovingly built the 3rd edition of our Book Tree, using almost 500 volumes from the National Union Catalog. We wish you a very happy holiday season!
Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. We’ve come a long way since the first cases of the disease emerged over 30 years ago, and today there is a wealth of information resources on HIV/AIDS.
For more in-depth research, at Yale, we provide access to over 200 e-books on HIV/AIDS topics, plus thousands of additional titles available in print. NIAID offers detailed information on current research... Read More
Last night, while preparing an RNAseq dataset for functional analysis. I found this problem again. When opening high-throughput data results into Excel be aware that this software will convert (by default) some gene symbols into a date format- see examples in the table below. These conversions are not reversible so the original name cannot be recovered. Zeeberg et al. reported this problem back... Read More
GIDEON (Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network) is a global infectious disease knowledge management tool. It is designed to assist in diagnosing infectious diseases and staying current on the latest trends in epidemiology and treatment. It also provides information on the history of outbreaks. Gideon is used for diagnosis and reference in... Read More