The New Books section consists of items recently added to our collection. Our newly created Graphic Medicine collection features graphic novels about various healthcare subjects. Both collections can be found on the main floor of the library across from the circulation desk.
Click the links below to access the full collection and to request items using Quicksearch:
Recently Added Items... Read More
As of January 1, 2025, works published in 1929 in the United States are now in the Public Domain and no longer have copyright protection. Next year, published works from 1930 will go into the Public Domain.
Some examples of works entering the Public Domain include:
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Mickey Mouse feature films, including The... Read More
We are excited to announce that we recently added Examine.com to our collection.
Examine evaluates scientific literature and provides research summaries on nutrition, supplements and other non-pharmaceutical health interventions.
Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital affiliates can create Examine accounts by registering with their @yale.edu and @ynhh.org email address here https://examine.... Read More
The library has coordinated trial access to the Web of Science Research Assistant, which will run through December 20, 2024. The Research Assistant is a generative AI tool that helps locate key papers, manage research tasks, and visualize connections from the Web of Science Core Collection. Web of Science is a citation database that indexes leading scholarly articles in the sciences, social... Read More
Data Librarian for the Health Sciences Kaitlin Throgmorton, Research & Education Librarian for Bioinformatics Rolando Garcia-Milian, and Research & Education Librarian for Bioinformatics Sofia Fertuzinhos were awarded the 2024 Linda K. Lorimer Award for Distinguished Service. This prestigious award celebrates staff members who embody Yale’s spirit of leadership, innovation,... Read More
We are excited to announce the addition of several new electronic journals to the library’s collection!
The Lancet Journals
We now have access to all journals published by the Lancet. New titles include The Lancet Neurology, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, and The Lancet Rheumatology.
Mary Ann Liebert
We also added two titles from Mary Ann Liebert: Journal of Correctional... Read More
By Stéphan Ballard
As I journeyed back through the mountains of the Adirondacks, it offered a moment to reflect on my path to Yale, the Cushing Library, and the fortunate opportunity granted by Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical Photographic History.
My project, Operating Theater, is a photographic tribute to the intimate, transformative space of surgical practice... Read More
Ahead of Open Access (OA) Week, the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is celebrating all things open!
Whether you’re looking to make your next paper open access, lower (or eliminate!) your article processing charges (APCs), choose a dataset license, or learn more about fair use, we’ve got you covered with a curated bundle of open access trainings, events, and activities for the week of October 21-... Read More
By Hannah Darvin, 2024 Ferenc Gyorgyey/Stanley Simbonis YSM’57 Research Travel
I first came across Luke Fildes’s The Doctor while visiting Tate Britain as an art history student. I was struck by its size and subject matter. Measuring over 6 feet high and 9 feet wide, it depicts a child on the precipice of death, watched over intently by a physician who is prominently lit and placed at the... Read More
Exhibition curated by Terry Dagradi, Sofia Fertuzinhos PhD, Rolando Garcia Milian MLIS, Melissa Grafe PhD, Dana Haugh MLS, and Kaitlin Throgmorton MLIS.
On view in the hallway and Cushing Rotunda from August 21, 2024 – February 2, 2025
Curated to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bioinformatics Support Hub at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, the "Data as Art" exhibition invites... Read More
