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CLS Library Summer Curriculum: Schedule of Activities

The main objective of this program is to help new international PhD students familiarize themselves with the Yale library system and become expert users of library collections and resources.

Pre-Work Session 1

Please watch these videos prior to the August 7 workshop.

Understanding call numbers
(2 minutes)

Find Databases using Quicksearch
(2.5 minutes)

Off campus access to e-resources
(1 minute)

Pre-Work Session 2

Please watch either of these videos prior to the August 8 workshop.

How to use EndNote 21 (Windows or MacOS)
(7 minutes)

Session 1

2:00-3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Biomedical students:
Biology & Biomedical Sciences
Public Health, Nursing

Introduction to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Caitlin Meyer

Sterling Hall of Medicine
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Room E24/25

Directions

All others


Introduction to the Yale Library
Kayleigh Bohemier and Andy Shimp

Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall

Directions

Session 2

2:00-3:00 pm, Thursday, August 8, 2024

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Biomedical students:
Biology & Biomedical Sciences
Public Health, Nursing

Literature Searching and Citation Management
Caitlin Meyer

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Room 111

Directions

All others


Literature Searching and Citation Management
Kayleigh Bohemier and Andy Shimp

Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall

Directions

Session 3

2:00-3:00 pm, Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Student Group

Topic / Instructor

Open to all participants

 

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library and Bass Library

Four concurrent tours with a limit of 15 participants each.

Meet inside the entrance to Sterling Memorial Library,
120 High Street

Directions

Session 4

2:00-3:00 pm, Friday, August 16, 2023

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Open to all participants

Tour of the Marx Science and Social Science Library
Kayleigh Bohemier and Andy Shimp

Directions

Open to all participants


Tour of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Tubyez Cropper

Directions

Open to all participants

Tour of the Sterling Memorial Library

Directions

Session 5

2:00-3:00 pm, Monday, August 19, 2024

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Open to all participants

Medical Library Tour: Historical Materials & the Cushing Center
Caitlin Meyer

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Sterling Hall of Medicine

Directions

Open to all participants


Tour of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Tubyez Cropper

Directions

Open to all participants

Tour of the Sterling Memorial Library

Directions

Contacts

Kayleigh Bohemier
Science and Engineering Librarian
Marx Science and Social Science Library
kayleigh.bohemier@yale.edu

Caitlin Meyer
Research and Education Librarian & Coordinator of Instruction
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
caitlin.meyer@yale.edu

Andy Shimp
Science and Engineering Librarian
Marx Science and Social Science Library
andy.shimp@yale.edu