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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 20 (Windows or MacOS)
(7 minutes)

Session 1

2:00-3:00 pm, Monday, August 7, 2023

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Biomedical students:
Biology & Biomedical Sciences
Public Health, Nursing

Introduction to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Kayla Del Biondo

Sterling Hall of Medicine
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Room E28/E29

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, Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Biomedical students:
Biology & Biomedical Sciences
Public Health, Nursing

Literature Searching and Citation Management
Alyssa Grimshaw and Kaitlin Throgmorton

Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Room E26/E27

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, Friday, August 11, 2023

Student Group

Topic / Instructor

Open to all participants

 

Tour of Sterling Memorial Library and Bass Library
Colin McCaffrey
Konstanze Kunst
Andy Shimp
Katy Webb

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

Directions

Session 4

2:00-3:00 pm, Wednesday, 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

Session 5

2:00-3:00 pm, Thursday, August 17, 2023

Student Group Topic / Instructor

Open to all participants

Medical Library Tour: Historical Materials & the Cushing Center
Melissa Grafe and Terry Dagradi

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

Contacts

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

Kayla Del Biondo
Simbonis Librarian for Public Health
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
kayla.delbiondo@yale.edu

Alyssa Grimshaw
Clinical Research and Education Librarian
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
allysa.grimshaw@yale.edu

Andy Shimp
Librarian for Engineering and Applied Science, Chemistry and Mathematics
Marx Science and Social Science Library
andy.shimp@yale.edu

Kaitlin Throgmorton
Data Librarian for the Health Sciences
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
kaitlin.throgmorton@yale.edu