Yale University Library Research Guides: Therapeutic Radiology/Radiation Oncology: Home

Welcome

Welcome! This toolkit is to identify top resources for the Department of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale. In this guide, you'll find:

Databases of interest to your specialty.
Services available to help with your research.

Quick Links

Library Services

Bioinformatics Support
Bioinformatics resources and tools, consultation, training, and services offered by the Medical Library are free for any Yale affiliate including faculty, students, postdocs, and staff.
Library Classes
All classes are free to all faculty, students and staff of Yale-New Haven Medical Center and Yale University.
GIS & Statistical Resources
Statistical Consultants work in a question-and-answer mode to help people with particular questions that come up in their research or classroom activities using statistical software, statistical methodologies, and geographic information systems.
Systematic Review (and other Searching) Service
Librarians are available to assist with systematic reviews and basic literature searching.

Other Library Resources

Electronic Journals and Books
Quicksearch Books+
The main Library catalog where you will find books and other material held in the Yale University Library.

Staying Current

Read by QxMD
Read by QxMD is a web and mobile application that provides full text access to institutional journals subscriptions via the iPad, iPhone, Android, and web-enabled desktop.

Core Library Databases

Embase
Embase lives on the Ovid platform and is good for those interested in topics outside of mainstream medicine and outside of the United States. EMBASE is also particularly good for pharmacology searches, includes conference papers (unlike MEDLINE), and has its own controlled vocabulary system called Emtree.
PubMed
Scopus
Scopus offers peer-reviewed abstracts and citations in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Materials included range from scientific journals and books to conference proceedings.
Web of Science

Top Library Mobile Apps and Point-of-Care Tools

DynaMed Mobile App
This app provides full offline content to the DynaMed point-of-care resource. The application and data require approximately 1GB free on your device. To start the download process, go to DynaMed Plus, on the Yale or YNHH network and click on the link "Mobile Use - Get the DynaMed Plus Mobile App". Enter your email address and follow the instructions provided in the email you receive.
UpToDate Mobile App
The application is free but users MUST register to create a personal username and password in order to use the UpToDate mobile application. You must be on the Yale University or Yale-New Haven Hospital network (or using remote access) to register.
more...less...
Go to UptoDate Online on a computer and click on "Login/Register" or the "Register Now" link and complete the registration form. You will be prompted to enter the username/password you just created the first time you use the App. EPIC users can register with UpToDate from within the EPIC system. This will link your EPIC login with your UpToDate personal account and allow you to accumulate AMA Category 1 CME by reading UpToDate content while in the EPIC system.
UCentral Mobile App
All content is installed by default including Prime PubMed, 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, Essential Evidence/POEMS, Evidence-based Medicine Guidelines, Hopkins Manual of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Taber's Medical Dictionary, selected MEDLINE Journals & Unbound Medline search.
more...less...
First Time Users - You must be on the Yale or YNHH network to create your mobile account username and password. Either Register for Mobile Download online or download the App and then click on "Learn more/Support" to complete your registration on your mobile device. If it asks for a serial number then you are not connected to the Yale/YNHH network.
VisualDx Mobile App
An active Internet connection is required to use VisualDx. You must register for a personal account while on either the Yale University or YNHH Secure WiFi network (or via a Yale VPN connection). After registering, download the app. Then activate it with the username and password you created on the online version of VisualDx.
more...less...
VisualDx is a diagnostic decision support system designed by clinicians to aid medical professionals in the diagnosis of visually identifiable diseases.

Clinical Librarian

Zsuzsanna Nemeth

Services Provided by a Departmental Librarian

Email me for help with a range of services, including:

Expert searching of the literature in databases like PubMed
Orientation to the library and its services for new residents, fellows, or faculty
One-on-one consultations for your research projects
Learning how to obtain library materials such as article PDFs or books
Citation management programs, such as Endnote and Refworks
Support for Systematic Reviews
Advice for Keeping Current

I'm available by phone and email. I can also meet in person in your office or at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.

Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library

Therapeutic Radiology/Radiation Oncology: Home