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Yale School of Public Health Library Orientation: For new faculty and staff

This guide welcomes new affiliates of YSPH and introduces the library resources and services that will help you accomplish your goal: building your competency in evidence-based public health

New-at-YSPH to-do list

Welcome to the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library! We have so many services, resources, and webpages that it's possible to get lost. This page is a simple guide to get you started as new affiliates at YSPH.

set up two-factor authentication on your phone for Yale VPN access
set up YaleLinks in Google Scholar
set up YaleLinks in PubMed
you don't have a citation manager? Then choose one
set up Yale credentials in your citation manager
set up an ORCID and populate it with your existing publications
check if you're in compliance with the NIH public access policy -- and if you're not, fix it
check out Yale University Library resources for fun too: pleasure reading and streaming is great for work-life balance
say hello to your librarian -- pop in to office hours or let's have coffee over Zoom

Support for research

Literature: journal articles and books
Bioinformatics
Geographic information systems
Evidence synthesis search service
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee search for alternatives service
Medical Historical Library
Research data service
Publishing and open access support
Research impact assessment

Support for teaching

I can visit your class for a series or a one-off session, with lecture, discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on activities about literature searching; email me to set this up. Office hours, video tutorial, or webpage for your class? Sure, get in touch!
Course reserves service: we'll make it easy for your students to access their readings.
Textbook purchasing: this library is willing to buy anything you want to assign, if the publisher sells it to libraries.

Get help

You can contact your librarian, Kate Nyhan, about any library-related question.

Email: kate.nyhan@yale.edu. When I'm away from Yale, my away message will always connect you to someone else who can help.
Schedule a meeting, in Outlook or at https://freebusy.io/kate.nyhan@yale.edu.

You can get help on nights and weekends too.

Email: AskYaleMedicalLibrary@yale.edu
Phone: 203-785-5354

I want to read XXXXX -- how?

Find out how to get print books, ebooks, and online journals on the "Access the collections" tab.

Sometimes, self-service is faster

Interlibrary loan for articles and books
- make a request at https://guides.library.yale.edu/medill
- talk to a person at (203) 785-4346
Suggest a purchase
- https://library.medicine.yale.edu/services/forms/purchase
Report a problem accessing electronic journals and books
- http://ask-e.library.yale.edu/index.php
- e-resprob@mailman.yale.edu

Sometimes, you get help from places outside of the library

Canvas: the library can help with the course reserves tool. For everything else about Canvas, get help from the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning.

VPN: the library can troubleshoot if you are on the VPN and running into paywalls on journal sites. If you're having trouble setting up the VPN or logging in to the VPN, get help from Yale ITS.

You can also find IT information specific to YSPH at https://publichealth.yale.edu/about/gateways/students/computing.aspx.

Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library