Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is Yale University's primary medical and health sciences library, renowned for its extensive historical and contemporary biomedical collections and resources.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cushing/Whitney Medical Library canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4829463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Context triple: [Yale University Library system, hasComponent, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library]
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Osler Library of the History of Medicine
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is a renowned special collections library in Montreal dedicated to the historical study of medicine, built around the personal collection of physician Sir William Osler.
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B.
Whittaker Library
Whittaker Library is the specialist academic library of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, supporting study and research in music, drama, dance, and related performing arts.
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C.
Goldfarb Library
Goldfarb Library is a main campus library building at Brandeis University that houses extensive academic collections and study spaces for students and faculty.
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D.
Miller Library
Miller Library is the main academic library of Washington College, providing research resources and study spaces for its students and faculty.
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E.
Lilly Library
Lilly Library is one of Duke University’s campus libraries, serving as a key academic and study space for students and faculty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Target entity description: The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is Yale University's primary medical and health sciences library, renowned for its extensive historical and contemporary biomedical collections and resources.
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A.
Osler Library of the History of Medicine
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is a renowned special collections library in Montreal dedicated to the historical study of medicine, built around the personal collection of physician Sir William Osler.
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B.
Whittaker Library
Whittaker Library is the specialist academic library of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, supporting study and research in music, drama, dance, and related performing arts.
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C.
Goldfarb Library
Goldfarb Library is a main campus library building at Brandeis University that houses extensive academic collections and study spaces for students and faculty.
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D.
Miller Library
Miller Library is the main academic library of Washington College, providing research resources and study spaces for its students and faculty.
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E.
Lilly Library
Lilly Library is one of Duke University’s campus libraries, serving as a key academic and study space for students and faculty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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medical library ⓘ research library ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Yale New Haven Hospital
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Yale School of Medicine ⓘ Yale School of Nursing ⓘ Yale School of Public Health ⓘ |
| collectionType |
biomedical literature
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contemporary medical collections ⓘ health sciences literature ⓘ historical medical collections ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Cushing Brain Tumor Registry
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anatomical drawings ⓘ clinical decision support tools ⓘ databases ⓘ electronic books ⓘ electronic journals ⓘ evidence-based medicine resources ⓘ historical medical instruments ⓘ medical archives ⓘ medical journals ⓘ medical manuscripts ⓘ rare medical books ⓘ |
| hasFacility | Cushing Center ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Yale University medical campus
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linked to:
Yale School of Medicine buildings
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| name | Cushing/Whitney Medical Library ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Betsey Cushing Whitney
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Harvey Cushing ⓘ |
| offersService |
data management support
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instruction in evidence-based practice ⓘ literature search support ⓘ reference services ⓘ research consultations ⓘ systematic review support ⓘ |
| partOf | Yale University ⓘ |
| primaryLibraryFor |
Yale School of Medicine
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Yale School of Nursing ⓘ Yale School of Public Health ⓘ |
| serves |
Yale clinicians
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Yale faculty ⓘ Yale researchers ⓘ Yale students ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
biomedical sciences
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clinical medicine ⓘ history of medicine ⓘ medicine ⓘ nursing ⓘ public health ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Description of subject: The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is Yale University's primary medical and health sciences library, renowned for its extensive historical and contemporary biomedical collections and resources.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.