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| NLM Training: PubMed | Agenda |
This full-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed® which includes MEDLINE citations. The class also includes an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) and its importance as a tool to both searchers and indexers.
PubMed is a free class and is awarded 7.5 MLA continuing education credits.
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| NLM Training: NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov | Agenda |
This half-day class is designed to teach students how to use the NLM Gateway. It also includes a discussion and demonstration of ClinicalTrials.gov
NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov is a free class and is awarded 3.5 MLA continuing education credits.
| NLM Training: DOCLINE Explained |
DOCLINE is the National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing and referral system. The purpose of the system is to provide improved document delivery service among libraries in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine® (NN/LM®) by linking journal holdings to efficiently route the requests to potential lending libraries on behalf of the borrower.
The DOCLINE Class is structured for individuals using, or anticipates becoming a DOCLINE participant or a Loansome Doc Provider. This class is hands-on and is held from 9 AM to noon.
All DOCLINE functions are demonstrated and practiced. The class will be taught by the Docline/Resource Sharing Coordinator. Medical Library Association Continuing Education Credits are 3 MLA continuing education credits.
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| NLM Training: TOXNET | Agenda |
This full-day class is designed to convey the basics of searching the NLM's TOXNET®, a Web-based system of databases in the areas of toxicology, environmental health, and related subjects. Students learn the content and structure of files covering toxicology data, toxicology literature, toxic releases, and chemical searching and nomenclature.
Among the databases highlighted will be TOXLINE®, the Hazardous Substances Data Bank, the Integrated Risk Information System, the Toxic Release Inventory, and ChemIDplus.
TOXNET is a free class and is awarded 6 MLA continuing education credits.
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| NLM Training: Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources | Agenda |
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Medical/Scientific Librarians
This three-day course provides an introduction to four domains of information generated by the field of molecular biology:
An overview of search systems available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), with particular focus on Entrez, emphasizes how your current search skills apply to molecular biology databases. The course also introduces more technical search systems, including BLAST and Map Viewer, as well as the Cn3D viewer for three-dimensional protein structures. The course format combines lecture, demonstration, and hands-on experience, and concludes with a discussion of various levels of molecular biology information services provided by librarians.
Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources is a free class and is awarded 20 MLA continuing education credits.
A separate Field Guide Course is specifically designed for Principal Investigators, Postdoctoral Fellows, Graduate and Advanced Undergraduate Students and others in the life sciences who work with biological sequence data. For a description of the Field Guide and a list of upcoming classes, please click on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Class/FieldGuide.
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| NLM Training: UMLS Basics | Agenda |
This 8-hour, hands-on course introduces NLM's Unified Medical Language System (UMLS): what it is and how it is used. Students gain an understanding of the 3 main components, or knowledge sources: the Metathesaurus, the Semantic Network, and the SPECIALIST Lexicon--what these are and how these and related tools are used in a variety of biomedical applications and research. A broad overview of the 100-plus source vocabularies contained in the Metathesaurus is provided. Criteria for assessing the usefulness of specific controlled vocabularies for clinical, research, and educational purposes are discussed. The online UMLS Knowledge Source Server (UMLSKS) is used to access UMLS data throughout the class. Hands-on exercises allow students to practice basic and advanced searching skills. Some experience is provided with software called MetamorphoSys and how it can be applied to produce customized local versions of the Metathesaurus useful for particular applications. The audience are those medical librarians interested in medical informatics who desire an introduction to the UMLS and an understanding of the issues and practical considerations involved in selecting and using appropriate controlled vocabularies for a range of biomedical applications.
UMLS Basics is a free class and is awarded 7.5 MLA continuing education credits.
Training on PubMed and other topics in courses specifically designed for health sciences librarians and information specialists is available at the National Library of Medicine and at numerous sites throughout the U.S.A. To obtain a listing of classes and scheduled sites and dates, go to http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/schedule.html.
Are there Medical Library Association continuing education credits? If so, how many?
Yes. The PubMed and UMLS courses are each awarded 7.5 MLA continuing education credits. NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov is awarded 3.5 MLA continuing education credits. TOXNET is awarded 6.45 MLA continuing education credits.
Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources is a three day course and is awarded 20 MLA continuing education credits.
MeSH is the abbreviation for Medical Subject Headings. MeSH is the NLM authority list of controlled vocabulary terms and other features for subject analysis of the biomedical literature. MeSH is a distinctive feature of MEDLINE which gives uniformity and consistency to the indexing of the literature. MeSH can lead you from a synonym to the preferred MeSH heading, give information about the use of the MeSH heading, and show relationships between MeSH headings.
In 1986, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), began a long term research and development project to build a Unified Medical Language System (UMLS®). The purpose of the UMLS is to aid the development of systems that help health professionals and researchers retrieve and integrate electronic biomedical information from a variety of sources and to make it easy for users to link disparate information systems, including computer-based patient records, bibliographic databases, factual databases, and expert systems. The UMLS project develops "Knowledge Sources" that can be used by a wide variety of applications programs to overcome retrieval problems caused by differences in terminology and the scattering of relevant information across many databases.
The classes are FREE. You do not need to purchase any items beforehand, but the workbook is not bound, so a three-ring binder is very useful, along with a highlighter pen. Binders are provided at NLM, Bethesda, Maryland classes.
It would be helpful to take a look at PubMed and the PubMed Tutorial. Work your way through the HELP areas. You might want to try searching just to get used to the PubMed interface. Look for information on Lyme Disease. Search for this author: Kissel V. Familiarize yourself with the MeSH Vocabulary. Take a look at the MeSH Browser developed by the MeSH Section at NLM.
No. All attendees are on their own for meals.
What are the hours of the class?
PubMed is 8:30AM - 5:00PM Agenda
NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov is 8:30AM - 12:00PM
Agenda
TOXNET is 9:00AM - 4:30PM Agenda
Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources is a three day
course from 9:00AM - 5:00PM Agenda
UMLS Basics is 8:30AM - 5:00PM Agenda
There is no dress code but we suggest dressing in layers; many computer labs are very cool, or very warm.
You may register using the form
on this Web site and send to ntcc@nyam.org; or print off the form and
mail or fax to the following address:
Eva Daniels
National Training Center and Clearinghouse NN/LM
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
FAX: 212-534-7042
Sorry, no phone registrations.
I live outside the United States, where can I take training?
International users should contact the nearest NLM International MEDLARS Center for details on the availability of training. These Centers assist health professionals in accessing MEDLARS databases, offer search training, provide document delivery and perform other functions as biomedical information resource centers. A listing of all the International MEDLARS Centers is available at www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/intlmedlars.html. Please also consider the distance training available via the PubMed Tutorial. The workbooks used in our classes are also available for download with no copyright restrictions.
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