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Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database
Third animated tutorial in a series of three tutorials about using PubMed's MeSH Database. This 4-minute tutorial explains applying subheadings and other features of PubMed's MeSH Database.

Branching Out: The MeSH Vocabulary
This is a video produced by the National Library of Medicine highlighting many of the features and functions of the controlled vocabulary known as MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). MeSH is used by online searchers, indexers, and catalogers. A copy for viewing is available for loan from your National Network of Libraries of Medicine (RML) office. Please call 1-800-338-7657 for further information.

Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database
Second animated tutorial in a series of three about using PubMed's MeSH Database. This 3-minute tutorial explains how to combine MeSH terms using PubMed's MeSH Database.

Getting started with My NCBI
This 5 minute tutorial will demonstrate how to register, sign in and out, change your password, and what to do if you've forgotten your password.

Importing TOXLINE Special Citations into Reference Manager.
A 2-minute online tutorial developed by the Specialized Information Services (SIS) designed to guide useres with importing TOXLINE Special citations into the bibliographic organizer Reference Manager. ***Uses Macromedia's Flash Player

LinkOut Filters
This 6-minute tutorial demonstrates the ability to display LinkOut icons on citations, group resources available from your library, and save a search for articles that are available from your library.

MedlinePlus Tour
This tour of MedlinePlus introduces the users to some of the important content of MedlinePlus.

My NCBI-Filters
This 7 minute tutorial demonstrates the filters feature which allows a searcher to group search results by areas of interest.

NICHSR Introduction to HSR: Class Manual
This manual is used in conjunction with the course also found at "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrr_search/" and is designed to provide health sciences librarians with a greater appreciation of the issues and methodologies of health services research in order to support and partner health services researchers.

PubMed Simple Subject Search Example
This one minute tutorial demonstrates how to perform a basic sinple MEDLINE search.

PubMed Tutorial National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Online interactive tutorial introducing users to the functions and search features of PubMed.

Quick Tour of NLM's Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources
This 4-minute tutorial is an over view of the resources available from the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program. It highlights databases created for the public and databases created for the researcher or scientist. "On the right hand side of the page click on the movie projector icon."

Quick Tour on Searching by Journal in PubMed
A five-minute Quick Tour of how to search for a journal in PubMed.

Quick Tour: Customize the display of your NLM Gateway seach results
This 2-minute tutorial demonstrates the ability to customize the display of your Gateway search results.

Saving Searches with My NCBI
This 4 minute tutorial will demonstrate how to save a search strategy in My NCBI

Searching by Author
Enhanced Author searching techniques in MEDLINE are demonstrated.

Searching by Corporate Author or Conference
4-minute tutorial on searching by the data field "Corporate Author" or "Conference".

Searching by Series in the NLM Catalog
How to search for Series publications in the NLM Catalog.

Searching PubMed by Author and Subject
Author and Subject searching techniques are demonstrated.

Searching with NLM LOCATORplus - Online Help
Collection of tutorials on searching LocatorPlus.

The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
This is a new web-based instructional resource about understanding the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) and how to use them to search MEDLINE®/PubMed® for medical literature and information. The user learns about: the structure of the MeSH hierarchy, how indexers select terms when indexing articles for MEDLINE and how to use MeSH to search PubMed for treatment of chemical and drug terms

The NLM Catalog via Entrez
An introduction to the National Library of Medicine's Catalog.

Tox Mystery
Tox Mystery is the National Library of Medicine's interactive learning site, designed to help children age 7 to 10 find clues about toxic substances that can lurk in the home. With lively animations, surprising sound effects and lots of positive reinforcement, Tox Mystery provides a fun, game-like experience, while teaching important lessons about potential environmental health hazards. ToxMystery is available in both English and Spanish, letting players toggle between the two languages as they explore. Tox Mystery can be used in science, health, and even in Spanish and English language classes. Includes a section for teachers.

Tox Town en espanol
Tox Town en español identifies Spanish-language information in a subject area – environmental health and toxicology – that currently has few Web resources. To supplement the limited Web resources in Spanish, nearly 100 pages of background information describing environmental health concerns were translated and reviewed by a team of bilingual health information specialists.

Toxicology Tutorials
The Toxicology Tutorials are comprised of three tutorials produced by the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program of the National Library of Medicine. They are written to provide a basic understanding of toxicology as an aide for users of toxicology literature contained in NLM's Chemical and Toxicological databases.

Tutorial: Setting Up LinkOut for Libraries
This tutorial is a companion to the printed document "LinkOut and Libraries (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/linkout/doc/liblinkout.html)." Check this document out. After using this program, a user will be able to set up a LinkOut account, complete library indentity information, enter their library holdings, display the libraries' icon. The tutorial also includes tips and tricks.

Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS®) Basics
This is a Web-based learning program that will educate you about the basic principles of the UMLS.

Using Limits in the NLM Catalog
How to use the Limits feature to narrow your search.

Can You Hear Me Now? How to Make a Podcast

Getting Started with LinkOut [PDF]
A presentation guiding users through the LinkOut process. Information includes definitions; how to participate with both electronic and print holdings; advanced options in LinkOut. (This 1.5 MB file is in PDF format. Revised in November 2005.)

Grant Writing
Learn basic tips and techniques for writing and organizing your grant proposal. This workshop will focus on the components of successful grant proposals and offer an opportunity for participants to compose sample objectives, methodologies, and evaluation strategies. (Ruth Holst is the author and instructor of this workshop.)

Searching PubMed with MeSH [PDF]
A trifold phamplet (hand out) highlighting major aspects of the MeSH controlled vocabulary.

Evidence based Public Health Nursing (EBPHN) Tutorial
This tutorial is made up of 6 training modules that were developed by librarians and nurses in order to enhance the search skills of public health nurses as they search for evidence based public health nursing information.

Health Literacy: New Fields, New Opportunities
This tutorial outlines the challenges and the roles for the health literacy practitioners.

Mouse Tutorial
An exercise to help learn how to use a mouse with a computer.

Partners in Information Access for Public Health Professionals
This is a joint project amongst several agencies to provide public health professionals with timely, convenient access to information resources. See Comment field for list of agencies.

Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed®
Learn how to find articles about a chemical or drug of interest. On August 23, 2007 the U.S. National Library of Medicine hosted a 45-minute online search clinic on how the NLM MeSH vocabulary is used to describe substance concepts and how to search PubMed® for relevant substance articles.

Tox Town
This is an interactive web page guiding one to commonly encountered toxic substances, and interactions with your health and the environment. A new feature has been added to the Toxtown web site--Tox City. To experience the "interactivity," you need Macromedia Flash Player, a plug-in for web browsers.

Area Health Education Center of Southwest Oregon Cyber Camp
This site acts as a repository to provide high school youth and educators with regional health career and medical issues information using the Internet and online resources.

Desseminating the Evidence Base in Public Health Nursing
The website promotes the use of evidence in population-based decisions. This website includes links to evidence-based practice resources, online tutorials develped to enhance the search skills of public health nurses as they search for evidence-based public health nursing, and an online Evidence Based Public Health Nursing Disseration Repository.

Evidence Based Medicine Information
Tutorial to acquaint one with Evidence Based Medicine.

Finding HIV/AIDS Information on the Web: An Interactive, Web-Based Tutorial
This tutorial is designed to familiarize users with HIV/AIDS consumer health resources on the Web. The tutorial is made up of four separate sections: Section 1: Introduction to the Web Section 2: Strategies for Locating Reliable HIV/AIDS Information on the Web Section 3: Using Search Engines Effectively Section 4: Evaluating Web Sites Although each of the four sections have been designed to flow logically from one to the next, each section can also be used as a stand-alone training module or refresher for those who may be more or less familiar with certain Web features and functions.

Getting started with PubMed
This web site has several different guides to aid in the use of the features of PubMed.

Introduction to Evidence-based Medicine
This is a self-paced, interactive tutorial that takes the user through the basic steps in the Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) process. Includes several cases to test your knowledge.

IPHI Tutorials
Tutorials for searching the Iowa Public Health Information (IPHI) web site.

Maryland Health Go Local Train the Trainers Session by Target Audience (Older Adults)
As part of contract # NO1-LM-6-3502 we were required to make training materials available on line. This is a guide to do a train the trainer session for older adults

Navigating the FPIN Librarian Community
The PowerPoint training packages available at this website provide the user, whether an OVID or PUBMed searcher, with information about the Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN). The user may use one of these two packages to learn about the search process required to produce evidence-based search results. These results are delivered to the physician author who will incorporate the references into his/her Clinical Inquiry to be published in Journal of Family Practice or American Family Physician.

net.TUTOR
This tutorial introduces the Web browser and basic techniques for using it effectively.

Ovid MEDLINE Tutorial
Interactive web-based tutorial using Ovid to search MEDLINE.

PDA Initiative
This site contains information and recommendations on the various PDAs' available . The site has information on the software available for the various models, training sessions (http://www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/orgs/pda/basicuse.htm), and other useful links.

Public Health Information and Data Tutorial
Online tutorial with content based on the "Public Health Information and Data Training Manual." Four modules cover staying informed about news in public health, health education resources, public health statistics and data sets, and supporting decisions with the best evidence.

Publish Not Perish
A free online tutorial designed to introduce graduate students, junior faculty, and other potential authors to the mysterious world of scholarly publishing, from getting ideas and choosing a journal to submitting and revising a manuscript.

PubMed Tutorial - University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries
Online tutorial to help individuals understand and learn about the functions and search features of PubMed.

Searching with the MeSH Database
A 2-minute animated tutorial explaining the basics of using PubMed's MeSH Database when searching PubMed.

Unified Health Communication
The Health Resources and Services is offering a free online learning experience. Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is a free on-line learning experience that will help you improve your patient communication skills, increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency You may choose to take the course for credit (CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit. The course has five modules and is estimated to take a total of 5 hours to complete. You may complete the course at your own pace. The course is also helpful for consumers who want to improve their ability to talk with their healthcare provider, understand health information and access care. The course could be valuable for librarians as they reach out to provide support and information to the public and health professionals and would provide them another option to obtain continuing education units. In addition, The Unified Health Communication course could complement The Medical Library Association and National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NLM) work in literacy research, curriculum design and hospital outreach.

Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency and Limited English Proficiency.
Unified Health Communication 101: Addressing Health Literacy, Cultural Competency, and Limited English Proficiency is a free on-line learning experience that will help you: improve your patient communication skills increase your awareness and knowledge of the three main factors that affect your communication with patients: health literacy, cultural competency and low English proficiency implement patient-centered communication practices that demonstrate cultural competency and appropriately address patients with limited health literacy and low English proficiency You may choose to take the course for credit (CEU/CE, CHES, CME, CNE) or not for credit. The course has five modules and is estimated to take a total of 5 hours to complete. You may complete the course at your own pace.