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Class Descriptions for the National Training Center & Clearinghouse (NTCC)
PubMed® | PubMed® Clinics of North America | NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov | TOXNET® and Beyond | UMLS® Basics
PubMed®, Gateway and ClinicalTrials.gov and TOXNET® and Beyond are taught by the trainers at the National Training Center and Clearinghouse throughout the United States and by the MEDLARS Management Section trainers at the National Library of Medicine. For the teaching responsibilities for the other classes listed on this page, please see the class descriptions.
Print and bring your workbook to class.
Beginning May 1, 2009 a new workbook policy will be implemented. Due to the continuing rise in printing and shipping costs, the National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) will NO longer provide workbooks for class participants.
It will be the responsibility of each registered class participant to produce and bring the various workbooks to the classes for which he/she is registered.
Classes held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD are not included in this new policy.
Participants may download and print out the workbooks from the NIH website.
The PubMed® and NLM Gateway/ClinicalTrials.gov workbooks are available in two formats: Microsoft Word and PDF (Adobe Acrobat).
The TOXNET® and Beyond workbook is available in one format: PDF (Adobe Acrobat).
The Adobe Acrobat reader is freely available for download from Adobe's website.
NLM Training: PubMed® Agenda >
Download workbook > PDF (5.0 MB) MS Word (6.9 MB)
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.
PubMed® Clinics of North America: A Problem-based Approach to PubMed® Searching Agenda >
The three hour workshop will focus on a problem-based approach in
learning to search the PubMed database. Through case studies, group
exercises and hands-on practice participants will become more efficient
PubMed searchers. The class is geared for intermediate and advanced
PubMed searchers.
CE Credits: 3
NLM Training: NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov Agenda >
Download workbook > PDF (5.1 MB) MS Word (15.3 MB)
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: TOXNET® and Beyond: Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal Agenda >
Download workbook > PDF (6.0 MB)
Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal
This course 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 fields. The course will also teach students the utilize NLM's environmental health and toxicology portal which provides resources beyond the TOXNET® databases. Students will learn the content and structure of files covering toxicology data, toxicology literature, toxic releases, and chemical nomenclature. Among the databases highlighted will be TOXLINE, the Hazardous Substances Data Bank, the Integrated Risk Information System, the Toxi Release Inventory, and ChemIDplus. The course, taught by NLM instructors, will be conducted in a computer lab and includes lectures, online demonstrations, and hands-on exercises.
TOXNET® is a free class and is awarded 6.0 MLA continuing education credits.
NLM Training: UMLS® Basics Agenda >
This class is only taught by NLM Personnel and is only held at the National Library of Medicine, in Bethesda.
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.
