Register for the Next Round of PubMed for Librarians!

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine Training Office (NTO) offers a series of free, online CE webinars called PubMed for Librarians, through which you can learn more about PubMed and enhance your searching skills. All classes are 90 minutes and include hands-on work. Take one or more (or all) of the classes! The series is set to begin again at the end of August. PubMed for Librarians: Introduction – August 29, 2:00-3:30 PM ET – Learn about the difference between PubMed and MEDLINE, how to run a basic PubMed search, assess your search results, analyze search details, customize PubMed with My NCBI, search for a known citation; plus, brief introductions to MeSH, automatic term mapping, search tags and subheadings. PubMed for Librarians: MeSH – September 5, 2:00-3:30 PM ET – Learn about the National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database, including the 4 different types of MeSH terms and how searchers can benefit from using MesH to build a search. This class will investigate the structure of the MeSH database and look at the components of a MeSH record. PubMed for Librarians: Automatic Term Mapping – September 12, 2:00-3:30 PM ET – Learn about how PubMed uses Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) to map your keyword searches to the controlled vocabulary of the MeSH database. Learn how ATM allows you to effectively search PubMed with keywords. This class will also look at the explosion feature, what is and isn’...
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Tags: Education Source Type: news