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Training and Educational Opportunities

Printable Materials to Support Training on NLM Databases

Resources to Provide Outreach to members of the Public

Training and Events Calendar

Classes Offered

Resources to Support Training in Public Health

Distance Learning: Webinars

NER Lending Library

Resources for Health Science Librarianship

National Training Center and Clearinghouse (National Site)

Resources for Health Sciences Librarianship

Topics on this page:
Getting Started Making Connections Resources Skills

Getting Started

Get to know the National Network of Libraries of Medicine - New England Region.

• Educational programs on National Library of Medicine resources and the provision of health information
• Consultation to develop presentations on NLM resources
• Funding for health information outreach
• Interlibrary loan support for DOCLINE for full members
• Exhibitors for your open house or health fair
• Lending library for medical librarians

Basic Medical Library Management Overview
This NN/LM site is for both professional and non-professional librarians new to health or hospital libraries it seeks to provide instant access to quality resources which will help the librarian meet the needs of the patron.

• First Steps
• Administration of the medical library
• Collection Development
• Database and Internet Sites
• Information
• Additional Resources

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Connecting with other medical librarians
Stay up to date on the latest news and trends in medical librarianship.

• Our Communities of Interest provide the opportunity to learn more about healthy communities, health literacy, healthIT and healthcare workforce issues. Each COI has an e-newsletter and offers webinars.
• NN/LM blogs
• New England Region's blog brings you important messages from the National Library of Medicine and other announcement to support the provision of health information.
• NLM email lists provide announcements about MedlinePlus, AIDSinfo, Citing Medicine, Disaster Outreach, DOCLINE, Tox-Environ-Health, PHPartners, PubMed, RXNORM and more. The National Library of Medicine also offers RSS Feeds for News, Podcasts and Webcasts.
• NLM Technical Bulletin is your source for the latest searching information, is produced by:
  MEDLARS Management Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Subscribe via email or RSS. Contents are not copyrighted and are freely reproducible.
• NAHSL listserv helps you connect with your North Atlantic Health Science Libraries colleagues. Our major announcements are forwarded to this list as well as our blog.
• MEDLIB listserv is a discussion list for Medical Library Association members and other health science librarians to share important information about administrating their libraries and furthering the profession.

Library Associations

National

• MLA: Medical Library Association
  The Medlib-l discussion list can be a major asset to a new health science librarian. Post questions to the list. Monitor the list to learn.
• Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries
  Supports academic health sciences libraries and directors in advancing the patient care, research, education and community service missions of academic health centers.
• SLA: Special Library Association
  SLA has a Biomedical & Life Sciences Division and a Medical Section

Regional

• NAHSL: North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Inc.

State Level


• ARIHSL: Association of Rhode Island Health Sciences Libraries
  
• CAHSL: Connecticut Association of Health Science Librarians
• HSLIC: Maine Health Science Libraries Information Consortium
  
• HSL-NH/VT: Health Science Libraries of New Hampshire and Vermont
  
• MAHSLIN: Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network
  

Consortia Level

• SEMCO: Southeastern Massachusetts Consortium of Health Sciences Libraries

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State Libraries and Regional Library Systems

Connecticut

• Connecticut State Library
• UCONN Healthnet

Maine

• Maine Regional Library System
• Maine State Library

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
• Massachusetts Regional Library Systems

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire State Library

Rhode Island

• State of Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS)

Vermont

• Vermont Department of Libraries

Resources

Understanding how medical terminology is "built" helps librarians communicate effectively with medical personnel and patients. Below are some links that will help you familiarize yourself with the lingo.

• Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
  A nice introduction to basic medical terminology.
• Medical Terminology Links
  Ohio University
  Links to MLA, Medical Abbreviations Dictionary, and Vivisimo.
• MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary
  MedlinePlus features an outstanding Medical Dictionary by Merriam Webster.
• Who Named it?
  Eponym: something named after someone. In medical librarianship, it is most commonly a disease, condition, or drug named after the person who first described or recognized it.
  Biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.

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Health Care Provider Locators

MedlinePlus Directories
Doctors, dentists, donating cord blood, dog guide schools. You name is you will find it here. MedlinePlus is a great starting point for locating physicians, care providers, hospitals and other health care support resources.

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Skills

• National Library of Medicine National Training Center
  The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) offers e-learning and in-person classes related to NLM products and services. The NTC supports the effective use of NLM information products and services by health sciences librarians, public librarians, health professionals, and the public health workforce; and provides leadership to the NN/LM regions related to e-learning delivery methods and instructional best practices for adult learners.
• PubMed: From NLM Tutorial and Quick Tours
  Learn more about PubMed with the online tutorial and quick tours. The quick tours are brief animated tutorials with audio for using PubMed. Topics include searching PubMed, My NCBI and searching PubMed's MeSH Database.
• Environmental Health and Toxicology Tutorials
  From the National Library of Medicine's Specialized Information Services, these tutorials provide a basic understanding of toxicology as an aide for users of toxicology literature in the National Library of Medicine's toxicology and environmental health databases.
• NCBI Online Education
  What is the National Center for Biotechnology Information? How can you use it for your research. Here is your starting point to learn more about resources offered by NCBI.
• e-Science Portal for New England Librarians
  Includes science primers for life sciences, physical sciences and engineering. Learn about opportunities for e-Science professional development.

Bibliographic Management Software

• From NIH Library: Endnote, Managing Your Search Results
  Lists classes at NIH as well as links to users guides and guided tours from Endnote

• From Endnote
  Technical Support and Services, includes guides, tip sheets and information pages
  
• From the Public Health Library at Berkeley
  Compares and contrasts Endnote, Refworks, QUOSA and Zotero
  

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Web Design
If you're charged with putting up a website for your library, here are some sites that might be helpful:

• Web Design: Hospital Libraries Section of MLA
  Provides resources on style, html, graphics and accessibility.
• Hardin MD Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web
  Links to many HSL sites including medical schools.

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