Distance Education Program Resources
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
See also the archive.
- PubMed Tutorial (instructional Web site, August 2012)
- The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in MEDLINE®/PubMed® (instructional Web site)
- Branching Out: The MeSH Vocabulary (11 min. video, May 2012)
- U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Non-English Guides to PubMed® Resources
Webcasts (Adobe FlashTM)
- PubMed Update (25 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- Managing Public Access Compliance Using My NCBI (27 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed (1 hour video, August 2007)
Quick Tours
Brief tutorials on specific topics. Running times are rounded to the nearest minute.
- Searching PubMed
- Search PubMed by Author (2 min., January 2012)
- Searching PubMed by Author and Subject (1 min., June 2012)
- PubMed Simple Subject Search (1 min., June 2012)
- PubMed Simple Subject Search: How It Works (1 min., June 2012)
- PubMed: The Filters Sidebar (YouTube video, May 2012)
- Advanced Search Builder (YouTube video, December 2011)
- Search for a Journal (2 min., January 2012)
- Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue (1 min., February 2010)
- Need the Full Text Article? (2 min., YouTube video, November 2011)
- Searching PubMed with the MeSH Database
- Searching with the MeSH Database (3 min., September 2012)
- Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (3 min., September 2012)
- Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database (3 min., September 2012)
- Managing Results
- Changing Your Default Display Settings (2 min., September 2012)
- My NCBI
- New Homepage (YouTube video, 2 min., February 2011)
- Retrieving Your My NCBI Username or Password (2 min., revised April 2011)
- Changing Your Default Display Settings (2 min., September 2012)
- Save Searches and Set E-mail Alerts (2 min., YouTube video, revised January 2012)
- Changing Saved Searches (2 min., April 2011)
- E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals (3 min., March 2012)
- Save Search Results in Collections (3 min., YouTube video, revised August 2012)
- Editing Collections (3 min., revised May 2011)
- My Bibliography (3 min., YouTube video, revised January 2012)
- Sharing Collections (2 min., revised May 2011)
- Filters (3 min., revised September 2012)
- Custom Filters (2 min., revised September 2012)
- Links to Full Text from Your Library (Library LinkOut Filters) (3 min., June 2012)
- Selecting Your Outside Tool Preference (3 min., April 2011)
Handouts: U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) resources
- PubMed Basics (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- Searching PubMed with MeSH (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- My NCBI (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- Full Text and PubMed (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- Loansome Doc (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
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Catalog - See NLM Catalog
Cataloging
- Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging (online training course)
Classification - See NLM Classification
- Updated Quick Tours coming soon!
Comparative Effectiveness
- Comparative Effectiveness Research (Webinar from the Pacific Northwest RML, October 2011)
- Comparative Effectiveness Research: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (19 min., MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
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DailyMed
- MyMedicationList & DailyMed® Update (22 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
Disaster Information
- Disaster Health Information Update ( 27 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
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Education
- NLM K-12 Educational Resources: History of Medicine Division (11 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
- NLM K-12 Educational Resources: Specialized Information Services (11 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
Environmental Health
- Drug, Toxicology & Environmental Health Update (20 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- Quick Tour of NLM Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources (4 min., April 2006)
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Gateway - See NLM Gateway
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Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
- Outreach and Training Activities
- Health Indicators Webinar Series (2010)
- Public Health & Health Services Research at NLM: A Tale of Two Portals (17 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
History of Medicine
- Native Voices and Other Voices (16 min., MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- Digital Collections & More from the History of Medicine Division (17 min., MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
- History of Medicine Update (25 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2010)
- Turning the Pages of Micrographia (23 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2007, see transcript)
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Indexing for MEDLINE
- Online Indexing Training Module (instructional Web site)
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Journals Database - See NLM Catalog
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K-12 Education
- NLM K-12 Educational Resources: History of Medicine Division (11 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
- NLM K-12 Educational Resources: Specialized Information Services (11 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
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- LinkOut and Submission Utility Update (8 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
Managing Library Holdings in the Library Submission Utility
- Retrieving your password for the Library Submission Utility (1 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Finding Journals (2 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Entering Online Holdings Infromation (4 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Print Holdings (4 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Uploading Icons (1 min., August 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Contact Info (1 min., August 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Library Info, PrId, and NameAbbr (1 min., August 2012)
Other features of the Library Submission Utility
- Library Submission Utility: Managing Outside Tool (3 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: Export Holdings (1 min., April 2012)
- Library Submission Utility: View Usage Statistics (2 min., April 2012)
LinkOut for Libraries features in My NCBI
- Links to Full Text from Your Library (Library LinkOut Filters) (3 min., April 2011)
- Selecting Your Outside Tool Preference (3 min., April 2011)
- My NCBI Shared Settings (2 min., revised March 2012)
Loansome Doc
- Loansome Doc (U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) tri-fold handout in PDF format)
LocatorPlus
- Tutorial (instructional Web site)
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MEDLINE - see Indexing for MEDLINE and PubMed
- MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus Connect (23 min., MLA Annual Meeting presentation, May 2012)
- MedlinePlus Tour (8 min., also available in Spanish)
- MedlinePlus Connect: Linking EHRs and Patient Portals to Consumer Health Information (33 min., MLA Webinar, July 2011)
- Evaluating Internet Health Information (16 min.)
- Understanding Medical Words: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
Handouts: U.S. National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) resources
- MedlinePlus (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- MedlinePlus Spanish (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
- MedlinePlus for Health Professionals (tri-fold handout in PDF format)
Medical Library Association 2012 Annual Meeting Theater Presentations (Adobe FlashTM )
For earlier meetings, see the archive.
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- Disaster Health Information Update ( 27 min.)
- Drug, Toxicology & Environmental Health Update (20 min.)
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about ClinicalTrials.gov (14 min.)
- LinkOut and Submission Utility Update (8 min.)
- Managing Public Access Compliance Using My NCBI (27 min.)
- MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus Connect (23 min.)
- Native Voices and Other Voices (16 min.)
- NIHSeniorHealth Redesign (7 min.)
- Public Health & Health Services Research at NLM: A Tale of Two Portals (17 min.)
- PubMed Health (26 min.)
- PubMed Update (25 min.)
- UMLS and RxNorm Update (20 min.)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®)
- The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in MEDLINE®/PubMed® (instructional Web site)
- Branching Out: The MeSH Vocabulary (11 min. video)
- Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging (online training course)
- Search Clinic: Chemicals & Drugs in PubMed (1 hour video, August 2007)
Molecular Biology
- Introduction to NCBI Molecular Databases (16 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2010)
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My Bibliography
- Redesign of My NCBI & Managing NIH Public Access Compliance (27 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
MyMedicationList
- MyMedicationList & DailyMed® Update (22 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
My NCBI - see PubMed
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez System
- NCBI Education Site
- NCBI YouTube Channel
- Coffee Break - Tutorials for NCBI Tools
Introduction to Molecular Biology Information Resources (recorded 3-day course, April 2008) - Introduction to NCBI Molecular Databases (16 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2010)
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NIH Manuscript Submissions
- NIH Manuscript Submission System Slide Show Help
- Managing Public Access Compliance Using My NCBI (27 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- Searching for Journal Information in the NLM Catalog (17 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
- The NLM Catalog: A Quick Introduction (2 min.)
- Searching for Journals in the NLM Catalog (2 min.)
- Building a Set of Journals to Search in PubMed (3 min.)
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PubMed - see top of page
PubMed Health
- PubMed Health (29 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
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RxNorm
- UMLS and RxNorm Update (20 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
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- Drug, Toxicology, and Environmental Health Resources Update (17 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2011)
- Basic Searching of the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) (8 min., April 2007)
- Quick Tour of NLM Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources (4 min., April 2006)
- ToxLearn: A Multi-Module Toxicology Tutorial
- TOXNET (tri-fold handout in PDF format, March 2012)
- Toxicology Tutor (instructional Web site)
See also Promotional Materials
Turning the Pages
- Turning the Pages of Micrographia (23 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2007, see transcript)
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Unified Medical Language System® (UMLS)
- UMLS User Education
- UMLS and RxNorm Update (20 min. video, MLA Annual Meeting Theater Presentation, May 2012)
- New Users' Guide to the UMLS (includes online demonstrations, step-by-step instructions and more training materials)
- UMLS Video Learning Resources (Quick Tours, Webcasts and more)
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