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The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) under NLM contract HHS-N-276-2011-00011-C sponsors in-person classroom sessions across the country each year. The NTC, located at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT is responsible for the training of health information professionals, health professionals, and members of the general public on the searching capabilities of a variety of National Library of Medicine databases. The following list is the current schedule with sites, dates, and a link to register for each class.

Additional educational resources from the eight Regional Medical Library Programs and other institutions may be found within the MLA Educational Clearinghouse.


PubMed® for Trainers   |  TOXNET® and Beyond

Class Details

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A Librarian's Guide to NCBI
  (5 days in-person plus 3 week online component)  class details
Date Site Register
Monday, March 4, 2013 - April 19, 2013
Part 1: "Fundamentals in Bioinformatics and Searching," a three week, online, (asynchronous) self-paced pre-course, March 4-18, 2013.

Part 2: A 5-day in-person course offered on-site at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland, April 15th-19th, 2013.
Bethesda, MD  site details Registration Closed

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PubMed® for Librarians: Automatic Term Mapping (ATM)
  (1 hour)  class details
Date Site Register
Friday, February 22, 2013, 3:00 PM ET Online Registration Closed

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PubMed® for Librarians: Building and Refining Your Search
  (1 hour)  class details
Date Site Register
Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 3:00 PM ET Online Registration Closed

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PubMed® for Librarians: Customization - My NCBI
  (1 hour)  class details
Date Site Register
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 3:00 PM ET Online Registration Closed

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PubMed® for Librarians: Introduction to PubMed
  (1 hour)  class details
Date Site Register
Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 3:00 PM ET Online Registration Closed

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PubMed® for Librarians: MeSH
  (1 hour)  class details
Date Site Register
Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 3:00 PM ET Online Registration Closed

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PubMed® for Trainers
  (4 sessions total: three 2 hour online sessions plus one 7 hour in-person session)  class details
Date Site Register
Monday, February 25, 2013 - March 12, 2013

Online Session One: February 25, 2013, 10 am – 12 pm CT

Online Session Two: March 4, 2013, 10 am – 12 pm CT

Online Session Three: March 6, 2013, 10 am – 12 pm CT

In-person Session Four in Shreveport, LA: March 12, 2013, 9 am - 4:30 pm CT
Shreveport, LA  site details Register
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - March 21, 2013

Online Session One: March 12, 2013, 11 am – 1 pm ET

Online Session Two: March 14, 2013, 11 am – 1 pm ET

Online Session Three: March 19, 2013, 11 am – 1 pm ET

In-person Session Four in Bethesda, MD: March 21, 2013, 9 am - 4:30 pm ET
Bethesda, MD  site details Register
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - June 27, 2013

Online Session One: June 6, 2013, 10 am – 12 pm ET

Online Session Two: June 13, 2013, 10 am – 12 pm ET

Online Session Three: June 20, 2013, 10 am – 12 pm ET

In-person Session Four in Farmingdale, NY: June 27, 2013, 9 am - 4:30 pm ET
Farmingdale, NY  site details Register
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - July 30, 2013

Online Session One: July 9, 2013, 10 am - 12 pm ET

Online Session Two: July 16, 2013, 10 am - 12 pm ET

Online Session Three: July 23, 2013, 10 am - 12 pm ET

In-person Session Four in Burlington, VT: July 30, 2013, 9 am - 4:30 pm ET
Burlington, VT  site details Register

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TOXNET® and Beyond
  (1 day  9:00am - 4:00pm)  class details
Date Site Register
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 9:00 AM ET Bethesda, MD  site details Register
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 9:00 AM CT Shreveport, LA  site details Register
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 9:00 AM ET Bethesda, MD  site details Register
Thursday, August 15, 2013, 9:00 AM ET Bethesda, MD  site details Register
Thursday, November 21, 2013, 9:00 AM ET Bethesda, MD  site details Register

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