NLM Product Guides for Training and Outreach

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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST, NLM Product Outreach Guide) A resource that finds regions of similarity between biological sequences. This brief product guide to BLAST is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
ClinicalTrials.gov (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A website and online database of clinical research studies and information about the study results. This brief product guide to ClinicalTrials.gov is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
DailyMed (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A source for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling for drugs and other products. This brief product guide to DailyMed is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
LactMed (NLM Product Outreach Guide) An online database that provides peer-reviewed information on over 1,600 drugs and chemicals that breastfeeding people and their infants may be exposed to. This brief product guide to LactMed is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
MedPix (NLM Product Outreach Guide) An open-access, online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics. This brief product guide to MedPix is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources.an open-access, online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics. This brief guide to MedPix is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resan open-access, online database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics. This brief guide to MedPix is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources.ource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH, NLM Product Outreach Guide) A controlled, hierarchically organized vocabulary that permits searching at various levels of detail, from the most general terms to narrower, more precise terms. This brief product guide to MeSH is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
MedlinePlus (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A health information resource that offers patient-friendly information on general health and wellness topics in English and Spanish. This brief product guide to MedlinePlus is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
NIH Common Data Elements (CDE) Repository (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A repository of common data elements (CDEs) recommended or required for use by NIH Institutes and Centers. This brief product guide to the NIH CDE Repository is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system (NLM Product Outreach Guide) Facilitates the submission of peer-reviewed manuscripts for inclusion in PubMed Central (PMC) in support of the NIH Public Access Policy. This brief product guide to the NIHMS system is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
NLM Digital Collections (NLM Product Outreach Guide) Provides access to the National Library of Medicine’s distinctive digital content in the areas of biomedicine, health care, and the history of medicine. This brief product guide to NLM Digital Collections is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
NLM Exhibitions (NLM Product Outreach Guide) Online exhibitions that feature curated selections of digitized books, images, ephemera, films, and historical documents from the NLM Digital Collections. This brief product guide to NLM Exhibitions is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Sept. 5, 2023 N/A MS Word / Document
NLM-Scrubber (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A freely available tool used for clinical text deidentification. This brief product guide to the NLM-Scrubber is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
National Library of Medicine (NLM) History of Medicine Collections (NLM Product Outreach Guide) Iincludes historical material related to health and disease. This brief product guide to the NLM History of Medicine Collections is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
Open-i (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A resource that allows people to search and retrieve over 3.7 million abstracts and images from open-source literature and biomedical image collections. This brief product guide to Open-i is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources.a resource that allows people to search and retrieve over 3.7 million abstracts and images from open-source literature and biomedical image collections. This brief guide to Open-i is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources.a resource that allows people to search and retrieve over 3.7 million abstracts and images from open-source literature and biomedical image collections. This brief guide to Open-i is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about tha resource that allows people to search and retrieve over 3.7 million abstracts and images from open-source literature and biomedical image collections. This brief guide to Open-i is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources.e resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
PubChem (NLM Product Outreach Guide) The world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. This brief product guide to PubChem is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
RxNorm (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A standardized vocabulary for human prescription drugs and certain over-the-counter medications available in the United States. RxNav is a browser that allows people to find drugs in RxNorm using various names and codes. This brief product guide to RxNorm and RxNav is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Aug. 12, 2022 N/A PDF / Document
Dataset Catalog (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A catalog of biomedical datasets. This brief product guide to the Dataset Catalog is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Feb. 26, 2024 N/A MS Word / Document
NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (NLM Product Outreach Guide) A community collaboration, resource, and toolkit, the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource (CGR) connects researchers to data sources, tools for analysis and visualization, and tools for improving the quality of genome assemblies and associated data to enhance comparative genomics research. This brief product guide to CGR is designed to quickly orient people who do outreach and training about the resource: Who uses it, for what, and how. The guide also includes teaching examples and alternative resources. Oct. 20, 2023 N/A MS Word / Document
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Introduction to PubMed These slides were designed to introduce PubMed to new users who have no prior experience with PubMed, and can be presented in about 45 minutes, as-is. However, we encourage you to abridge, expand, adapt and/or redistribute these slides to better meet the needs of your audience. Additionally, five slides (numbers 1, 2, 5, 12, and 38) should be either removed or modified, depending on your specific needs. These slides are free of copyright restriction, but we appreciate attribution to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Nov. 15, 2024 45 min(s) PowerPoint / Slides
Introduction to MedlinePlus These slides were designed to introduce MedlinePlus to new users, and can be presented in about 30-45 minutes. However, we encourage you to abridge, expand, adapt and/or redistribute these slides to better meet the needs of your audience. These slides are free of copyright restriction, but we appreciate attribution to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Dec. 14, 2023 N/A PowerPoint / Slides
Where Do I Find Evidence? Sources for Evidence-Based Practice from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) This is a slide deck with full notes for instructors. This is an interactive, 60-minute class on finding evidence in the biomedical literature using PubMed and Bookshelf, evidence in the research results using ClinicalTrials.gov, and synthesis in authoritative reference sources in MedlinePlus and DailyMed. The class is designed for clinical staff and students of the clinical health professions. Jan. 26, 2024 60 min(s) PowerPoint / Slides
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Tips for Using PubMed A two-page handout on the very basics of PubMed. June 28, 2024 N/A PDF / Document
Tips for Using PubMed (version for editing) An editable version of a two-page handout on the very basics of PubMed. June 28, 2024 N/A MS Word / Document
Consejos para usar PubMed | Tips for Using PubMed (Spanish) Un folleto de dos páginas sobre los conceptos básicos de Pubmed. June 28, 2024 N/A PDF / Document
Consejos para usar PubMed | Tips for Using PubMed (Spanish version for editing) Un folleto de dos páginas sobre los conceptos básicos de Pubmed. June 28, 2024 N/A MS Word / Document

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