NLM Product Guides for Training and Outreach

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Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) A resource that finds regions of similarity between biological sequences. This brief 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 A website and online database of clinical research studies and information about the study results. This brief 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 A source for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling for drugs and other products. This brief 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 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 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 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 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) 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 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 A health information resource that offers patient-friendly information on general health and wellness topics in English and Spanish. This brief 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 A repository of common data elements (CDEs) recommended or required for use by NIH Institutes and Centers. This brief 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 Facilitates the submission of peer-reviewed manuscripts for inclusion in PubMed Central (PMC) in support of the NIH Public Access Policy. This brief 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 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 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 Online exhibitions that feature curated selections of digitized books, images, ephemera, films, and historical documents from the NLM Digital Collections. This brief 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 A freely available tool used for clinical text deidentification. This brief 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 Iincludes historical material related to health and disease. This brief 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 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 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 The world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. This brief 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 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 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
NIH Comparative Genomics Resource 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 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. June 8, 2023 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. Aug. 15, 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, 2023 60 min(s) PowerPoint / Slides
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Tips for Using PubMed A two-page handout on the very basics of PubMed. Dec. 23, 2022 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. Dec. 23, 2022 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. Dec. 23, 2022 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. Sept. 20, 2022 N/A MS Word / Document

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