NLM’s Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) now offers a set of “Frequently Asked Questions” and answers (FAQ) for its TOXNET databases. For those new to TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/toxnet_faq.html provides a good source of answers to questions that have already been asked. It can also be a resource for experienced TOXNET users.

The TOXNET FAQ addresses the following areas:

* About the Databases
* Searching/Linking/Printing
* Finding and Managing Bibliographic References
* Obtaining TOXNET Data
* ChemIDplus
* Household Products Database
* Miscellaneous

If there are questions/answers that you would like to be considered for inclusion, send them to tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov

The current issue (January-March 2005) of the Middle Atlantic Perspective
is now available at http://nnlm.gov/mar/perspec/2005/0001.html

If you prefer to view the PDF version, go to
http://nnlm.gov/mar/perspec/2005/001.pdf

The home page for all issues of the Middle Atlantic Perspective can be found at http://nnlm.gov/mar/perspec/index.html

If you are unable to access the newsletter, please contact the RML office by email and a copy will be sent to you. Send your emails to Dorothy Weyeneth, the RML Assistant, at dweyeneth@nyam.org

It is not too late to register for the NLM-American Medical Publishers Association seminar on March 15 in Philadelphia. Registration is on the
AMPA website at http ://www.ampaonline.org/fr_welcome.htm.

The program, “Changing Models and Changing Relationships in Publishing,” features Viivian Siegel (PLoS), Kent Anderson (Director of Publications,
NEJM), Jane Griffith (NLM), Alan Adler (Association of American
Publishers), Betsy Humphreys (NLM), MacKenzie Smith (Associate Director
for Technology, MIT Libraries), Cliff Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information) and others.

The meeting brochure is at
http ://www.ampaonline.org/pdfs/AMPAMeetingPageSeq.pdf.

Please share this information with your colleagues.

CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office has published a request for application, “Academic Partners Public Health Training Grant” at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grantmain.htm The purpose of the
program is to:

(a) provide trainees the opportunity to learn about broad, cross-cutting public health policy and program development at the Federal, state, and local government level; and
(b) make progress toward achieving the prevention objectives of “Healthy People 2010.”

For complete program details, please see the full announcement at
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/05045.htm

Deadline for Letter of Intent(LOI): March 2, 2005
Due Date for Applications: March 17, 2005

Recently updated editions of the PubMed, NLM Gateway, and ClinicalTrials.gov training workbooks are now available for downloading from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/web_based.html Both workbooks were updated to reflect changes since January 2004. Please note that the PubMed workbook includes the most recent significant changes to PubMed, including My NCBI.

The manuals are available for downloading in PDF and Microsoft Word formats. They are broken down into sections so you can choose the areas of interest to you. These materials correspond to the NLM’s National Training Center and Clearinghouse training courses described at http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/description.html