Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources

Introduction and Instructions

What: Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources

When: Fourth Wednesday of each month, March through July, 2010, 8:30am-9:30 am Mountain Time or 9:30am-10:30am Central Time

What: Liaisons from the the RML will present information on National Library of Medicine resources. Instruction will include hands-on exercises. Participants should have access to a phone and a computer on which they will be able to see the presentation and complete exercises for the class.

How: The updates are conducted using Adobe Acrobat Connect (formerly Macromedia Breeze). To test whether you can view the session try playing back one of our archived versions. If you have problems contact Sharon Dennis, Technology Coordinator, to help trouble shoot your system.

Registration: Register at www.tinyurl.com/mcrclasses

Logging In: Go to http://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr/. Enter as a guest. Sign in with your first and last names. Follow the instructions in the meeting room to have the Adobe Acrobat Connect system call you on your telephone.

Upcoming Sessions

Upcoming "Spotlight! On National Library of Medicine Resources" sessions are listed below:

Feb. 2010 - no Spotlight! session
March 24, 2010 8:30 Mountain Time, 9:30 Central Time - HIV/AIDS - Siobhan Champ Blackwell
April 28, 2010 8:30 Mountain Time, 9:30 Central Time - Mental Health Resources - Barb Jones
May 2010 - no Spotlight! session

Previous Sessions:

January 28, 2009: Rebecca Brown presented Update on PubMed - on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources is a new series of classes presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region! We’re focusing on the spotlight aspect - choosing limited databases on which to focus, and practice time with exercises in each monthly session. Click here to view the archived recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p67806081/

February 25, 2009: Barb Jones gave a presentation on MedlinePlus and the Household Products Database. Click here to view the archived recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p54944722/

March 25, 2009: Marty Magee gave a presentation called Educational Resources for Kids: Turning the Pages, K-12 Exhibitions, Science Resources for Teachers. Click here to view the archived recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p45671392/

April 22, 2009: Jim Honour gave a presentation on Drug Resources: MedlinePlus, LactMed, DailyMed.gov, DrugInformation.gov. Click here to view the archived session or go to /https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p33552044/

May 17, 2009: Siobhan Champ-Blackwell gave a presentation that focused on the Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Haz-Map and WISER. Click here to view the recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p96431196/

June 17, 2009: The National Library of Medicine’s Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal provides access to numerous databases that can help you explore environmental chemicals and risks. In this second of three classes, Dana Abbey presented TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, Tox Town. Click here to view the recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p61493833/

July 22, 2009: This one-hour “capstone” class for the Toxicology databases was presented as the third of three focused on this topic in the monthly series of classes - Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, presented by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region. The topic included coverage of the Hazardous Substance Data Bank, Haz-Map, and WISER, TOXLINE, TOXMAP, Toxics Release Inventory, and Tox Town. Presented by John Bramble. Click here to view the recording or go to https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p18089890/

August 26 , 2009: Marty Magee gave a presentation on PHParters.org. PHPartners is the product of a collaboration of U.S. government agencies, public health organizations and health sciences libraries. The Wednesday, August 26 webinar focused on the web site, which includes information on current topics such as Bioterrorism, ongoing projects such as Healthy People 2010, and public health resources including promotions and statistics. Click on the URL to view the archived recording: /https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p28529463/

September 30 , 2009: Siobhan Champ Blackwell presented on Racial Ethnic Resources. Click the URL to view the archived recording https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p91185258/ Download the handouts for this presentation: Spotlight on NNLM Racial Ethnic Resources and Scenarios for Recial Ethnic Health

October 28, 2009: Jim Honour covered Genetics Home Reference, My Family Health History and Information RX. Click here to view the archived recording

November 11, 2009: Barb Jones covered NIHSenior Health. Click here to view the archived recording

December 1, 2009: Dana Abbey covered NLM Gateway

January 27, 2010: NN/LM Liaison Dana Abbey gave a presentation on ClinicalTrials.gov. ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. View the archived recording at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p49099903/