NCBI has just released a new blog called NCBI Insights at ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. We created NCBI Insights to provide an insider’s perspective to help you better understand us and our resources, explore issues of scientific interest that drive our resource development, and demonstrate how you can use our resources to help enhance your research.

We will post articles in four categories:

* NCBI Explained – provides an insider’s perspective on our resources and policies to help you better understand us and avoid some common misconceptions and misunderstandings.
* What’s New – introduces our new and updated resources and include specific examples that demonstrate how you can use these to enhance your research.
* Quick Tips & Tricks – explain hows to perform specific tasks using our website. Selected topics will be chosen based on questions you have asked and suggestions you have provided.
* Science Features – explores current topics in science and demonstrate how you can find relevant data or resources on our website for further exploration.

This blog is a complement to our existing education and outreach efforts, such as News and Social Media publicity, Webinar and Workshop training programs, and Help Desk user support.

Be sure to check in to the NCBI Insights Blog every week or so and let us know what you think!

This recording covers the advantages of creating a My NCBI account, managing and manipulating your My NCBI page content using the features and options available in My NCBI. This session also identifies and differentiates between available filters on PubMed’s filter sidebar, and covers creating a custom filter.

Sometimes the audio and video portions of the recording are out of sync. If the slides don’t seem to match up with what the presenter is saying, close your browser window and reload the recording. This may fix the problem.

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p17293427/

On November 8, 2012, the EPA and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) presented a webinar for community grassroots groups and others who serve as community leaders about how to access and use EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory data.

You may now view the video recording of this webinar online.

You can access this archive of the 2012 TRI Fall Webinar, “Introduction to the Toxics Release Inventory for Communities”, by browsing to the following address: http://www.chemicalright2know.org/2012-webinars/tri-communities-webinar/

This session covers Automatic Term Mapping (ATM), the process that maps keywords from your PubMed search to the controlled vocabulary of the MeSH database. Learn why searching with keywords in PubMed can be an effective approach to searching. The session also covers the explosion feature, what is and isn’t included in Search Details and lastly how PubMed processes/handles a phrase.

Sometimes the audio and video portions of the recording are out of sync. If the slides don’t seem to match up with what the presenter is saying, close your browser window and reload the recording. This may fix the problem.

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p35834815/

Watch the recording to learn about the National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database. We talk about the 4 different types of MeSH terms and how searchers can benefit from using MesH to build a search. We investigate the structure of the MeSH database and we look at the components of a MeSH record.

Sometimes the audio and video portions of the recording are out of sync. If the slides don’t seem to match up with what the presenter is saying, close your browser window and reload the recording. This may fix the problem.

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p78218587/

View the recording to learn about the difference between PubMed and MEDLINE, how to run a PubMed search, assess your search retrieval, analyze search details, customize with My NCBI, discover and employ three ways to search for a known citation and use the Clinical Queries search tool.

Sometimes the audio and video portions of the recording are out of sync. If the slides don’t seem to match up with what the presenter is saying, close your browser window and reload the recording. This may fix the problem.

https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p50774911/

The National Library of Medicine, Division of Specialized Information Services, has released new versions of the REMM Web site (Radiation Emergency Medical Management) and REMM Mobile app.

New features and resources include:

• REMM YouTube channel: 4 new videos http://www.remm.nlm.gov/imagegallery_video.htm

New sections for Other Audiences:

• Senior Leaders http://www.remm.nlm.gov/remm_SeniorLeaders.htm
• Legal advisors http://www.remm.nlm.gov/remm_LegalAdvisors.htm
• Radiation Safety Officers http://www.remm.nlm.gov/remm_RadSafetyProtection.htm
• Public Health Officers http://www.remm.nlm.gov/remm_PublicHealth.htm

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) released a refreshed home page on Monday, January 7, 2013. The new design includes a carousel highlighting SIS resources. All functions will remain the same.

SIS produces information resources on a range of topics covering toxicology, environmental health, HIV/AIDS, drug and consumer product information, and disaster/emergency preparedness and response. View the new home page at: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov

According to Olivia Mitchell, a presentation trainer, limiting how much you say may help get your message across more effectively.

Mitchell says, “It’s a brutal truth – but the more you say – the less your audience will get.”

Mitchell suggests that you edit your presentation with a fine-toothed comb and cut down any bulleted lists to no more than 3 items each. She says that 3 items are easy for both the presenter and the audience to remember. If you include more items, the first items on the list will most likely be forgotten.

While those are indeed MeSH terms, they are not new. Find out what is new for MeSH 2013 by visiting this link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd12/nd12_mesh.html