PubMed® Training in Richmond!

The National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC), in conjunction with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern/Atlantic Region (NN/LM SEA) and Virginia Commonwealth University, is offering two FREE hands-on classes at the Tompkins-McCaw Library in Richmond, VA!

The following classes will be taught by the staff of the NTCC:

PubMed® (7.5 MLA CE Hours)

Thursday, January 28, 2010
8:30am to 5:00pm

PubMed® (7.5 MLA CE Hours)

Friday, January 29, 2010
8:30am to 5:00pm

Anyone who has used PubMed regularly has noticed some of the many recent changes and extensive changes.   This PubMed® class is of particular interest to those who want a review of recent changes to the system, including medical librarians, researchers, medical editors, and anyone who searches for biomedical journal article citations.

This full-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed® which includes MEDLINE citations.  The class also includes an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) and its importance as a tool to both searchers and indexers.

The training session is FREE and intended for health sciences library staff, public librarians, health professionals, and anyone interested in using these free National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases.

To REGISTER for this class, or to look for other class locations, simply click on this registration form link (http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/register.html).

We hope to see you there.

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For further information about our classes, please go to: http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/

For further information about this site location, please contact:

Shannon Jones
sdjones@vcu.edu
(804) 828-0626

PubMed is now available only in a redesigned format.  Please see the following article which describes changes to PubMed: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html

A new article describes changes not announced previously: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_now_redesign.html

If you have any questions, please check with a medical librarian at your institution or write to NLM using the Help Desk link in the footer of each PubMed screen.

By Kate Majewski
MEDLARS Management Section

Learn about the 2009 PubMed redesign during a thirty minute live online demonstration and question and answer session presented by the NLM®. Go to http://webmeeting.nih.gov/pubmed2009/ at one of the following four dates and times:

Tuesday, October 6, 2009:
9:00 am – 9:30 am Eastern Time
11:00 am – 11:30 am Eastern Time

Wednesday, October 7, 2009:
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Eastern Time
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern Time

Please read the article, PubMed® Redesign, before you attend this demonstration.

No registration is necessary. Select “Enter as a Guest” and turn on your computer speakers.

For more information and instructions on attending one of these demonstrations, go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmredesign09.html.

Note that only the first 300 participants will be permitted entry due to technical limitations. The Webcast will be recorded and available for later viewing at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmredesign09.html.

For more training opportunities, see the National Training Center and Clearinghouse Web site and the NLM Distance Education Program Resources page. Watch for announcements of new training resources in the NLM Technical Bulletin.

We hope you find the Webcast: 2009 PubMed Redesign useful and enjoyable. “See” you online!

Finding Clinical Trial Results – National Library of Medicine Resources

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) responds to more than 100,000 questions each year.  Regularly asked questions become Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). NLM Reference and Consumer Health FAQs are at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faqref.html. We review and update our FAQs frequently. The FAQ resources include national and international government agencies and non-profit organizations. One of our FAQs is about finding the results of clinical trials.

The FAQ: Clinical Trials Results, at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/ctresults.html, links to the ClinicalTrials.gov database. ClinicalTrials.gov contains information about more than 78,000 trials with locations in more than 170 countries. There is also a link explaining how to identify studies in ClinicalTrials.gov that have results. This FAQ also shows you search strategies to conduct if you want to search for a specific study or search for clinical trials on a specific disease, or in a geographical area. There are also links to other government and university resources.

The Mid-Atlantic Region of the NN/LM has posted a link to the recording of David Gillikin’s PubMed redesign presentation: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p93606971/

NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region, New England Region, and Southeastern/Atlantic Region present a live webinar on the upcoming National Library of Medicine PubMed page redesign. David Gillikin, Chief of NLM’s Bibliographic Services, will review the draft design for the new search results page and abstract view in PubMed. This webinar is a repeat of the presentation at the NLM Online Users’ Meeting at the Medical Library Association’s annual conference in May.

IMPORTANT: This webinar is free and open to NN/LM members in MAR, NER, and SE/A.

***No pre-registration is required; please do not reply to this e-mail asking to be registered. Participation will be open on a first come, first served basis. Because participation is limited to the first 500 guests, we ask that you do NOT forward this message to individuals outside the MAR, NER, and SE/A areas. This webinar will be offered separately in other regions.***

Meeting Name: PubMed Redesign MAR, NER, SE/A
When: Wednesday, 08/26/2009, 2:00 pm (eastern daylight saving time)
To join the meeting: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/pubmedredesignmarnersea/

After joining the meeting, you can let the system call you for the audio. If you need to manually dial into the meeting:
Dial-In: 1-877-239-6389
Pass-Code: 265688

If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before, please test your connection prior to the webinar: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

At any hour, on any day, anywhere, anyone needing help using PubMed, or initiating LinkOut or mulling over submitting a manuscript to the NIHMS System has help at hand. The help comes from a series of NCBI “help” books housed in the virtual bookshelf at PubMed Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/. Please peruse the help included in this article and then go to the bookshelf to see how many others topics are covered.

PubMed Help : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helppubmed

• FAQs
• PubMed Quick Start
• Search Field Descriptions and Tags
• Searching PubMed
• Understanding Your Search Results
• Displaying and Sorting Your Search Results
• Changing How Search Results are Displayed
• Finding Related Resources for a Citation
• Viewing Your Search History
• Displaying the Search Details
• Printing Citations
• Saving and E-mailing Results and Searches
• My NCBI
• How to Get the Journal Article
• Other Services Including the MeSH and Journals Databases
• Appendices

Welcome to LinkOut: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helplinkout

• Examples of LinkOut Resources
• Additional Assistance
• Using LinkOut Initial Posting: July 25, 2005Last Update: December 18, 2008
• Viewing LinkOut Resources in Entrez Records: The LinkOut Display
• Viewing Links as Icons in PubMed
• Activating Icons for LinkOut Providers
• Locating Entrez Records with Links to a Specific Resource
• Obtaining the Full Text of an Article
• Additional Assistance
• Information for Libraries Initial Posting: July 18, 2005
• Last Update: December 18, 2008

The NIHMS System User’s Guide to Submitting a Manuscript : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helpnihms

• Log In to the NIHMS System
• Overview of the Submission Process
• Submitting a New Manuscript
• The PI Completes the Submission
• The PI Approves the Web Version
• Approve Web Version
• Request Corrections
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/

The National Library of Medicine® is pleased to announce a new look for the PubMed Tutorial. The tutorial was reorganized to give searchers a better understanding of what is in PubMed and the controlled vocabulary before going on to build a search and manage the results. The tutorial is available from the PubMed homepage sidebar from the Tutorials link.

The tutorial update includes changes to PubMed through October 2008 including the My NCBI redesign released in September. A version incorporating the latest changes including the Advanced Search page and revised Summary display is in process.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf09/jf09_pm_tutorial.html

PubMed® Tutorial Redesigned and Updated. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Jan-Feb;(366):e11.

by Michael J. North, northm@mail.nlm.nih.gov
Head of Rare Books & Early Manuscripts
History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine

In celebration of Black History Month, the National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce an important addition to PubMed Central (PMC), the complete archive of the Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA). Coincidentally, the journal is observing its centennial this year. To see the archive, please visit: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=655&action=archive

The National Medical Association (NMA), established in 1895, is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and allied health professionals in the United States. The JNMA was published quarterly from 1909 to 1938, bimonthly from 1940 to 1977, and monthly since 1978. The archive currently represents over 77,000 digitized pages of issues, cover to cover, through 2007. Current content will be coming at a later date.

Since its founding, this landmark journal has enabled African American health professionals to keep current regarding the latest medical and public health practices, even in the face of segregation and discrimination. This archive provides historical insight into the social, medical and public health issues that continue to be of particular concern to African American patients and physicians. It has also served as a venue to challenge disparaging interpretations of African American health history published in other medical and social science journals. The collection is of great interest to U.S. and international researchers concerned with the societal impact of health care inequalities. Scholars seeking to understand the historic barriers faced by the African American patient and physician will find this collection to be an invaluable resource.

To learn more about PubMed Central, or to browse its contents, go to: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov.