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For descriptions of all NNLM classes see the Class Catalog. For class recordings, May 2021 - present, visit Class Recordings.
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This roundtable will offer early to mid-career librarians the opportunity to discuss strategies and insights for preparing for interview questions. Come discuss what has helped you ace as an interviewee or what the search committee is looking for in a winning answer.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming National
This webinar will present a curriculum designed for high school students aimed at educating them about the library science profession while also equipping them with foundational skills in health literacy.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 7
Need access to trusted journals, e-books, and databases to support your work?

Join us to learn how to effectively use the Public Health Digital Library (PHDL) to search and access full-text journal articles and other helpful resources to support evidence-based public health practice.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming NPHCO
This presentation will explore the role of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in transforming biomedical discovery and healthcare. It highlights real-world applications like improving PubMed searches (Best Match, Nature Biotechnology 2018), supporting precision medicine (LitVar, Nature Genetics 2023), and assisting patient-to-trial matching (TrialGPT, Nature Communications, 2024). This presentation will also address the challenges and limitations of using AI/LLMs in this field.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 6
This presentation introduces 3D printing basics, including why to buy a printer, what to look for, how to get started, and its potential uses in medical settings.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 3
Participants will learn about common pitfalls in statistics to look out for when reading scientific articles. Using a mix of lecture, discussion, and practice activities, participants will learn to identify misleading aspects of data visualizations, evidence of p-hacking, problems with pseudoreplication, and omissions in reporting of results.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming NCDS
You are invited to join us for the NNLM Book Discussion. From May 1 through July 31, we will read The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature
by Sue Stuart-Smith
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 6
Join us for ideas on how to create health programs for libraries and community/faith-based organizations in this 90-minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming National
ROI: Region One Insights Webinar Series June 11, 2025 June 11, 2025 Abstract
Platform/Location: Zoom
 Upcoming Region 1
When conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This one-hour, online course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
This interactive, on-demand course is intended to introduce researchers and librarians to common data elements (CDEs) and how to use the NIH Common Data Element Repository.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
This online, self-paced course introduces and demonstrates searching and understanding search results in ClinicalTrials.gov.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
This on-demand workshop offered in Moodle is intended for those without much experience working in research data management and will provide an overview of the NIH policy, research data management basics, and related resources.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
Discover drug therapy clinical trials and learn how drugs, chemicals, and related topics are indexed in MeSH in order to hone a PubMed search strategy for systematic reviews and other complex research in this 2 hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
Learn how to find drug and chemical information, adverse effects, molecular properties and more in this 2 hour on-demand class. Resources covered include PubChem, LactMed, LiverTox, NLM Bookshelf and PubMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
Get an overview of the data sharing process and best practices for sharing research data.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NCDS
PubChem is the National Library of Medicine’s open chemistry database and the largest freely accessible reference tool for chemical information.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
This on-demand Moodle class contains 5 recorded webinars introducing the basics of data management and the new NIH requirements for data management and sharing that began in 2023.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NCDS
Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 8 independent learning modules. Earn up to 8 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
How PubMed Works: Selection On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NTO
How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NTO
Learn about PubMed's automatic term mapping feature that kicks in
automatically when you enter untagged terms into PubMed's search box.

How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping On-Demand is eligible for 1.5 MLA CE.

This is a self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available NTO
Learn about health literacy definitions, best practices, tools for communicating health information clearly, and resources for improving health literacy. This on-demand narrated tutorial takes about an hour to complete. It offers CHES, CNE, and MLA credit.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
This online, self-paced course describes how librarians and other information professionals can facilitate data standardization and research data sharing using common data elements (CDEs).
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National
Learn the basic concepts of medical terminologies, followed by a deep dive into NLM's RxNorm, an NLM-authored medical terminology specializing in drug information, in this 1 credit hour on-demand class.
Platform/Location: Moodle
 Always Available National