Event Title Date(s) Summary
A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards - On Demand On-demand through January 1, 2025 Understand the big picture of health data standards and how they are used, including relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services, in this 1 hour, on-demand, online class. Expect to spend 1 hour learning through videos and exercises.

Platform/Location: Moodle

AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials On-demand through April 25, 2025 Get an overview on assessing health education materials, and learn how the National Library of Medicine uses a health education materials assessment tool to figure out if health education materials are easy-to-read in this 2 hour on-demand, online class.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection On-demand through June 17, 2025 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

Consumer Health Collection Management - On Demand On-demand through October 31, 2024 This 4 credit-hour, on-demand class reviews collection management principles and resources for health-related collections in public libraries.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Consumer Health Information Specialization On Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 Discover the basics of providing consumer health information through 5 independent learning modules. Earn up to 5 hours credit towards a Consumer Health Information Specialization. This presentation addresses the NNLM goals to support a highly trained workforce for biomedical and health information resources and data, improve health literacy, increase health equity through information, and increase health information access and use by including information about the NLM/NIH resources MedlinePlus, PubMed ClnicalTrials, DailyMed and PubChem, and foundational concepts about health literacy and providing consumer health information to communities.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Disaster Planning Recorded Webinars On-demand through September 7, 2024 This Moodle class supports the provision of information to institutions and communities during disaster situations.

We've gathered several of our past webinars in one place. Each webinar features one or more guest speakers.

Each recording is worth 1 MLA CE credit.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications On-demand through May 1, 2025 Learn how to find drug and chemical safety information, side effects, and interactions in MedlinePlus and locate prescription and over-the-counter FDA drug labeling in DailyMed in this 2 hour on-demand class.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Drug and Chemical Information 2. Finding Properties, Effects, and Interactions On-demand through May 1, 2025 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

Drug and Chemical Information 3. Exploring New Drug Research On-demand through May 1, 2025 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

Drug Terminologies and RxNorm On-demand through August 21, 2025 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

Environmental Health and Justice: a brief primer On-demand through April 30, 2026 Learn about three resources you can use to find data and statistics about environmental health disparities in your community. This on-demand training takes approximately one hour to complete and offers CHES, CPH, and MLA credit.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Finding and Using Health Statistics On-demand through March 1, 2025 This online, self-paced course for librarians and students in health sciences describes different types of health statistics, how they are collected, and where they can be found.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect On-demand through April 13, 2025 This 1 hour on-demand class introduces MedlinePlus Connect, and points to resources for implementing MedlinePlus Connect at your institution. MedlinePlus Connect is a tool that enables the integration of MedlinePlus resources into external systems like electronic health record systems, patient portals, and other applications. Working knowledge of MedlinePlus is suggested pre-requisite.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Health Literacy On Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 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

How PubMed Works: Automatic Term Mapping On-Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 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

How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 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

How PubMed Works: MeSH On-Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 How PubMed Works: MeSH 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

How PubMed Works: Selection On-Demand On-demand through April 30, 2026 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

Introduction to All of Us On-demand through April 30, 2026 An introduction to the All of Us Research Program and its transformative research.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices (2022) On-demand through April 30, 2026 Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 4 credit-hour on-demand class. Content includes narrated and interactive self-paced tutorials. This class addresses increasing health information access and use by including information about the NLM/NIH resource MedlinePlus "Evaluating Internet Health Information: A Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine".

Platform/Location: Moodle

Introduction to Precision Medicine On-demand through April 30, 2026 Introduction to Precision Medicine is an introductory, on-demand course for public librarians. This class is designed to introduce learners to the concept of precision medicine. This course will provide the learner with resources to support patrons with questions or concerns about precision medicine and related health topics.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching On-Demand On-demand through August 31, 2024 Learn how to accommodate for vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches of PubMed.

This 1.5 CE credit on-demand course, offered through the NNLM Moodle platform, provides answers and allows participants to engage with exercises to practice what you learn.

Platform/Location: Moodle

MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators On-demand through November 1, 2025 This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and takes about 1 hour to complete.

Platform/Location: Moodle

NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Workshop On-Demand On-demand through April 17, 2026 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

Preprints: Accelerating Research (On-Demand) On-demand through October 16, 2025 What are preprints, and how are they changing how biomedical research results are shared? This 1-hour, online, self-paced course introduces preprints and how they can be used in literature searching and in sharing your research results with others. 

Platform/Location: Moodle

Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information On-demand through April 30, 2026 This 1 credit hour on-demand course provides an introduction to three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: the NIDA website, DailyMed and LactMed.

Platform/Location: Moodle

PubChem (On-Demand) On-demand through July 21, 2024 PubChem is the National Library of Medicine’s open chemistry database and the largest freely accessible reference tool for chemical information. This 2 MLA CE online, self-paced course is for anyone interested in chemical information walks users through the major functions and features of PubChem with interactive exercises and quizzes.

Platform/Location: Moodle

PubMed Essentials On-Demand 2022-2024 On-demand through December 31, 2024 If you’re new to PubMed or just want a refresher, this online class is designed for you. This is a 1 MLA CE, self-paced course offered via Moodle. The class is available 24/7. The class is made up of 10 short units that include videos, exercises and quizzes. The class gives you the chance to explore PubMed at your own pace with guided tours and exercises.

Platform/Location: Moodle

RDM On-demand: Data Curation and Documentation On-demand through April 24, 2024 Learn about data curation in this introductory, four-hour, on-demand course, including the definition, types, and elements most important to document. You will also learn about file naming conventions and check a dataset for issues using a case study.

Platform/Location: Moodle

RDM On-demand: Data Security, Storage and Preservation On-demand through April 24, 2024 How do you keep data secure and preserved? This introductory, four-hour, on-demand course uses readings, tutorials, videos, and hands-on scenarios to show how to evaluate preservation needs of a dataset, identify appropriate data repositories for a given dataset, examine security/privacy issues with data, and explain how data policies affect data ownership, security, and storage.

Platform/Location: Moodle

RDM On-demand: Data Sharing and Publishing On-demand through April 24, 2024 What are the FAIR data principles, and how do they relate to research reproducibility? This introductory, four-hour, on-demand course describes principles and challenges of data sharing, as well as data sharing incentives, open data, data citations, and data journals. Through readings, tutorials, videos, and hands-on scenarios you will increase your knowledge about data sharing and publishing.

Platform/Location: Moodle

RDM On-demand: Open Science and Data Science On-demand through April 24, 2024 What is open science, and how does it differ from data science, and research data management? How can library staff support data science in their own work? This introductory, four-hour on-demand course introduces the concepts of open science, data science and research data management through readings, tutorials and videos. After taking this course, you will be able to describe the differences between research data management (RDM), data science, and open science, articulate how open science supports research integrity and reproducibility, and list ways librarian staff can support data science.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Recorded Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Webinars On-demand through April 30, 2026 View previously recorded webinars that qualify for the Medical Library Association's Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate program.

Platform/Location: Moodle

Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Element Repository – On Demand On-demand through June 17, 2025 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

Topic Searching in PubMed®: Using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) On-demand through April 4, 2025 Learn how to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for expert PubMed searching in this hands-on, self-paced course.

Platform/Location: Moodle