Available Classes
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For descriptions of all NNLM classes see the Class Catalog. For class recordings, May 2021 - present, visit Class Recordings.
| Event Title | Start Date | End Date | Summary | Type | ROC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NNLM Book Discussion, May 1 - July 31 2025, The Well-Gardened Mind | May 1, 2025 | July 31, 2025 | 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 |
| Mapping it out: Examining Grief Policies in AAHSL Libraries | July 9, 2025 | July 9, 2025 | This presentation will discuss the content analysis of bereavement-related policies from 160 AAHSL academic libraries and their affiliated institutions.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 3 |
| Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health | July 14, 2025 | August 8, 2025 | This 4-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Upcoming | National |
| R4 Connections: How Libraries Can Help Address Complex Health and Research Challenges | July 14, 2025 | July 14, 2025 | This one-hour webinar will discuss how libraries can be key facilitators of citizen science projects.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Connecting Older Adults to Health Information | July 23, 2025 | July 23, 2025 | This 90-minute webinar covers websites and data sources to help you respond to requests for health information from and about older adults at your library, as well as covering programming ideas.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| Health Statistics on the Web (July 29, 2025) | July 29, 2025 | July 29, 2025 | Learn the difference between data and statistics, key features and use of health statistics, steps to finding health statistics, and sources of health statistics at the local, state and national level in this 90-minute webinar.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians | July 30, 2025 | July 30, 2025 | ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov is a vital resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and health sciences librarians who wish to consult the entire body of evidence on any particular topic.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | National |
| NNLM Book Discussion, August 1 - October 31, 2025, Transcendent Kingdom | August 1, 2025 | October 31, 2025 | You are invited to join us for the NNLM Book Discussion. From August 1 through October 31, we will read Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| Region 7: Hospital Libraries Advisory Group Annual Meeting | August 8, 2025 | August 8, 2025 | This meeting is designed for hospital librarians that work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. We will recap our activities over the last year and we will announce our training ideas for the upcoming months.
Platform/Location: Zoom |
Upcoming | Region 7 |
| MedlinePlus Tutorial for Librarians and Health Educators | August 25, 2021 | November 1, 2025 | An interactive guided tour of the MedlinePlus website that takes about 1 hour to complete.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information | August 30, 2021 | 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 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website, DailyMed and LactMed.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| Common Data Elements: Standardizing Data Collection | September 1, 2021 | May 12, 2026 | 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 |
| Health Literacy On Demand | October 11, 2021 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| Preprints: Accelerating Research (On-Demand) | October 14, 2021 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| How PubMed Works: Introduction On-Demand | May 11, 2022 | April 17, 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 |
Always Available | NTO |
| Consumer Health Information Specialization On-Demand | July 11, 2022 | April 30, 2026 | 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 |
| PubChem (On-Demand) | July 22, 2022 | July 20, 2026 | 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 |
| Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching On-Demand | February 21, 2023 | February 28, 2026 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| Getting the Right Information to Patients Using MedlinePlus Connect | April 4, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| Topic Searching in PubMed®: Using the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) | April 6, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Learn how to use the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) for expert PubMed searching in this hands-on, self-paced course.
Platform/Location: Moodle |
Always Available | National |
| NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Workshop On-Demand | June 30, 2023 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| Drug and Chemical Information 1. Using, Providing and Prescribing Medications | July 15, 2023 | May 11, 2026 | 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 |
Always Available | National |
| Drug and Chemical Information 2. Finding Properties, Effects, and Interactions | July 15, 2023 | May 11, 2026 | 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 |
| Drug and Chemical Information 3. Exploring New Drug Research | July 15, 2023 | May 11, 2026 | 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 |
| Standardize Your Research Data with the NIH Common Data Element Repository – On Demand | July 17, 2023 | July 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 |
Always Available | National |