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Grey (Literature) Matters: Searching for Preprint Sources (Recording)

Learn about the who, what, where, why, and how to search for preprints. #MLAGreyLitSearch
CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research CNE
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Grey (Literature) Matters: Selecting the Right Grey Literature to Search (Recording)

Are you often asked to do a grey literature search with no clarification on what types of grey literature to search? This webinar will color in the blank spaces and enable you to confidently identify the right types of grey literature for your searches. #MLAGreyLitSearch
CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research CNE
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Grey (Literature) Matters: Structuring Your Google Search (Recording)

Did you know that Google can be optimized to locate grey literature that other approaches may miss? #MLAGreyLitSearch
CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research CNE
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Help Authors Find the Best Journal for Their Manuscript (Recording)

Stop worrying about avoiding predatory journals, and instead learn the skills to help library users find and evaluate the best journal for their manuscript.
CE Passport Information Management MLA
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Helping Science Succeed: The Librarian’s Role in Addressing the Reproducibility Crisis (Recording)

In this webinar, you’ll learn what the crisis is and the vital role of librarians in addressing it. #MLAReproducibility
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research
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History of the Health Sciences: A Practical Guide for the Working Librarian (Recording)

What you need to know, and where you need to go, when the phone rings with a history question.
DEIA Information Services CE Passport Information Management MLA
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Introduction to Evaluating Public Datasets Using FAIR Data Principles (Recording)

This webinar will provide an introduction to open data and FAIR principles, along with real-world examples and scenarios.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization CNE
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Is Google Scholar Smart Enough for Your Reviews (Recording)

If you have not used Google Scholar for your reviews, this webinar may change your mind.
Information Services CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research
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Putting the Quality in Qualitative: Tips for Evaluating Qualitative Research (Recording)

Think qualitative research is hard to evaluate for scientific rigor? Think again! This webinar will provide an overview of qualitative research study designs, including sampling techniques, data analysis strategies, and theoretical approaches, that will help identify strengths and weaknesses.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization CNE
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Systematic Review Protocols: Collaborating to Develop the Foundation of a Review (Recording)

This recorded webinar will help you develop skills in effectively collaborating with research teams on developing protocols.
Information Services CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research
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Systematic Reviews for Beginners: How Librarian Participation Creates Better Evidence (Recording)

Learn how you can play an important role in the systematic review process.
Information Services CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA
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Systematic Searching: Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency (Recording)

Struggling with the ever complicated systematic review searches, or want to start doing them? This webinar will give you guidance on how to create high quality searches in a faster way.
Information Services CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA
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Tell Your Research Story: Visualization, Design, and Messaging (Recording)

This webinar serves the dual purpose of role-modeling how to teach data visualization and applying design principles and targeted messaging into your professional activities.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization Instruction & Instructional Design
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The Fundamentals of Library Program and Service Evaluation (Recording)

Assessment of teaching activities is familiar to most librarians, but how to evaluate libraries’ services may be more abstract and unclear. This webinar will provide a step-by-step process for evaluating services, programs, or initiatives. #MLALibraryEval
Leadership & Management MLA Health Information Professionalism Evidence-Based Practice & Research
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Troubleshooting Systematic Reviews: Refining the Research Question (Recording)

Join Margaret Foster, AHIP, and Sarah Jewell for Troubleshooting Systematic Reviews: Refining the Research Question, the first of a two-webinar series on systematic reviews. #MLASystematic
Information Services CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA CNE
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Troubleshooting Systematic Reviews: Refining the Search (Recording)

Join Margaret Foster, AHIP, and Sarah Jewell for Troubleshooting Systematic Reviews: Refining the Search, the second of a two-webinar series on systematic reviews. #MLASystematic
Information Services CE Passport Systematic Review Services Specialization MLA CNE
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Using Common Data Elements to Enhance Research Data (Recording)

Learn how you can use Common Data Elements (CDEs) to assist researchers and guide clinicians and others in interpreting research.
CE Passport MLA Evidence-Based Practice & Research Data Services Specialization
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#citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thons*

Wikipedia’s health topics pages are visited a staggering 7 billion times a year, making it possibly the world’s most popular health information resource. This 2 hour webinar features a crash-course in Wikipedia editing guidelines and interactive breakout rooms to try out your skills.
Information Services Free Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
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2024 MeSH Highlights

Every year, updates are made to MeSH, the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed and for cataloging books and other resources. This annual webinar aims to introduce those changes and provide examples of how the changes may affect you as a PubMed searcher.
Information Services Free NNLM/NLM
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2024 MeSH Highlights*

Every year, updates are made to MeSH, the NLM controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed and for cataloging books and other resources. This annual webinar aims to introduce those changes and provide examples of how the changes may affect you as a PubMed searcher.
Information Services Free NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
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5 Clinical Questions You Can Answer with NCBI Databases*

In this webinar, you will learn about the NCBI databases GTR, ClinVar, and MedGen and how to use them to answer 5 clinical questions.
Unscheduled
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5 Questions You Can Answer Using the NCBI Nucleotide Database*

You will learn about the Nucleotide database and how to use it to answer the following questions :How do I find a nucleotide sequence for a specific gene or specific organism? How do I find complete genomic sequences? What is the coding region of a sequence? And more...
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5 Questions You Can Answer With NCBI Protein and Structure Databases*

Protein sequences are the fundamental determinants of biological structure and function. This webinar shows how to use the Protein and Structure Databases from NCBI to find information about the biological structure and function of proteins.
Unscheduled
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5 Steps to an Accessible Document*

This webinar provides the basics of making PowerPoint and Word documents accessible to people who use screen reader assistive technology.
DEIA Information Services Free NNLM/NLM
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A 10-Step Approach to Service Continuity Planning

This face-to-face course was developed as part of NN/LM’s Emergency Preparedness & Response initiative. The outcomes for the class are to raise awareness of the need for emergency preparedness and response planning and to provide tools for for medical librarians to enhance preparedness.
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A Bird's Eye View of Health Data Standards On Demand

This course will help students to understand the big picture of health data standards and how they are used, including relevant National Library of Medicine (NLM) products and services.
Information Management Health Information Professionalism Data Services Specialization NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
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A Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health (Formerly Beyond an Apple a Day)*

The class covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public. It qualifies for MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization levels 1 and 2.
Information Services Free Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
Online
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A Seat at the Table: Working with the Disaster Workforce

Libraries have a critical role to play in disaster preparation and recovery, but they need to be at the table with the right people.
Information Services Instructor-owned Free Health Information Professionalism
Unscheduled
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A Time Management Program Developed for Oregon Health Sciences Libraries Association (OHSLA)

In this four-hour face-to-face training, presenter, Iris Savich, MA will address the ten operational styles of time management and link to time management issues. She will help us with time management techniques that are applicable to librarians in a variety of settings.
Online
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AAHSL Reads DEI Book Club 2024*

AAHSL Reads DEI Book Club 2024 features Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces, by Karen Catlin.
Leadership & Management Instructor-owned
Unscheduled
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AAHSL Reads Virtual Book Club*

AAHSL Reads virtual book club will read and discuss a DEI topic book to foster engaging conversations that make libraries more diverse, equitable, and inclusive for library staff and patrons. Groups will meet monthly for 1 hour sessions. AAHSL libraries and MLA members are encouraged to participate.
Leadership & Management DEIA Instructor-owned Health Information Professionalism
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ABC's of Research Impact: Altmetrics, Bibliometrics and Citations

In this face-to-face course, participants will explore bibliometrics and altmetrics tools at an introductory level.
Unscheduled
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Accelerating Innovation through Information Tools and Expertise

Instructors of this face-to-face course will share how librarians can get involved with institutional innovation initiatives, such as medical device development, games, health care apps and innovative publishing outlets. Librarians can be involved throughout the entire innovation process.
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Advanced PubMed Techniques*

Learn advanced concepts to add to your PubMed toolkit. Automatic Term Mapping; Author searching; Drug information to treat diseases; Pharmacologic action; Coordinating MeSH terms (like Indexers do); Tools for finding Evidence Based research in PubMed; Phrase searching and the Phrase Index.
Information Services Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
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Advanced PubMed: MeSH*

This class covers advanced concepts of Medical Subject Headings for searching via PubMed. Topics include annual MeSH updates, effective use of subheadings, free floating subheadings, and commonly confused terms. This course is intended for those with at least beginning knowledge of PubMed and MeSH.
Unscheduled
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Advanced PubMed: Searching for Treatments, Diseases and Drugs

This advanced session of PubMed focuses on search techniques to find citations that deal with treating diseases with drugs and explores the concept of pharmacologic action.
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Advanced Searching Techniques and Advanced Strategy Design*

This face-to-face course will explore issues around search design and search techniques for undertaking literature searches of complex topics to inform high quality comparative effectiveness research, systematic reviews, guideline development and other major projects.
Information Services Instructor-owned Evidence-Based Practice & Research
Unscheduled
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AHEM: clearing the way to easy-to-read health materials*

In this online course, get an overview on assessing health 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.
Consumer Health Information Specialization CNE NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
Member Free
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AI, Higher Education, and Medical Librarianship: Opportunities and Risks*

This webinar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems presents basic principles of ChatGPT and other generative AIs, demonstrates how to use generative AI systems, examines historical use of AI technology, and encourages discussion about the potential costs and harms of powerful AI systems.
Information Services Free Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
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American Indian Health Information Resources*

This two or three hour hands-on class introduces a variety of governmental and non-governmental Internet resources that have health information for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Students attending will be able to practice their skills in finding health information.
Unscheduled
Member Free
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An Overview of the All of Us Researcher Workbench and the Role of the Librarian*

This online training will feature the All of Us Data and Research Center (DRC) and will present more in-depth information on the Researcher Workbench and how campus libraries are well situated to respond to the needs of academic institutions for data-driven research.
Information Services Free Evidence-Based Practice & Research NNLM/NLM Instruction & Instructional Design
Unscheduled
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Applying Data Management Strategies: A Showcase of Data Management Projects

This webinar, sponsored by the Medical Informatics Section, will showcase data management projects at three different libraries. The librarians will share their thoughts on developing services and opportunities and challenges for librarians interested in working with data management.
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Appreciating Diversity: A Workshop for Health Sciences Librarians*

This face-to-face course is designed to help participants develop cultural competency knowledge, recognize the impact of cultural beliefs on one’s thoughts and behaviors, and improve attitudes and beliefs about the role of cultural factors in the delivery of library services and programs.
Online
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Assessing Health Materials: How to Use NLM's Health Education Materials Assessment Tool - On Demand

In this online course, get an overview on assessing health 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.
Free Consumer Health Information Specialization NNLM/NLM
Unscheduled
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Augusta University’s Research Data Management Symposium*

Discussions around data management often occur within individual departments or colleges on a university campus; however, the health sciences library has the opportunity to support an interdisciplinary, consolidated effort to connect researchers and resources across all disciplines.
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Back to School: Enhance your Research with HSR Methods, Tools, and Resources from the National Library of Medicine

This free recorded webinar provides an overview of resources provided by the National Library of Medicine’s National Information Center on Health Services Research (NICHSR) to support the HSR community.
Information Services Instructor-owned
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Becoming an Expert Searcher

What constitutes an expert search? Who can be an expert searcher? This face-to-face class looks at these questions & practices techniques (reference interview, database analysis, search construction, and search evaluation) used by expert searchers.
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Beginning with EndNote*

Are you having trouble organizing and citing your the research papers you have collected? EndNote can help! This course provides a basic and practical introduction to the EndNote bibliographic software, with live demos and hands-on exercises.
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Best Practices in Conducting Systematic Reviews in Medical Education

Systematic reviews are becoming increasingly important in the biomedical literature. This face-to-face course is designed as a train-the-trainer workshop for librarians partnering with research faculty in medical education.
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Beware of Sharks: Predatory Publishing and Practices: Be Prepared!*

Can you identify predatory emails, journals, conferences, and more? If not, then come to this hands-on course. Learn from real-world examples; leave with helpful tools. Understand how predatory practices developed and impact science. You can prevent your patrons from falling prey to these tactics.