This catalog lists courses that are no longer available for MLA CE credit or for enrollment.  Peruse this list if you are looking for ideas for new courses or need your memory jogged about the content of an old course. 


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TOXNET: Toxicology & Environmental Information

This is a hands-on class intended for inexperienced users. It is designed to introduce participants to the different databases available on TOXNET. Attendees will gain experience locating toxicology, chemical, and other hazardous substance information.
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Translational Bioinformatics

The major goals of this face-to-face course are to familiarize participants with 1) clinical bioinformatics databases; 2) acquisition of expert level search strategies within these database; and 3) acquisition of human genetics principles and vocabulary.
Information Services Instructor-owned Health Science Librarianship Professionalism
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Trials without Tribulations: Identifying Clinical Trials for Systematic Reviews and Other Clinical and Research Questions

This half-day, face-to-face course will highlight key trials and trials results registers, including ClinicalTrials.gov, the World Health Organization’s Clinical Trials Search Portal, and industry registers, and will offer practical advice on searching registers and managing register records.
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Using Alt-Bib: What, Why and How

This 1 hour webinar explores the discovery features of ALTBIB: Resources for Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing. ALTBIB is a portal from NLM’s Specialized Information Services. Recommended for librarians supporting IACUCs and toxicity research.
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Using Data for Decision-Making: An Environmental Scan Case Study - Recording

Are you interested in dipping your toes into the topic of data science? This introductory webinar will give you a jump start on exploring the concept of data science, an easy to use data analysis tool, and how data can be used for decision-making processes through a real-world case study example.
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Using Ethnography and User Experience in Health Sciences Libraries

The program will consist of a whole day face-to face CE workshop given by two speakers on the topic of ethnographic research and user experience and how these topics relate to providing library services and design that facilitate users’ locating and accessing needed information resources.
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Using Questionnaires for Program Evaluation: Collecting High Quality Information

This in-person workshop outlines the basics of conducting surveys for program evaluation, including how to write survey items using typical question, distribute questionnaires to maximize response rate, and learn strategies for avoiding and exploring response bias in survey data.
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Veterinary and Comparative Medicine: Literature, Resources and Services

In this face-to-face course, information professionals at all career stages and from many practice environments will learn how veterinary medicine and its literature are similar and different from other medical disciplines.
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Veterinary Medicine: An Introduction for Health Sciences Librarians or Non-Veterinary Specialists

This face-to-face course provides introductions to veterinary medicine and its history, veterinary education, veterinary resources and services, tips for searching the literature, and trends in veterinary medicine and veterinary librarianship.
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We're Way Past Peas: Uses of Genetic Information to Understand Human Health and Guide Health Care Decision Making*

Both the online and face-to-face classes are designed to increase the genetic literacy of librarians so they can contribute to the genetic literacy of consumers and clinicians they support through discussions of genetic topics and resources for health and education.
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What Did You Hear? Qualitative Data Analysis*

Data Analysis, oh no. The purpose of this course is to take Librarians and Informationist through the steps of analyzing data generated from interviews or focus groups using low cost and free tools and begin to organize results.
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What's in a Data Story? Understanding the Basics of Data Storytelling

Data without a story is just a pile of numbers. Data with an effective story becomes an everlasting narrative that people will remember for a long time and without much effort.
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Working Open: An Overview of Open Source Research Tools (Recording)

The MLA Webinar Working Open: An Overview of Open Source Research Tools highlights a variety of free, open source tools available for use in conducting, producing, and disseminating research.
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Wrapping Your Arms Around Python: Python Basics and Data Visualization

Do you want to acquire a skill in a cutting-edge area of librarianship that will expand your career options and increase your value in your workplace? The course will take place June 20 & June 27, 2023.
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Your Role in Achieving Magnet Status

This half day face-to-face course will review the 5 part Global Issues in Nursing & Health Care Model with their 14 Forces of Magnetism from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to determine where a Medical Librarian can make a difference