Health Stories in the Media

This 4-week online class covers news literacy and health reporting. Learn how health is reported in the news, sources journalists use, and challenges in reporting health research. You will use NLM’s Evaluating Health Information rating tool to evaluate real-life science and health stories.

Hedging Your Bets: An Introductory Webinar on Locating and Using Search Hedges (Recording)

If you are new to searching or have searching experience and want to begin to learn one of the skills that all expert searchers and librarians on systematic review teams have, you’ll want to learn what search hedges can do for you.

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.

How PubMed Works On-Demand: Automatic Term Mapping

Learn how a keyword search does more than meets the eye.

How PubMed Works On-Demand: Introduction

Are you new to PubMed? Maybe you'd like a refresher. This on-demand module will walk you through all the parts of the PubMed interface.

How PubMed Works On-Demand: MeSH

What is MeSH and how can it help you search?

How PubMed Works On-Demand: Selection

Have you ever wondered how journals are chosen to become MEDLINE journals? Take this class to explore the selection criteria and process for MEDLINE and PMC.

Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices (2022-2023)

Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 4 credit-hour, on-demand, online class.

Introduction to Scoping Reviews (Recording)

If you consult or collaborate on evidence syntheses or teach evidence synthesis and review methods or plan to, you won't want to miss this webinar on scoping reviews from Margaret Foster and Kate Saylor, two recognized experts in the area.

Is Anybody Out There? Leveraging Strategic Marketing Approaches to Get your Library’s Message Heard - Midwest 2023

If you’ve ever felt like your library’s messaging is getting lost, you are not alone. In this interactive online workshop, you’ll look at real marketing challenges faced by The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library and the strategies used to overcome them.

Introduction to Health Reference: Ethics and Best Practices*

Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 4 credit-hour, on-demand, online class.

Is Anybody Out There? Leveraging Strategic Marketing Approaches to Get your Library’s Message Heard*

If you’ve ever felt like your library’s messaging is getting lost, you are not alone. In this interactive online workshop, you’ll look at real marketing challenges faced by The Ohio State University Health Sciences Library and the strategies used to overcome them.

Librarians Combatting Health Misinformation: Get Involved in Your Community*

Librarians are a trusted resource in their communities, so they are well placed to help stop the spread of health misinformation. In this webinar, learn to recognize misinformation, then discover how you can work with other librarians and libraries in your community to strengthen health literacy.

Link Your Community with Health Information: Resources for Community Health Workers*

This course is a 5-week online course about how to evaluate online health information.

LinkOut for Libraries*

LinkOut for Libraries provides journal access to PubMed users. Join us for an informational webinar to learn more about this service from the National Library of Medicine. Erin Latta, from the National DOCLINE Coordination Office, will lead this webinar.

Making Sense of Numbers: Communicating Numerical Health Data*

This 90 minute/1.5 credit hour webinar is an introduction for anyone who wants to improve communication of health information that involves numbers.

Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching – On Demand*

Every year, the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? This online, on-demand course, offered through the NNLM Moodle platform, provides answers and allows participants to engage with exercises to practice what you learn.

Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching*

Each year, the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, added, removed, or moved? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes? How do you check saved searches and alerts? This online course informs you.

MedlinePlus for Librarians and Health Educators*

This interactive, narrated tutorial provides a tour of the MedlinePlus website and explains why MedlinePlus is a trusted reference when answering health information questions.

MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching*

Every year, the Medical Subject Headings are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, or added, or removed; or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches?