Database/Software Classes |
| PubMed |
Learn to search MEDLINE
using NLM's PubMed interface. PubMed is the Medical
Center's main access point to the MEDLINE database. |
Contact Pauline Alexander
at 936-1418 for an appointment. |
| Eskind
Digital Library |
Learn to navigate the
Eskind Digital Library portal which offers access to
over 2,000 library-sponsored electronic resources and
the Medical Center's clinical applications. Gain
familiarity with the breadth of descriptiive information
and the search mechanisms which can assist you in
identifying electronic resources appropriate to your
needs during this 30 minute orientation session.
|
Contact Annette
Williams at 936-3550 for an appointment. |
| Training
Module Shell |
EBL's Web-based knowledge
management tool, the Training Module Shell, allows for
the creation and maintenance of online modules.
The user-friendly interface incorporates text and
graphics into a learning-oriented format that also
utilizes quizzes, questions, and Web links to enhance
the learner’s understanding. For more information,
please visit the Training Module Shell homepage. |
Contact John Clark at
322-5089 for an appointment. |
| Learning
Site |
Using a
case-based approach, this learning tool teaches users to
analyze the components of a clinical or research
question, select and combine relevant search terms,
construct effective searches, and recognize the
strengths and weaknesses of different resources. The
Web-based design provides instruction on demand, 24
hours per day 7 days per week and allows users to work
at their own pace. The interactive component of the
tutorials allows users to request additional instruction
and advice on personal search strategies. |
Literature Searching |
| Acorn |
Learn to search Acorn,
the library catalog. Special Acorn features such as
course reserves, non-medical databases, checking library
hours, Iris and Athena catalogs and checking your own
library record are also discussed. |
Contact Sandi Martin
at 936-1417 for an appointment. |
Nursing Tools
CINAHL |
Learn to navigate
electronic nursing resources, browse within chapters or
articles, perform word searches, and view, print, copy,
and save results. Also learn to access nursing
information by searching CINAHL and PubMed. |
Contact Pauline Alexander
at 936-1418 for an appointment. |
Cited Reference Searching |
Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Journal Citation
Reports (JCR) |
Learn to search Science
Citation Index Expanded through Web of Science for
clinical and basic science journal literature and the
references cited in articles. Learn to search JCR Web
and have access to data that helps evaluate and compare
5,500 scholarly journals from over 3,000 publishers
worldwide. |
Contact Gayle Grantham
at 936-1412 for an appointment. |
Full-Text Access |
| MD
Consult, ScienceDirect
|
Learn to search Web
resources which provide full-text for selected journals,
reference books, clinical guidelines or drug
information. |
Contact Pauline Alexander
at 936-1418 for an appointment. |
| UpToDate |
Learn to access current
clinical information on patient care and treatment. |
Contact Annette
Williams at 936-3550 for an appointment. |
Evidence Based Medicine |
| Evidence Based
Medicine Databases |
Learn to search the
Cochrane database, ACP Journal Club, and DARE to find
synthesized medical literature and commentary on
published studies. |
Contact Pauline Alexander
at 936-1418 for an appointment. |
Consumer Health |
| Consumer Health Resources |
Learn to use a variety of
consumer health related information sources such as MedlinePlus and patient handouts from
MDConsult & UpToDate. |
Marcia Epelbaum
at 936-1553 for an appointment. |
Drug Resources |
|
Micromedex |
Learn to search DRUGDEX,
POISINDEX, IDENTIDEX, DRUG-REAX, Martindale and
Pharmaceutical MSDS databases, and the appropriate use
of this information. |
Contact Patricia Lee
at 936-1364 for an appointment. |
Genetics Databases |
| Info Hubs |
A quick introduction to
the wide variety of bioinformatics databases and
resources with a particular focus on the NCBI's Entrez search interface. |
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
| Sequence Similarity Searching |
Learn how to do nucleotide and protein sequence similarity searching using the NCBI's BLAST (Basic
Local Alignment Search Tool) programs. |
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
| Gene-Focused Resources |
Lean how to use the online version of the Mendelian Interitance in Man database, OMIM. This resource provides expert reviews of human genes and genetic diseases. Also covered is the NCBI's Entrez Gene - a reference database that connects together a variety of information sources on individual genes into one detailed summary. |
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
| Clinical Genetics
Resources |
An introduction to
genetics and gene-focused resources of use in clinical
medicine. These include OMIM, GeneReviews, Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology, and dbGAP.
|
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
| Human Genome Resources |
This course will introduce the online resources for accessing, searching, viewing, and manipulating the human genome. Multiple types of genome mapping will be introduced as well as a variety of genome-related tools for exploring sequence annotation (biological feature) data. Focuses on the NCBI's Map Viewer, but also introduces ENSEMBL and the UCSC Genome Browser. |
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
| Genetic Variation Resources |
An introduction to genetic variation resources including the database of single nucleotide polymorphisms, dbSNP, the NCBI's collection of genetic variation information, OMIM, and the HapMap project. |
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
| Structure
Viewing |
Learn how to use the international Protein Data Bank (PDB) and the
NCBI's molecular structure database (MMDB)
and to display those structures using the viewer program
Cn3D. This includes viewing and manipulating individual
protein and nucleic acid structures, interposing a
sequence alignment onto a known structure, and creating
and viewing structural alignments. |
Contact Jennifer Lyon
at 936-1379 for an appointment. |
Citation Management |
| Bibliographic Managers: Reference
Manager (RM) & EndNote (EN) |
Learn basics of using
citation management packages to import references from
multiple databases and automatically format manuscripts.
|
Contact Monica Bafetti
at 936-1675 for an appointment.
|
