[SLA-SF] FW: Announcing the UC Davis 2006 NLM Classes

[Goldman, Ava]

Cross-posted by request.

Ava Goldman
Senior Librarian, CalPERS Human Resources, All Staff Training &
Development, 916-795-1533

Colleagues:

The University of California, Davis will be the site for three different
NLM 
classes: PubMed, Toxnet and NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov.
Instructors from 
the National Training Center and Clearinghouse will be teaching these
classes. 
The classes will take place in the Library Instruction Laboratory (LIL)
of 
Shields Library, Monday, June 5, 2006 through Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 
8:00am-5:00pm.

The PubMed class will take place on Monday, June 5, 2006.  This class is

designed to teach students how to use PubMed, a database that provides
access 
to over 13 million journal article citations back to the 1950's. The
class also 
includes an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and their 
importance as tools to both searchers and indexers.  This PubMed class
is free 
and is awarded 7.5 MLA continuing education credits.

The NLM Gateway & ClinicalTrials.gov class will take place on Tuesday,
June 6, 
2006.  This class includes a discussion and demonstration of
ClinicalTrials.gov 
and the NLM Gateway. This class is free and is awarded 3.5 MLA
continuing 
education credits.

The Toxnet class will take place on Wednesday, June 7, 2006.  It is
designed to 
convey the basics of searching the NLM's TOXNET, a Web-based system of 
databases in the areas of toxicology, environmental health, and related 
subjects. Students learn the content and structure of files covering
toxicology 
data, toxicology literature, toxic releases, and chemical searching and 
nomenclature.  Among the databases highlighted will be TOXLINE, the
Hazardous 
Substances Data Bank, the Integrated Risk Information System, the Toxic
Release 
Inventory, and ChemIDplus.  TOXNET is a free class and is awarded 6.45
MLA 
continuing education credits.

Please register soon!  All registration is done online.  In order to
register 
for these classes, please go to:
<http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/request.html>.

To obtain a listing of all of NLM's classes and scheduled sites and
dates, go 
to: <http://nnlm.gov/mar/online/schedule.html>.

Jerry Thompson                        University of California, Davis
Reference Librarian                   Carlson Health Sciences Library
One Shields Avenue                    Davis, California 95616-5291
jlthompson at ucdavis.edu                (530)752-7637  FAX (530)752-4718