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Registration is Open for PubMed


Thomas Jefferson University, Edison Building, Room
130 South 9th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Friday, Apr. 23, 2010
8:30 AM  - 5:00 PM

Registration

7.5 MLA continuing education units

Class Description

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This full-day class is designed to teach students how to use PubMed® which includes MEDLINE citations. The class also includes an overview of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) and its importance as a tool to both searchers and indexers.

Agenda

8:30 – 8:45 Welcome

8:45 – 9:00 Introduction to NLM and PubMed®

9:00 – 9:15 What’s in PubMed®

9:15 – 10:15 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 12:00 Building the Search (part I)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 Building the Search (part II)

2:30 – 2:45 Break

2:45 – 3:15 Managing the Results

3:15 – 3:30 Saving the Search

3:30 – 3:45 Viewing the Articles

3:45 – 4:15 Additional Tools

4:15 – 4:45 Review Exercises

4:45 – 5:00 Closing

Registration is Open for EHR Webcast

Register now for the MLA Distance Education Webcast “Understanding the Electronic Health Record Maze and Health Sciences Librarians’ Roles”

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

iSchool, Drexel University — Rush Bldg., Room 014 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 -2875

The goal of this program is to clarify the terminology surrounding the emerging electronic health information environment and to illustrate how and why health sciences librarians can and should become engaged with the efforts to achieve the national 2014 goal of instituting an electronic health record for each person in the United States.
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Register for SLA’s Program on Future of Publishing

The Philadelphia Chapter of the Special Libraries Association will begin its 2010 Programs Series on March 9th, 2010.

What: What does the future hold for Scientific & Technical Publishing?

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EHR Webcast will be March 24th

[Update: registration is now open.]

Save this date for the MLA Distance Education Webcast, Understanding the Electronic Health Record Maze and Health Sciences Librarians’ Roles:

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 1:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

The goal of this program is to clarify the terminology surrounding the emerging electronic health information environment and to illustrate how and why health sciences librarians can and should become engaged with the efforts to achieve the national 2014 goal of instituting an electronic health record for each person in the United States. Read more» » »

Self-Education on Medical Informatics

Self-Education on Medical Informatics from the MIS Section:

http://www.medinfo.mlanet.org/self_ed.php