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Staff Bio

Nick Vera

User Experience and Education Strategist
Region 2
Nick Vera

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Event Title Summary
How PubMed Works: Introduction This 90-minute introduction session provides overviews about:

What PubMed is and what's in it.
Finding the original research that is the basis for a news article.
Finding articles by a specific author.
Searching for articles on a specific subject.
Narrowing search results to a more specific subset
Exploring the Advanced Search Builder and Search History.
How PubMed Works: Introduction This 90-minute introduction session provides overviews about:

What PubMed is and what's in it.
Finding the original research that is the basis for a news article.
Finding articles by a specific author.
Searching for articles on a specific subject.
Narrowing search results to a more specific subset
Exploring the Advanced Search Builder and Search History.
Informal Weather Education Outreach This one-hour webinar explores best practices in informal weather education outreach and shares successful examples from the Extreme Events Institute (EEI) and International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida (http://eei.fiu.edu/).
Informal Weather Education Outreach This one-hour webinar explores best practices in informal weather education outreach and shares successful examples from the Extreme Events Institute (EEI) and International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida.
Librarian's Guide to Consumer Health This 4-week, 4 credit-hour self-paced online class covers the health information seeking behavior of consumers and the role of the librarian in the provision of health information for the public.
Preparing Your Library for Weather Emergencies This one-hour session will equip participants with practical strategies to prepare their library or worksite for environmental disasters.
Providing Mental Health Resources at Your Library Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. In this 1-hour webinar, participants will explore several websites to respond to requests for mental health information at their libraries.
Providing Mental Health Resources At Your Library Responding to questions involving topics on mental health is challenging even for the most experienced librarian. In this 1-hour webinar, participants will explore several websites to respond to requests for mental health information at their libraries.
Severe Weather Engagement: A New Resource from The Healing Library This one-hour webinar dives into The Healing Library and its most recent toolkit: Severe Weather Engagement.
Strengthening Our Foundation: Disaster Preparedness, Community Resilience, and the Future of Libraries This one-hour session distills nearly a decade of research on disaster preparedness and community resilience, sharing lessons from disaster-affected public libraries to help you strengthen your own emergency readiness.
last updated: 09/15/26 10:04