Hospital/Health Sciences Libraries

Making data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) starts well before data collection. Designing studies with common data elements (CDEs) can enable data sharing and reuse, and librarians and other information professionals can assist researchers in the use of CDEs. Whether you are a research data librarian or assist researchers in finding sources, this one-hour, self-paced course from the National Library of Medicine can help you understand how you can support the use of common data elements (CDEs) in cr

This 1 credit-hour on-demand class introduces you to the basic concepts of medical terminologies (including what they are and why they are important), followed by a deep dive into RxNorm, an NLM-authored medical terminology specializing in drug information. Designed for health sciences librarians and other health information specialists seeking to serve more active roles in their health IT team and better support researchers. Expect to spend 1 hour learning through videos and exercises.

Learn how to conduct a health reference interview using ethical and effective communication strategies in this 3 credit-hour, on-demand class.

This class provides basic information about communication and confidentiality for library workers who answer health reference questions, and was created for an audience of people who work in public or academic libraries or other information professions.

This interactive tutorial provides a guided tour of the MedlinePlus website, a trusted reference when answering health information questions. 

This tutorial takes about 1 hour to complete.

This webinar series supports the provision of information to institutions and communities, public access to biomedical literature and research results and access to information in disaster situations. 

Each webinar will focus on a different topic with a guest speaker.