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September 01, 1997 [posted]

NLM Online Services Training Schedule 1998

Making the Transition: Converting to PubMed and Internet Grateful Med to Search NLM's Databases 1998

Designed for the experienced MEDLARS or MEDLINE searcher. Familiarity with MEDLINE, the MeSH vocabulary, the MeSH Tools, and Boolean logic is required.
Will examine both the PubMed and Grateful Med search interfaces, providing information on "translating" ELHILL commands, fields, and functions into a format that can be used on these Web-based interfaces.

Dates	Location	Dates	Location
Jan 16	Nashville, TN	Jul 22	Louisville, KY
Jan 23	Baltimore, MD	Jul 27	Bethesda, MD
Jan 28	San Antonio, TX	Jul 31	New York, NY
Feb 6	Houston, TX	Aug 7	Kansas City, KS
Feb 9	Bethesda, MD	Aug 12	Portland, OR
Feb 20	Omaha, NE	Aug 20	Farmington, CT
Feb 27	Indianapolis, IN

Mar 4	New York, NY	Sep11	Minneapolis, MN
Mar 9	Bethesda, MD	Sep 16	Los Angeles, CA
Mar 11	Charleston, SC	Sep 25	Buffalo, NY
Mar 20	Los Angeles,CA	Sep 28	Bethesda, MD
Mar 25	Ann Arbor, MI

Apr 8	Boston, MA	Oct 7	Tucson, AZ
Apr 17	Birmingham, AL	Oct 16	New York, NY
Apr 20	Bethesda, MD	Oct 28	Houston, TX
Apr 22	Seattle, WA

May 6	Atlanta, GA	Nov 9	Bethesda, MD
May 20	New York, NY	Nov 10	Chicago, IL
		Nov 18	Omaha, NE

Jun10	Lexington, KY	Dec 11	Chapel Hill, NC
Jun 19	Chicago, IL	Dec 16	Seattle, WA
Jun 22	Bethesda, MD
Jun 24	Fort Worth, TX

Introduction to Web-based Searching for the Librarian and Information Specialist: Using PubMed and Internet Grateful Med to Search NLM's Databases 1998

Designed for individuals who are new to searching MEDLINE OR who have never searched before OR who have some search experience but little prior knowledge of the MEDLINE database or the MeSH vocabulary.
Will examine both the PubMed and Grateful Med Search interfaces, teaching users how to search MEDLINE, including the structure and content of the database, the MeSH controlled vocabulary, the use of the printed MeSH tools, and Boolean logic.

Dates	Location	Dates	Location
Jan 12-13	New York, NY	Jul 13-14	Bethesda, MD
Jan 14-15	Nashville, TN	Jul 20-21	Louisville, KY
Jan 21-22	Baltimore, MD	Jul 29-30	New York, NY
Jan 26-27	Bethesda, MD
Jan 26-27	San Antonio, TX

Feb 4-5	Houston, TX	Aug 5-6	Kansas City, KS
Feb 18-19	Omaha, NE	Aug 10-11	Portland, OR
Feb 23-24	Bethesda, MD	Aug 18-19	Farmington, CT
Feb 25-26	Indianapolis, IN

Mar 9-10	Charleston, SC	Sep 9-10	Minneapolis, MN
Mar 18-19	Los Angeles, CA	Sep 14-15	Bethesda, MD
Mar 23-24	Ann Arbor, MI	Sep 14-15	Los Angeles, CA
Mar 23-24	Bethesda, MD	Sep 23-24	Buffalo, NY

Apr 2-3	St. Louis, MO	Oct 5-6	Tucson, AZ
Apr 6-7	Boston, MA	Oct 14-15	New York, NY
Apr 15-16	Birmingham, AL	Oct19-20	Bethesda, MD
Apr 20-21	Seattle, WA	Oct 26-27	Houston, TX
Apr 27-28	Bethesda, MD

May 4-5	Baltimore, MD	Nov 12-13	Chicago, IL
May 7-8	Atlanta, GA	Nov 16-17	Bethesda, MD
May 18-19	New York, NY	Nov 16-17	Omaha, NE

Jun 8-9	Lexington, KY	Dec 9-10	Chapel Hill, NC
Jun 15-16	Bethesda, MD	Dec 14-15	Seattle, WA
Jun 17-18	Chicago, IL
Jun 22-23	Fort Worth, TX

Chem/Tox/TOXNET Specialized Module 1998

Dates	Location	Dates	Location
Feb 25-26	Bethesda, MD	Sep 16-17	Bethesda, MD
Jun 17-18	Bethesda, MD	Nov 18-19	Bethesda, MD

NLM Online Services Training Schedule 1998. NLM Tech Bull. 1997 Jul-Aug;(297):na.